MFA Financial, Inc.
MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) is a specialty finance company that invests in and finances residential mortgage assets. Its portfolio includes residential whole loans—such as non-qualified mortgage, business-purpose, and re-performing or non-performing loans—as well as Agency and non-Agency mortgage-backed securities… From the company’s description.
In fiscal 2025, MFA Financial, Inc. reported net income of $176.78M. Operations generated $76.25M in cash.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.
What MFA Financial, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) is a specialty finance company that invests in and finances residential mortgage assets. Its portfolio includes residential whole loans—such as non-qualified mortgage, business-purpose, and re-performing or non-performing loans—as well as Agency and non-Agency mortgage-backed securities and credit risk transfer securities. Through subsidiary Lima One Capital, MFA originates and services business-purpose loans for real estate investors, including short-term loans for residential and multifamily property rehabilitation and single-family rental financing. The company operates as an internally managed real estate investment trust, conducting its real estate finance businesses primarily through wholly owned subsidiaries. At December 31, 2025, residential whole loans totaled $8.8 billion, or about 71% of investment-related assets, and residential mortgage securities totaled $3.4 billion, or about 27%. MFA acquired Lima One in 2021; the subsidiary originated $0.9 billion of loans during 2025. MFA had 307 employees at year-end 2025. Its website is www.mfafinancial.com.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry (SIC)
- REITs
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1055160
- SIC
- 6798
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2011–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns MFA Financial, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · MFA Financial, Inc.’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
MFA Financial, Inc.’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 1 issues of MFA Financial, Inc.’s debt, $0.47M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 8.88%, maturing 2029 to 2029.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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