MFA Financial, Inc.

NYSE:MFA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.0b

MFA Financial Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 2/6

MFA Financial has a total shareholder equity of $1.9B and total debt of $8.9B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 474.5%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $11.2B and $9.3B respectively.

Key information

474.5%

Debt to equity ratio

US$8.92b

Debt

Interest coverage ration/a
CashUS$305.56m
EquityUS$1.88b
Total liabilitiesUS$9.28b
Total assetsUS$11.16b

Recent financial health updates

No 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

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

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: MFA's short term assets ($9.7B) exceed its short term liabilities ($251.6M).

Long Term Liabilities: MFA's short term assets ($9.7B) exceed its long term liabilities ($9.0B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: MFA's net debt to equity ratio (458.2%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: MFA's debt to equity ratio has increased from 279.1% to 474.5% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: MFA's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (1%).

Interest Coverage: Insufficient data to determine if MFA's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT.

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/08 23:00
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/08 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • 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 26 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.