At the time of writing, MFA Financial Inc [MFA] stock is trading at $9.13, up 0.22%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MFA shares have gain 1.90% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.69%, 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 October 08, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $10.50 for it. Previously, Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on July 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $10. On January 02, 2025, Janney initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $14 on the stock. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $12 on December 13, 2023. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $12 as its price target on December 06, 2023. In a note dated January 09, 2023, Credit Suisse upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $12.50.
For the past year, the stock price of MFA Financial Inc fluctuated between $7.85 and $12.78. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $13.17 within the next 12 months. MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] shares were valued at $9.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 44.25% based on the average MFA price forecast.
Analyzing the MFA fundamentals
According to MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA], the company’s sales were 717.99M for trailing twelve months, which represents an -20.59% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.97% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.45%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.35%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.36%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.01.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA] has a current ratio of 2.74. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 2.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.31, the price to book ratio is 0.51 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.43.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lin Mei, Sr. VP & Co-Controller, that happened on Sep 15 ’25 when 2775.0 shares were sold.
