MFA Financial Inc (MFA)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

A share price of MFA Financial Inc [MFA] is currently trading at $12.48, up 1.55%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MFA shares have gain 2.30% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.89%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 13, 2023, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform and also boosted its price target to $12 from $11.25. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on December 06, 2023, and set its price target to $12. Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to a Outperform but stick to its price target of $12.50 on January 09, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform but $12.75 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 18, 2022. Raymond James upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on December 08, 2021, but kept the price target unchanged to $5.25. In a note dated November 08, 2021, BTIG Research downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.

MFA Financial Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $8.68 and $13.45. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $14.75 within the next 12 months. MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] shares were valued at $12.48 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 18.19% based on the average MFA price forecast.

Analyzing the MFA fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA] were 777.89M which represents -1.24% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.21% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.53%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 4.72.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 12.16 points at the first support level, and at 11.85 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.69, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.90.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.64, the price to book ratio is 0.68 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.34.

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