MFA Financial Inc (MFA) Looks Ready for Growth Despite 6.74% Change This Year

MFA Financial Inc (NYSE: MFA) is 6.74% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.41 and a high of $13.45 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MFA stock was last observed hovering at around $12.22 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.19%.

Currently trading at $12.03, the stock is -5.34% and -0.49% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.15 million and changing -1.55% at the moment leaves the stock 6.54% off its SMA200. MFA registered 37.33% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 8.38%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $12.1064 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.29345.

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The stock witnessed a -1.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.06%, and is -5.42% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.98% over the week and 1.86% over the month.

MFA Financial Inc (MFA) has around 377 employees, a market worth around $1.23B and $777.89M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.57 and Fwd P/E is 7.23. Profit margin for the company is 8.42%. Distance from 52-week low is 43.04% and -10.56% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.61%).

with sales reaching $65.25M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 1.36% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 28.10% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 41.40% in year-over-year returns.

MFA Financial Inc (MFA) Top Institutional Holders

235.0 institutions hold shares in MFA Financial Inc (MFA), with institutional investors hold 65.92% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 101.92M, and float is at 101.27M with Short Float at 2.12%. Institutions hold 65.25% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP with over 10.89 million shares valued at $115.91 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.5588% of the MFA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.96 million shares valued at $105.96 million to account for 9.6526 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 9.55 million shares representing 9.2557% and valued at over $101.61 million, while VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. holds 3.2817 of the shares totaling 3.39 million with a market value of $36.03 million.