Valuation
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MFA-PB Real Estate
MFA Financial, Inc.
$17.46-0.20%
Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 1, 2026
Basics
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Mortgage
- Country
- United States
- Enterprise value
- 13.4B USD
- Full-time employees
- 307
Growth
Is it growing?73/100
Moderate
2/3 inputs reported · Partial data
Since last quarter: No major change
Why
Compare with peers Stronger than most peers on:
- ▲ Revenue growth
Behind the score
Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.
Earnings per share growth17.2%
SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.19Sector median: 0.1117 · MAD: 0.31013-year revenue growthUnavailable
Missing · left out of the score · no sector data, so not countedNot counted · remaining weights rescaledSector median: 0.0378 · MAD: 0.0744Revenue growth18.1%
Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · fiscal year to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.63Sector median: 0.0297 · MAD: 0.0927Profitability
Does it earn well?Insufficient data
Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed). We leave it blank rather than fill the gap with a made-up middle value.
Risk
Debt, liquidity, price swingsHigher
Higher relative risk
3/3 inputs reported · High confidence
Since last quarter: No major change
Why
Compare with peers Weaker than most peers on:
- ▼ Debt / equity
- ▼ Beta
Behind the score
Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.
Beta1.49
Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.27Sector median: 0.7490 · MAD: 0.3270Current ratio43.67×
Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of dateOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 6.31Sector median: 1.1950 · MAD: 0.7210Debt / equity6.57×
Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -10.12Sector median: 0.8040 · MAD: 0.3893Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.
Questions investors ask about MFA Financial
- Is MFA Financial getting weaker?
- Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) showed no major changes.
- How is MFA Financial valued vs its peers?
- Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed).
- Is MFA Financial growing?
- Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 73/100 against 762 real estate peers. Revenue growth 18.1% vs a peer median of 3.0% (stronger than 83% of peers).Revenue growth 18.1% vs peers 3.0% (stronger than 83% of peers).
- How profitable is MFA Financial?
- Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed).
- How risky is MFA Financial?
- Higher risk relative to 762 real estate peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 43.67× vs a peer median of 1.20× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 43.67× vs peers 1.20× (stronger than 95% of peers). Debt / equity 6.57× vs a peer median of 0.80× (weaker than 100% of peers).Debt / equity 6.57× vs peers 0.80× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.
Latest filing: what changed
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 5, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026No major changes
| Previous quarter | Latest quarter | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income (12 months) | 134.6M USD | 148.2M USD | +10.1% |
| Cash | 221.6M USD | 141.2M USD | −36.3% |
| Shares outstanding | 101.6M | 101.1M | −0.5% |
From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.
Industry valuation context
Sector: Real Estate · 124 companiesValuations in Real Estate are within their usual range since 2016.
- 30% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
- 15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
- Over 24 months, company values +4% and earnings +25% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
- Median price-to-sales is +112% vs the whole market, against a usual +154%.
Shown for Real Estate: too few REIT - Mortgage companies have a long enough history of their own.
Financials
Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year| Key ratios | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.6% | -2.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.4% | ▲ 0.3 pts |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.9% | -11.6% | 4.2% | 6.5% | 9.7% | ▲ 3.2 pts |
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