MFA Financial, Inc.

NYSE:MFA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.0b

MFA Financial Future Growth

Future criteria checks 3/6

MFA Financial's revenue is forecast to decline at 4.2% per annum while its annual earnings are expected to grow at 20.9% per year. EPS is expected to grow by 25.7% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 11.9% in 3 years.

Key information

20.9%

Earnings growth rate

25.7%

EPS growth rate

Mortgage REITs earnings growth43.3%
Revenue growth rate-4.2%
Future return on equity11.9%
Analyst coverage

Low

Last updated17 Apr 2025

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

MFA Financial: Upcoming Income Growth Opportunity In Floating Series C Shares

Dec 23

MFA Financial: Gaining Strength After Rate Cuts

Oct 14
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A Strategy For Enhanced Earnings And Growth

Sep 14 Shift from multifamily to single-family lending alongside strategic securitizations and loan sales aims to enhance earnings and book value.

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

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NYSE:MFA - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsFree Cash FlowCash from OpAvg. No. Analysts
12/31/2026259193N/AN/A2
12/31/2025190141N/AN/A1
12/31/202428086200200N/A
9/30/20243661709292N/A
6/30/202426065144144N/A
3/31/2024192-2170170N/A
12/31/202323447109109N/A
9/30/2023138-36112112N/A
6/30/2023136-35208208N/A
3/31/202364-109215214N/A
12/31/2022-68-265355355N/A
9/30/2022-51-228399360N/A
6/30/2022126-40268236N/A
3/31/2022273127221230N/A
12/31/2021449295138138N/A
9/30/202141229777131N/A
6/30/20213702523078N/A
3/31/20214932824049N/A
12/31/2020-538-7093438N/A
9/30/2020-434-6507779N/A
6/30/2020-435-638186186N/A
3/31/2020-529-637190192N/A
12/31/2019473362214216N/A
9/30/2019423322210211N/A
6/30/2019412314188190N/A
3/31/2019386291178179N/A
12/31/2018381286147148N/A
9/30/2018412325N/A145N/A
6/30/2018394302N/A122N/A
3/31/2018406311N/A138N/A
12/31/2017394307N/A177N/A
9/30/2017368278N/A198N/A
6/30/2017378297N/A237N/A
3/31/2017371296N/A180N/A
12/31/2016377296N/A179N/A
9/30/2016370297N/A222N/A
6/30/2016365293N/A193N/A
3/31/2016363293N/A266N/A
12/31/2015366297N/A278N/A
9/30/2015370303N/A234N/A
6/30/2015367303N/A262N/A
3/31/2015367303N/A259N/A
12/31/2014359297N/A256N/A
9/30/2014353296N/A248N/A
6/30/2014346289N/A272N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: MFA's forecast earnings growth (20.9% per year) is above the savings rate (2.8%).

Earnings vs Market: MFA's earnings (20.9% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (13.9% per year).

High Growth Earnings: MFA's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: MFA's revenue is expected to decline over the next 3 years (-4.2% per year).

High Growth Revenue: MFA's revenue is forecast to decline over the next 3 years (-4.2% per year).

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: MFA's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (11.9%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/04 01:44
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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Analyst Sources

MFA Financial, Inc. is covered by 23 analysts. 3 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.