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MFA Financial Inc has a consensus price target of $12.94 based on the ratings of 9 analysts. The high is $14.5 issued by Raymond James on September 19, 2024. The low is $11 issued by RBC Capital on August 28, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, JMP Securities, and Raymond James on February 20, 2025, January 23, 2025, and September 19, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $13.17 between Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, JMP Securities, and Raymond James, there's an implied 20.80% upside for MFA Financial Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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02/20/2025 | Buy Now | 14.68% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | $13.5 → $12.5 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
01/23/2025 | Buy Now | 14.68% | JMP Securities | Aaron Hecht59% | $13.5 → $12.5 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
09/19/2024 | Buy Now | 33.03% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $13 → $14.5 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
09/06/2024 | Buy Now | 23.85% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $12.5 → $13.5 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
08/09/2024 | Buy Now | 28.44% | Wedbush | Jay McCanless88% | $13 → $14 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
08/09/2024 | Buy Now | 19.27% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | $12 → $13 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
05/31/2024 | Buy Now | 14.68% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $12.5 → $12.5 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
04/19/2024 | Buy Now | 14.68% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $12.5 → $12.5 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
04/18/2024 | Buy Now | 14.68% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $12.5 → $12.5 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
12/13/2023 | Buy Now | 10.09% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | → $12 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
12/06/2023 | Buy Now | 10.09% | UBS | Douglas Harter69% | → $12 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
11/21/2023 | Buy Now | 14.68% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $13 → $12.5 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
10/19/2023 | Buy Now | 14.68% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $14 → $12.5 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
08/28/2023 | Buy Now | 0.92% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | → $11 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
07/21/2023 | Buy Now | 28.44% | JMP Securities | Steven Delaney69% | $13 → $14 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
05/30/2023 | Buy Now | 19.27% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $12.5 → $13 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
05/09/2023 | Buy Now | 12.39% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | $11.5 → $12.25 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
04/24/2023 | Buy Now | 5.5% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | $12.5 → $11.5 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
03/10/2023 | Buy Now | 14.68% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Harter69% | → $12.5 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
03/07/2023 | Buy Now | 0.92% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | → $11 | Reiterates | → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
11/25/2022 | Buy Now | 0.92% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | $10 → $11 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
10/20/2022 | Buy Now | 23.85% | JMP Securities | Steven Delaney69% | $15 → $13.5 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
10/18/2022 | Buy Now | 14.68% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $15.5 → $12.5 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
10/05/2022 | Buy Now | -8.26% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | $13 → $10 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
08/15/2022 | Buy Now | 19.27% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | $15 → $13 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
08/15/2022 | Buy Now | 42.2% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $17 → $15.5 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
07/18/2022 | Buy Now | 16.97% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Bose George73% | → $12.75 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
07/18/2022 | Buy Now | 55.96% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $19 → $17 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
06/14/2022 | Buy Now | 37.61% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $18 → $15 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
05/26/2022 | Buy Now | 37.61% | RBC Capital | Kenneth Lee67% | $18 → $15 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
05/19/2022 | Buy Now | 74.31% | Raymond James | Stephen Laws61% | $20 → $19 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
04/26/2022 | Buy Now | 65.14% | JMP Securities | Trevor Cranston61% | $20 → $18 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
The latest price target for MFA Finl (NYSE:MFA) was reported by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on February 20, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $12.50 expecting MFA to rise to within 12 months (a possible 14.68% upside). 9 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for MFA Finl (NYSE:MFA) was provided by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and MFA Finl maintained their outperform rating.
The last upgrade for MFA Financial Inc happened on December 13, 2023 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target to $12. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods previously had a market perform for MFA Financial Inc.
The last downgrade for MFA Financial Inc happened on July 18, 2022 when Keefe, Bruyette & Woods changed their price target from N/A to $12.75 for MFA Financial Inc.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of MFA Finl, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for MFA Finl was filed on February 20, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around February 20, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest MFA Finl (MFA) rating was a maintained with a price target of $13.50 to $12.50. The current price MFA Finl (MFA) is trading at is $10.90, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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