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MFA Financial

NYQ:MFA US55272X1028
30
  • Value
    80
  • Growth
    27
  • Safety
    Safety
    14
  • Combined
    71
  • Sentiment
    11
  • 360° View
    360° View
    30
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Company Description

MFA Financial, Inc. is a specialty finance company investing in residential mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities, and real estate assets, aiming to deliver shareholder value through distributable income and asset performance linked to residential mortgage credit fundamentals. Its main businesses include residential whole loans (non-QM, business purpose, legacy RPL/NPL) and residential mortgage securities (agency MBS, non-agency MBS, CRT, MSRs-related assets). Through Lima One Capital, it originates and services business purpose loans. The company's operations are primarily within the US. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $947 million, profits of $285 million, revenue of $806 million, and 348 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 30 (better than 30% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock MFA Financial are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for MFA Financial. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 80, which means that the share price of MFA Financial is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 80% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 27, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 14, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 86% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 89% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 11. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Leverage
Weakest Rank Dividend Yield
Country USA
Industry REITs: Mortgage
Size Medium
Website mfafinancial.com
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 100 90 91
Growth
27 61 87 95
Safety
Safety
14 14 14 14
Sentiment
11 18 37 17
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30 30 30 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
13 47 43 34
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 34 57 47
Market Pulse
31 13 20 4
Sentiment
11 18 37 17
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
80 100 90 91
Growth
27 61 87 95
Safety Safety
14 14 14 14
Combined
71 71 71 71
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
34 86 49 46
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
56 92 95 88
Price vs. Book (P/B)
89 84 77 85
Dividend Yield
99 98 94 91
Value
80 100 90 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
52 75 85 66
Profit Growth
45 34 100 83
Capital Growth
19 61 31 85
Stock Returns
45 45 65 59
Growth
27 61 87 95
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
9 13 14 24
Refinancing
58 58 58 58
Liquidity
29 10 25 25
Safety Safety
14 14 14 14

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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