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MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) generates frequent news for investors interested in residential mortgage finance and real estate investment trusts (REITs). The company regularly issues press releases on quarterly earnings, portfolio activity, securitizations and dividend declarations on its common and preferred stock.
News updates often cover financial results for each quarter, including GAAP net income, distributable earnings, book value metrics and total economic return. MFA also reports on changes in its residential investment portfolio, such as acquisitions of Non-QM loans, business purpose loans and agency mortgage-backed securities, as well as portfolio runoff, asset sales and credit performance indicators like delinquency rates.
Another key news theme is capital markets activity. MFA announces Non-QM loan securitizations, including transaction sizes, collateral characteristics and credit ratings on securitized tranches. The company also discloses developments in its at-the-market equity offering programs for common and preferred stock, along with related corporate actions documented in Form 8-K filings.
Dividend-related news is prominent, with regular announcements of quarterly cash dividends on MFA’s common stock and its Series B and Series C preferred shares, specifying dividend amounts, record dates and payment dates. In addition, MFA issues notices regarding investor events such as live audio webcasts of earnings conference calls and the posting of presentation materials.
Investors and analysts who follow MFA’s news can track how the company manages its residential mortgage loan and securities portfolio, how it uses securitization and hedging, and how its Board of Directors approaches common and preferred dividend policy. Bookmarking this page provides a centralized view of the latest MFA press releases and related market disclosures.
MFA Financial (NYSE: MFA) announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share, payable April 30, 2026, to shareholders of record on March 31, 2026. MFA is a speciality finance REIT investing in residential mortgage loans, RMBS and other real estate assets and has returned over $5.0 billion in dividends since its 1998 IPO.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) declared quarterly dividends on its preferred shares for the quarter ending March 31, 2026. The Board set a $0.46875 per-share dividend for Series B and a $0.57991 per-share dividend for Series C, payable March 31, 2026, to holders of record March 4, 2026.
The Series C dividend reflects an annual rate of 9.27855% based on three-month CME Term SOFR with stated spreads. MFA invests in residential mortgage assets and has paid over $5.0 billion in dividends since its 1998 IPO.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) reported GAAP net income of $43.6M for Q4 2025 and $136.5M for full-year 2025, with GAAP EPS of $0.42 (Q4) and $1.31 (FY). Distributable earnings were $27.8M (Q4) and $104.0M (FY). Total economic return was 3.1% in Q4 and 9.0% for 2025. MFA closed Q4 with $213.2M unrestricted cash and announced a new $200M stock repurchase program effective through 2028.
Portfolio activity included $2.7B of 2025 loan acquisitions (including $1.8B Non-QM), five securitizations totaling $1.8B UPB of Non-QM, and $2.1B of Agency MBS purchases.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) posted dividend tax information for the 2025 tax year. Common stock dividends paid in 2025 are expected to be 59.4% ordinary income (Section 199A) and 40.6% return of capital. Preferred dividends paid quarterly in 2025 are expected to be 100% ordinary income (Section 199A).
Stockholders should review brokerage tax statements and consult tax advisors; the information is not tax advice.
MFA Financial (NYSE: MFA) will host a live audio webcast of its investor conference call on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss fourth quarter 2025 financial results, which are scheduled to be announced earlier that day.
The webcast will be accessible at www.mfafinancial.com via the News & Events link. Earnings presentation materials will be posted on the website prior to the call and an audio replay will be available after the call. MFA is an internally managed real estate investment trust that invests in residential mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities and other real estate assets and originates business-purpose loans through its subsidiary Lima One Capital. MFA has distributed over $5.0 billion in dividends since its 1998 IPO.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share. The Board declared the dividend with a record date of December 31, 2025 and a payment date of January 30, 2026 to common stockholders of record.
MFA is an internally managed REIT focused on residential mortgage loans, RMBS and other real estate assets and, through Lima One Capital, originates and services business-purpose loans for real estate investors. MFA has distributed over $5.0 billion in dividends since its 1998 IPO.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) announced quarterly dividends on its preferred shares for the quarter ending December 31, 2025. The Board declared a $0.46875 per‑share dividend on 7.50% Series B cumulative redeemable preferred stock and a $0.61385 per‑share dividend on 6.50% Series C fixed‑to‑floating cumulative redeemable preferred stock.
Both dividends are payable on December 31, 2025 to holders of record as of December 4, 2025. The Series C dividend reflects an annualized rate of 9.60811% based on three‑month CME Term SOFR plus stated spreads on the September 26, 2025 dividend determination date.
MFA also noted it has distributed over $5.0 billion in dividends to stockholders since 1998.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) reported Q3 2025 results: GAAP net income $37.3M ($0.36 basic / $0.35 diluted) and distributable earnings $21.0M ($0.20 per share). The company paid a $0.36 dividend on Oct 31, 2025. GAAP book value $13.13 and economic book value $13.69 at Sept 30, 2025; total economic return 2.6%. MFA closed the quarter with $305.2M unrestricted cash and acquired $1.2B of residential mortgage assets, including $452.8M Non-QM and $472.8M Agency MBS. Lima One originations rose 20% to $260M with $200M transitional loans at ~10% coupon. MFA securitized $721.5M of Non-QM loans, repurchased ~500k shares, and reduced 60+ day delinquencies to 6.8%. Debt/Net Equity ratio was 5.5x.
Campfire (NYSE:MFA) announced a $65 million Series B on Oct 15, 2025, co-led by Accel and Ribbit, with continued investment from Foundation Capital and Y Combinator and several angel investors.
Total funding exceeded $100 million after this round, reached in just 12 weeks following a $35 million Series A. Campfire reports 10x year-to-date revenue growth, multiple migrations off legacy ERP (including SAP), and enterprise customers on the platform.
The company also announced L.A.M., a proprietary accounting AI model achieving 95% accuracy on workflows like reconciliations and variance detection.
MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) will host a live audio webcast of its third quarter 2025 earnings conference call on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Third quarter 2025 financial results will be announced earlier that day.
The webcast is accessible at www.mfafinancial.com via the "News & Events" link. Earnings presentation materials will be posted on the website before the call and an audio replay will be available after the call. Contact: InvestorRelations@mfafinancial.com; 212-207-6488.
Company focus: investing in residential mortgage loans, RMBS, and other real estate assets; wholly owned subsidiary Lima One Capital originates and services business purpose loans. MFA has distributed over $4.9 billion in dividends since its IPO.