MFA Financial, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It operates through two segments: Mortgage-Related Assets and Lima One. The Mortgage-Related Assets segment primarily invests in and manages a diversified portfolio of residential whole loans, including nonqualified mortgage loans, business purpose loans such as single-family rental loans, single-family and multifamily transitional loans, legacy re-performing and non-performing loans, and agency-eligible investor loans. This segment also invests in residential mortgage-backed securities, including agency MBS, non-agency MBS, and credit risk transfer securities. The Lima One segment includes a stand-alone mortgage origination and servicing business; and originates and services business purpose loans for real estate investors, and related mortgage banking activities. The company offers residential whole loans, including purchased credit deteriorated and non-performing loans; and mortgage servicing rights-related assets. The company's investment activities through a combination of securitization transactions, term loan warehouse financing and repurchase agreement financing. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. MFA Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in New York, New York.
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5 years, 7 months ago
MFA Financial, Inc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 16.8% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 74.8% cheaper than other stocks from the Real Estate sector with a price to sales ratio of 2.5.
MFA Financial, Inc's total revenue sank by 65.6% to $39M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 54.5% to $46M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 54.3% to $18M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, MFA Financial, Inc gets an overall score of 2/5.