MFA Financial Inc (NYSE: MFA) is -3.82% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.20 and a high of $13.45 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MFA stock was last observed hovering at around $11.03 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.19%.
Currently trading at $10.84, the stock is -7.40% and -11.39% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.29 million and changing -1.72% at the moment leaves the stock -4.77% off its SMA200. MFA registered 2.75% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $12.233 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.3829.
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The stock witnessed a -11.15% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.60%, and is -2.08% 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 1.44% over the week and 2.48% over the month.
MFA Financial Inc (MFA) has around 377 employees, a market worth around $1.11B and $722.33M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.80 and Fwd P/E is 6.63. Profit margin for the company is 23.56%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.27% and -19.41% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.57%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.26% this year
262.0 institutions hold shares in MFA Financial Inc (MFA), with institutional investors hold 69.22% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 101.92M, and float is at 101.32M with Short Float at 2.05%. Institutions hold 68.51% 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.
