MFA Financial (MFA) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) is projected to post its Q3 2025 results before the market opens on Thursday, November 6th. Analysts expect MFA Financial to post earnings of $0.30 per share and revenue of $57.4020 million for the quarter. Parties can check the company’s upcoming Q3 2025 earningsummary page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET.

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.24 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.29 by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $61.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $59.50 million. MFA Financial had a return on equity of 8.61% and a net margin of 17.62%.During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.32 EPS.

MFA Financial Trading Up 1.1%

MFA Financial stock opened at $9.14 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.52. MFA Financial has a 1-year low of $7.85 and a 1-year high of $12.60. The company has a market cap of $937.88 million, a P/E ratio of 10.50 and a beta of 1.70.

MFA Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $0.36 per share. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 15.8%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. MFA Financial’s dividend payout ratio is presently 165.52%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on MFA shares. Wall Street Zen cut shares of MFA Financial from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Sunday. JMP Securities lowered their price target on MFA Financial from $12.00 to $11.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Jones Trading reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of MFA Financial in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut shares of MFA Financial from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $12.00 to $10.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of MFA Financial in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, MFA Financial presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $11.75.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On MFA Financial

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Headlands Technologies LLC lifted its position in shares of MFA Financial by 62.3% during the 2nd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 2,992 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 1,149 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its position in MFA Financial by 23.9% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,340 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $69,000 after buying an additional 1,417 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in MFA Financial by 63.5% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 9,808 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $93,000 after buying an additional 3,811 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in shares of MFA Financial in the 2nd quarter valued at $253,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of MFA Financial in the 1st quarter valued at $259,000. 65.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About MFA Financial

MFA Financial, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage securities, including non-agency mortgage-backed securities, agency MBS, and credit risk transfer securities; residential whole loans, including purchased performing loans, purchased credit deteriorated, and non-performing loans; and mortgage servicing rights related assets.