MFA Financial Inc - Detailed Introduction, Company Background, Business Scope, Financial Data, and Market Performance

More Details of MFA Financial Inc Company

MFA Financial, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities and other real estate assets. Its targeted investments include principally residential whole loans and residential mortgage securities. Its residential whole loans include purchased performing loans, purchased credit deteriorated and purchased non-performing loans. Its residential mortgage securities include agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), non-agency MBS, credit risk transfer securities and MSR-related assets, which include term notes backed directly or indirectly by mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). Its principal business objective is to deliver shareholder value through the generation of distributable income and through asset performance linked to residential mortgage credit fundamentals. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lima One Capital (Lima One), also originates and services business purpose loans for real estate investors.

MFA Financial Inc Info

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Ticker SymbolMFA

Company nameMFA Financial Inc

IPO dateApr 13, 1998

CEOMr. Craig L. Knutson

Number of employees348

Security typeOrdinary Share

Fiscal year-endApr 13

Address350 Park Avenue

CityNEW YORK

Stock exchangeNYSE Consolidated

CountryUnited States of America

Postal code10022

Phone12122076400

Websitehttps://www.mfafinancial.com/

Ticker SymbolMFA

IPO dateApr 13, 1998

CEOMr. Craig L. Knutson

Company Executives of MFA Financial Inc

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Name

Name/Position

Position

Shareholding

Change

Mr. Craig L. Knutson

Chief Executive Officer, Director

625.60K

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Mr. Bryan Wulfsohn

President, Chief Investment Officer

141.10K

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Ms. Lori Samuels

Senior Vice President and Chief Loan Operations Officer

35.98K

--

Ms. Robin Josephs

Independent Director

31.98K

--

Mrs. Natasha Seemungal

Senior Vice President, Co-Controller

12.08K

+6.28%

Ms. Laurie S. Goodman

Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

6.01K

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Ms. Mei Lin

Senior Vice President, Co-Controller

5.50K

-33.52%

Mr. Harold Edward Schwartz, J.D.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

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Mr. Bryan Doran

Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

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Mr. Michael C. Roper

Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

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Name

Name/Position

Position

Shareholding

Change

Mr. Craig L. Knutson

Chief Executive Officer, Director

625.60K

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Mr. Bryan Wulfsohn

President, Chief Investment Officer

141.10K

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Ms. Lori Samuels

Senior Vice President and Chief Loan Operations Officer

35.98K

--

Ms. Robin Josephs

Independent Director

31.98K

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Mrs. Natasha Seemungal

Senior Vice President, Co-Controller

12.08K

+6.28%

Ms. Laurie S. Goodman

Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

6.01K

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Revenue Breakdown

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By Business

By Region

No Data

Shareholding Stats

Updated: Thu, Sep 25

Shareholders

Shareholder Types

Shareholders

Proportion

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

9.94%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

8.12%

Wellington Management Company, LLP

3.39%

Balyasny Asset Management LP

2.75%

State Street Investment Management (US)

2.51%

Other

73.28%

Shareholders

Proportion

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

9.94%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

8.12%

Wellington Management Company, LLP

3.39%

Balyasny Asset Management LP

2.75%

State Street Investment Management (US)

