MFA Financial Inc (MFA) Stock Up 1.45%: Is It a Good Investment?

Kevin Freeman

MFA Financial Inc [MFA] stock is trading at $9.82, up 1.45%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MFA shares have gain 4.25% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.29%, and 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 an Outtperform 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.

MFA Financial Inc [MFA] stock has fluctuated between $7.85 and $11.08 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $10.25 within the next 12 months. MFA Financial Inc [NYSE: MFA] shares were valued at $9.82 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.38% based on the average MFA price forecast.

Analyzing the MFA fundamentals

MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA] reported sales of 762.21M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 31.98%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.92% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.57%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.34%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.02. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 3.62.

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Ratios To Look Out For

For context, MFA Financial Inc’s Current Ratio is 2.09. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.68. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.32, the price to book ratio is 0.55 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.54.

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.

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