At the time of writing, MFA Financial Inc [MFA] stock is trading at $10.36, up 2.37%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MFA shares have gain 2.47% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.67%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 02, 2025, when Janney initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $14. Previously, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 13, 2023, and elevated its price target to $12. On December 06, 2023, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $12 on the stock. Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $12.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 09, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on July 18, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $12.75. In a note dated December 08, 2021, Raymond James upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $5.25.
For the past year, the stock price of MFA Financial Inc fluctuated between $9.36 and $13.45. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $14.25 within the next 12 months. MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] shares were valued at $10.36 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 37.55% based on the average MFA price forecast.
Analyzing the MFA fundamentals
According to MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA], the company’s sales were 722.33M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -28.66% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.66%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.23%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.11 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.93.
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 10.22 points at the first support level, and at 10.09 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.45, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 10.55.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.46, the price to book ratio is 0.56 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.49.
