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After finishing at $9.67 in the prior trading day, MFA Financial Inc (NYSE: MFA) closed at $9.48, down -1.96%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.96 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.47 million shares were traded. MFA stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.58 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.41.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of MFA by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.06 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.37. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.12 and its Current Ratio is at 2.68. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.12.
On January 02, 2025, Janney started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.
Keefe Bruyette Upgraded its Mkt Perform to Outperform on December 13, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $11.25 to $12.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MFA now has a Market Capitalization of 973150400 and an Enterprise Value of 10126105600. As of this moment, MFA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.66, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.73. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.28 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 34.649.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MFA is 1.71, which has changed by -0.16254419 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MFA has reached a high of $13.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.99%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.95%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.42M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1453550 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 102.65M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 101.76M. Insiders hold about 0.87% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 62.46% stake in the company. Shares short for MFA as of 1749772800 were 2414854 with a Short Ratio of 1.71, compared to 1747267200 on 2197320. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2414854 and a Short% of Float of 2.3699999.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, MFA’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.41, compared to 1.42 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.14581178The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 12.31. The current Payout Ratio is 171.25% for MFA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-30 with an ex-dividend date of 1751241600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2022-04-05 when the company split stock in a 1:4 ratio.