2.51%

Other

73.28%

Shareholder Types

Shareholders

Proportion

Investment Advisor

33.60%

Investment Advisor/Hedge Fund

15.85%

Hedge Fund

8.30%

Research Firm

1.44%

Individual Investor

0.94%

Bank and Trust

0.36%

Pension Fund

0.35%

Insurance Company

0.18%

Sovereign Wealth Fund

0.07%

Other

38.90%

Institutional Shareholding

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Updated: Wed, Oct 1

Reporting Period

No. of institutions

Shares Held

Proportion

Change

2025Q3

396

61.76M

60.15%

-7.05M

2025Q2

410

60.66M

59.09%

-13.43M

2025Q1

431

66.41M

64.71%

-7.37M

2024Q4

423

70.19M

68.47%

-6.72M

2024Q3

417

71.27M

69.81%

-13.71M

2024Q2

404

67.77M

66.38%

-15.91M

2024Q1

429

66.32M

64.97%

-17.19M

2023Q4

447

65.03M

63.81%

-16.71M

2023Q3

447

62.29M

61.11%

-20.38M

2023Q2

454

62.62M

61.44%

-16.86M

Shareholder Activity

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Name

Shares Held

Proportion

Change

Chg %

Date

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

10.21M

9.94%

-88.93K

-0.86%

Jun 30, 2025

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

8.34M

8.12%

-544.91K

-6.13%

Jun 30, 2025

Wellington Management Company, LLP

3.48M

3.39%

-558.15K

-13.81%

Jun 30, 2025

Balyasny Asset Management LP

2.82M

2.75%

+977.82K

+53.07%

Jun 30, 2025

State Street Investment Management (US)

2.58M

2.51%

+6.42K

+0.25%

Jun 30, 2025

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

2.49M

2.42%

+54.94K

+2.26%

Jun 30, 2025

Fuh Hwa Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd.

2.28M

2.22%

+25.06K

+1.11%

Jun 30, 2025

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

1.67M

1.63%

-126.72K

-7.05%

Jun 30, 2025

Invesco Capital Management LLC

1.59M

1.55%

+137.18K

+9.42%

Jun 30, 2025

Wolverine Asset Management, LLC

960.99K

0.94%

+960.99K

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Jun 30, 2025

Related ETFs

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Updated: Sun, Nov 2

Name

Proportion

Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF

3%

WisdomTree Private Credit & Alternative Income Fd

2.6%

GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF

2.47%

VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF

2.32%

iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF

1.98%

Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF

1.11%

Global X SuperDividend ETF

0.77%

Hoya Capital Housing ETF

0.59%

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

0.55%

First Trust Small Cap Core Alphadex Fund

0.28%

Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF

Proportion3%

WisdomTree Private Credit & Alternative Income Fd

Proportion2.6%

GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF

Proportion2.47%

VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF

Proportion2.32%

iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF

Proportion1.98%

Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF

Proportion1.11%

Global X SuperDividend ETF

Proportion0.77%

Hoya Capital Housing ETF

Proportion0.59%

First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

Proportion0.55%

First Trust Small Cap Core Alphadex Fund

Proportion0.28%

Dividend

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A total of 901.95M USD has been distributed in dividends over the past 5 years.

Date

Dividend

Record Date

Payment Date

Ex-dividend Date

Dec 11, 2024

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Jan 31, 2025 going ex on Dec 31, 2024

Dec 31, 2024

Jan 31, 2025

Dec 31, 2024

Sep 12, 2024

MFA.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Oct 31, 2024 going ex on Sep 27, 2024 with reinvestment option

Sep 27, 2024

Oct 31, 2024

Sep 27, 2024

Jun 11, 2024

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Jul 31, 2024 going ex on Jun 28, 2024 with reinvestment option

Jun 28, 2024

Jul 31, 2024

Jun 28, 2024

Mar 07, 2024

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Apr 30, 2024 going ex on Mar 27, 2024 with reinvestment option

Mar 28, 2024

Apr 30, 2024

Mar 27, 2024

Dec 13, 2023

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Jan 31, 2024 going ex on Dec 28, 2023

Dec 29, 2023

Jan 31, 2024

Dec 28, 2023

Sep 20, 2023

MFA.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Oct 31, 2023 going ex on Sep 29, 2023 with reinvestment option

Oct 02, 2023

Oct 31, 2023

Sep 29, 2023

Jun 15, 2023

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Jul 31, 2023 going ex on Jun 29, 2023 with reinvestment option

Jun 30, 2023

Jul 31, 2023

Jun 29, 2023

Mar 10, 2023

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Apr 28, 2023 going ex on Mar 30, 2023

Mar 31, 2023

Apr 28, 2023

Mar 30, 2023

Dec 14, 2022

MFA.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.35 paid on Jan 31, 2023 going ex on Dec 29, 2022

Dec 30, 2022

Jan 31, 2023

Dec 29, 2022

Sep 13, 2022

MFA.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.44 paid on Oct 31, 2022 going ex on Sep 29, 2022

Sep 30, 2022

Oct 31, 2022

Sep 29, 2022

Stock Split

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Date

Type

Ratio

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Date

Type

Ratio

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1

Mar 24, 2022

Merger

4→1