MFA Financial, Inc.

NYSE:MFA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.0b

MFA Financial Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

MFA Financial's CEO is Craig Knutson, appointed in Aug 2017, has a tenure of 8.67 years. total yearly compensation is $7.08M, comprised of 11.7% salary and 88.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.16% of the company’s shares, worth $12.03M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.5 years and 6.3 years respectively.

Key information

Craig Knutson

Chief executive officer

US$7.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage11.65%
CEO tenure8.7yrs
CEO ownership1.2%
Management average tenure3.5yrs
Board average tenure6.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

MFA Financial: 10% Yielding Preferred Shares Are A Hedge Against Inflation

Apr 14

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

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

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Craig Knutson's remuneration changed compared to MFA Financial's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025US$7mUS$825k

US$136m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

US$90m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

US$93m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$104m

Dec 31 2024US$8mUS$800k

US$86m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$170m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$65m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$2m

Dec 31 2023US$7mUS$800k

US$47m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$36m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$35m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$109m

Dec 31 2022US$6mUS$800k

-US$265m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$228m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$40m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$127m

Dec 31 2021US$7mUS$800k

US$295m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$297m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$252m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$282m

Dec 31 2020US$5mUS$800k

-US$709m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$650m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$638m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$637m

Dec 31 2019US$5mUS$700k

US$362m

Compensation vs Market: Craig's total compensation ($USD7.08M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.70M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Craig's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Craig Knutson (66 yo)

8.7yrs
Tenure
US$7,079,634
Compensation

Mr. Craig L. Knutson has been the Chief Executive Officer of MFA Financial, Inc. since August 16, 2017 and served as its President from January 1, 2014, until September 03, 2024 respectively. Mr. Knutson s...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Craig Knutson
CEO & Director8.7yrsUS$7.08m1.16%
$ 12.0m
Bryan Wulfsohn
President & Chief Investment Officer1.6yrsUS$4.42m0.38%
$ 4.0m
Michael Roper
Senior VP & CFO2.6yrsUS$2.21m0.087%
$ 896.3k
Harold Schwartz
Senior VPno dataUS$1.89m0.16%
$ 1.6m
Lori Samuels
Senior VP & Chief Loan Operations Officer1.7yrsUS$1.58mno data
Bryan Doran
Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer2.3yrsno datano data
John Elliott
Senior VP & CTO9.1yrsno datano data
Mei Lin
Senior VP & Co-Controller4.3yrsno data0.032%
$ 326.8k
Natasha Seemungal
Senior VP & Co-Controller4.3yrsno data0.030%
$ 306.0k
3.5yrs
Average Tenure
44yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: MFA's management team is considered experienced (3.5 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Craig Knutson
CEO & Director8.7yrsUS$7.08m1.16%
$ 12.0m
Lisa Polsky
Independent Director6.3yrsUS$290.00k0.077%
$ 795.9k
Robin Josephs
Independent Director16.3yrsUS$300.00k0.13%
$ 1.3m
Laurie Goodman
Independent Non-Executive Chair of the Board11.8yrsUS$385.00k0.15%
$ 1.5m
Sheila Stamps
Independent Director4.3yrsUS$270.00k0.053%
$ 550.3k
Christopher Small
Independent Director1.1yrsUS$280.00k0.016%
$ 161.1k
Richard Wald
Independent Director5.8yrsUS$285.00k0.077%
$ 795.9k
6.3yrs
Average Tenure
66yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: MFA's board of directors are considered experienced (6.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/24 07:24
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/24 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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 19 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
Jason StewartBrean Capital Historical (Janney Montgomery)
Jessica Levi-RibnerB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Eric HagenBTIG