MFA Finl Inc/SH (MFA) Receiving Somewhat Favorable News Coverage, Study Shows

News headlines about MFA Finl Inc/SH (NYSE:MFA) have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. MFA Finl Inc/SH earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.051519034036 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

NYSE MFA opened at $7.80 on Tuesday. MFA Finl Inc/SH has a fifty-two week low of $6.72 and a fifty-two week high of $8.90. The stock has a market cap of $3.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.87 and a beta of 0.36.

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MFA Finl Inc/SH (NYSE:MFA) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $53.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $69.35 million. MFA Finl Inc/SH had a return on equity of 10.06% and a net margin of 78.04%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.20 earnings per share. equities research analysts anticipate that MFA Finl Inc/SH will post 0.82 EPS for the current year.

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 29th will be given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th. MFA Finl Inc/SH’s dividend payout ratio is currently 101.27%.

Several equities analysts have weighed in on MFA shares. Zacks Investment Research upgraded MFA Finl Inc/SH from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, April 19th. ValuEngine lowered MFA Finl Inc/SH from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. MFA Finl Inc/SH presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $8.56.

MFA Finl Inc/SH Company Profile

MFA Financial, Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company invests in residential mortgage assets, including non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), agency MBS, residential whole loans, credit risk transfer securities, and mortgage servicing rights related assets.