MFA Financial Inc (NYSE: MFA) is -3.53% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $7.85 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 $9.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.26%.
Currently trading at $9.83, the stock is 3.09% and -0.54% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.3 million and changing 2.72% at the moment leaves the stock -10.48% off its SMA200. MFA registered -8.73% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -15.04%.
The stock witnessed a 13.25% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.96%, and is 3.80% up 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 1.85% over the week and 2.62% over the month.
MFA Financial Inc (MFA) has around 348 employees, a market worth around $1.01B and $762.16M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.01 and Fwd P/E is 7.04. Profit margin for the company is 13.62%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.22% and -26.91% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.92%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.67% this year
The shares outstanding are 102.65M, and float is at 101.78M with Short Float at 2.19%.
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 10.5309 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 9.6271 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 9.55 million shares representing 9.2313 and valued at over $101.61 million, while VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. holds 3.2731 of the shares totaling 3.39 million with a market value of $36.03 million.
