MFA Financial Valuation

Is MFA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MFA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MFA's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate MFA's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MFA?

Key metric: As MFA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MFA. This is calculated by dividing MFA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MFA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.7x
EarningsUS$169.85m
Market CapUS$1.14b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MFA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MFA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.4x
FBRT Franklin BSP Realty Trust
15.9x24.4%US$1.1b
PMT PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
9.3x8.4%US$1.2b
ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT
8.7x64.4%US$1.0b
LADR Ladder Capital
15.5x11.9%US$1.5b
MFA MFA Financial
6.7x-4.9%US$1.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the peer average (12.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MFA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Mortgage REITs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
MFA 6.7xIndustry Avg. 10.6xNo. of Companies4PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the US Mortgage REITs industry average (10.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MFA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MFA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.7x
Fair PE Ratio10.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MFA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10.9x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MFA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$11.16
US$15.93
+42.7%
39.2%US$31.00US$12.00n/a7
Nov ’25US$12.18
US$16.07
+31.9%
38.4%US$31.00US$12.00n/a7
Oct ’25US$12.38
US$15.93
+28.7%
39.0%US$31.00US$12.00n/a7
Sep ’25US$12.52
US$15.43
+23.2%
41.4%US$31.00US$12.00n/a7
Aug ’25US$10.97
US$14.86
+35.4%
44.6%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Jul ’25US$10.48
US$14.86
+41.8%
44.6%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Jun ’25US$10.70
US$14.86
+38.9%
44.6%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
May ’25US$10.79
US$14.86
+37.7%
44.6%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$11.24
US$14.93
+32.8%
44.2%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Mar ’25US$11.23
US$14.93
+32.9%
44.2%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$11.30
US$14.86
+31.5%
44.5%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Jan ’25US$11.27
US$14.71
+30.6%
45.3%US$31.00US$11.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$11.07
US$15.04
+35.9%
47.6%US$31.00US$11.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$9.30
US$15.29
+64.4%
46.1%US$31.00US$11.00US$12.186
Oct ’24US$9.61
US$15.54
+61.7%
44.9%US$31.00US$11.00US$12.386
Sep ’24US$10.94
US$15.63
+42.8%
44.4%US$31.00US$11.00US$12.526
Aug ’24US$11.25
US$15.63
+38.9%
44.4%US$31.00US$11.00US$10.976
Jul ’24US$11.24
US$15.46
+37.5%
45.2%US$31.00US$11.00US$10.486
Jun ’24US$10.81
US$15.46
+43.0%
45.2%US$31.00US$11.00US$10.706
May ’24US$10.43
US$15.33
+47.0%
46.0%US$31.00US$11.00US$10.796
Apr ’24US$9.92
US$15.50
+56.3%
45.0%US$31.00US$11.00US$11.246
Mar ’24US$10.45
US$15.50
+48.3%
45.0%US$31.00US$11.00US$11.236
Feb ’24US$12.16
US$15.50
+27.5%
45.0%US$31.00US$11.00US$11.306
Jan ’24US$9.85
US$15.42
+56.5%
45.5%US$31.00US$11.00US$11.276
Dec ’23US$11.19
US$15.08
+34.8%
47.8%US$31.00US$10.00US$11.076
Nov ’23US$9.98
US$14.92
+49.5%
49.0%US$31.00US$10.00US$9.306

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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