MFA Financial Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 3/6

MFA Financial is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 13.47% that is well covered by earnings. Next payment date is on 31st January, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 31st December, 2024.

Key information

13.5%

Dividend yield

0.1%

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yield13.6%
Future Dividend Yield13.5%
Dividend Growth2.4%
Next dividend pay date31 Jan 25
Ex dividend date31 Dec 24
Dividend per shareUS$1.400
Payout ratio85%

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

MFA Financial: Gaining Strength After Rate Cuts

Oct 14

MFA Financial Issues Second Note Due In 2029

Jun 14

MFA Financial: High Yield But Risk Of Cut Looms

May 28

MFA PFDs Revisited: FOMC Has Changed The Outlook (Rating Upgrade)

Dec 26

MFA Financial: Not Yet A Buy, Wait For Bullish Indicators

Nov 22

MFA Financial: A High-Yielding Mortgage REIT Started Generating Decent Price Growth

Aug 27

MFA Financial Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

Feb 22

MFA Financial: Don't Chase Yield After A 20% Dividend Cut

Feb 08

Consider MFA Financial Convertible Notes Yielding 12.7%

Jan 10

MFA Financial decrease dividend by -20.5% to $0.35/share

Dec 14

MFA Financial: Buy This REIT For Solid Dividend Yield

Dec 06

MFA Financial Non-GAAP EPS of $0.28 misses by $0.07, Net interest income of $52.29M misses by $0.61M

Nov 03

MFA Financial stock climbs 5% aftermarket on preliminary estimates for Q3

Oct 17

MFA Financial declares $0.44 dividend

Sep 13

MFA Financial: Strong Yield But Negative Total Return

Aug 16

MFA Financial: The Reverse Stock Split Makes Investors Wary

May 19

MFA Financial: Buy The Dip

Feb 25

MFA Financial: Exceptional Dividend With A Diversified Loan Portfolio

Feb 16

MFA Financial reports Q1 results

May 06

Upcoming Dividend Payment

TodayDec 21 2024Ex Dividend DateDec 31 2024Dividend Pay DateJan 31 202531 days from Ex DividendBuy in the next 10 days to receive the upcoming dividend

Stability and Growth of Payments

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Stable Dividend: MFA's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.

Growing Dividend: MFA's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.


Dividend Yield vs Market

MFA Financial Dividend Yield vs Market
How does MFA dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (MFA)13.5%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.4%
Market Top 25% (US)4.5%
Industry Average (Mortgage REITs)12.4%
Analyst forecast (MFA) (up to 3 years)13.5%

Notable Dividend: MFA's dividend (13.47%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.45%).

High Dividend: MFA's dividend (13.47%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.5%)


Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: At its current payout ratio (85%), MFA's payments are covered by earnings.


Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (154.5%), MFA's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 03:54
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

MFA Financial, Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jessica Levi-RibnerB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Eric HagenBTIG
Michael DianaCantor Fitzgerald & Co.