# MFA Financial Inc. (MFA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Real Estate / Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Price $8.95, market value $905 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 8.9×** (5-yr avg 9.4×, 3-yr avg 11.3×). MFA Financial Inc. trades at 8.9× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 9.4×. The Real Estate median in the September 2026 study was 25.2×. Forward P/E is 6.4×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.11**. A PEG of 0.11 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / book: 0.5×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 11.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 11.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 9.7%**. 9.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 58.5%**. Earnings per share rose 58.5%.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 16.09%** ($1.44 per share, trailing). MFA Financial Inc. yields 16.09%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 84%**. 84% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving a thin cushion.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 2.1%/yr** (1-yr 2.9%). The dividend has grown 2.1% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 0.4%** (YTD 3.6%, 3-mo 0.1%). The shares are up 0.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -14.2%** (3.7% above the low). Trading 14% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.70** (volatility 22%). Beta of 0.70 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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