MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) Stock Analysis
Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $9.45, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum.
MFA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It operates through two segments: Mortgage-Related Assets and Lima One. The Mortgage-Related Assets segment primarily invests in and manages a diversified... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $9.45, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum. Not in investable universe. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — MFA Financial, Inc.
Latest news
- MFA Financial Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day - MarketWatch — MarketWatch positive
- MFA Financial (MFA) Projected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- 50 years of art-inspired floral installations at the MFA - WBUR — WBUR neutral
- MFA Wealth Services's Fidelity Fundamental Small-Mid Cap ETF(FFSM) Holding History - GuruFocus — GuruFocus neutral
- MFA Financial, Inc. Preferred Series B (MFA/PB) - Minichart — Minichart neutral
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2 floor-breakers·2 ceiling hits
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Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $9.45, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum. Not in investable universe. Target $13.05 (+38.1%), stop $9.03 (−4.7%), A.R:R 8.0:1. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $13.05 (+39.9% upside). Target $13.05 (+38.1%), stop $9.03 (−4.7%), A.R:R 8.0:1. Stop-loss: $9.03.
Market cap $0.96B below $1B minimum.
MFA Financial, Inc. trades at a P/E of 10.7 (forward 6.3). TrendMatrix value score: 8.9/10. Verdict: Hold.
10 analysts cover MFA with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $15.
What does MFA Financial, Inc. do?MFA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States....
MFA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It operates through two segments: Mortgage-Related Assets and Lima One. The Mortgage-Related Assets segment primarily invests in and manages a diversified portfolio of residential whole loans, including nonqualified mortgage loans, business purpose loans such as single-family rental loans, single-family and multifamily transitional loans, legacy re-performing and non-performing loans, and agency-eligible investor loans. This segment also invests in residential mortgage-backed securities, including agency MBS, non-agency MBS, and credit risk transfer securities. The Lima One segment includes a stand-alone mortgage origination and servicing business; and originates and services business purpose loans for real estate investors, and related mortgage banking activities. The company offers residential whole loans, including purchased credit deteriorated and non-performing loans; and mortgage servicing rights-related assets. The company's investment activities through a combination of securitization transactions, term loan warehouse financing and repurchase agreement financing. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. MFA Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in New York, New York.