MFA Financial, Inc.

NYSE:MFA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$1.1b

MFA Financial Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

MFA Financial has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 16.1%, while the Mortgage REITs industry saw earnings growing at 8.3% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 17.5% per year. MFA Financial's return on equity is 10.8%, and it has net margins of 46.4%.

Key information

16.1%

Earnings growth rate

15.8%

EPS growth rate

Mortgage REITs Industry Growth4.5%
Revenue growth rate17.5%
Return on equity10.8%
Net Margin46.4%
Next Earnings Update19 Feb 2025

Recent past performance 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

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How MFA Financial makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:MFA Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 243661701360
30 Jun 24260651360
31 Mar 24192-21370
31 Dec 23234471300
30 Sep 23138-361220
30 Jun 23136-351180
31 Mar 2364-1091140
31 Dec 22-96-2651120
30 Sep 22-51-2281160
30 Jun 22126-401110
31 Mar 22273127990
31 Dec 21449295830
30 Sep 21412297660
30 Jun 21370252590
31 Mar 21493282580
31 Dec 20-538-709570
30 Sep 20-434-650610
30 Jun 20-435-638550
31 Mar 20-529-637530
31 Dec 19473362530
30 Sep 19423322520
30 Jun 19412314500
31 Mar 19386291490
31 Dec 18381286460
30 Sep 18412325430
30 Jun 18394302470
31 Mar 18406311470
31 Dec 17394307500
30 Sep 17368278520
30 Jun 17378297480
31 Mar 17371296460
31 Dec 16377296460
30 Sep 16370297450
30 Jun 16365293440
31 Mar 16363293430
31 Dec 15366297420
30 Sep 15370303420
30 Jun 15367303420
31 Mar 15367303400
31 Dec 14359297400
30 Sep 14353296380
30 Jun 14346289360
31 Mar 14342281350

Quality Earnings: MFA has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: MFA became profitable in the past.

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: MFA's earnings have grown by 16.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: MFA has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: MFA has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Mortgage REITs industry (5.6%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: MFA's Return on Equity (10.8%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/16 04:17
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/14 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Analyst Sources

MFA Financial, Inc. is covered by 25 analysts. 4 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.