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MFA MFA Financial (MFA) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Real Estate · Real estate investment trusts · CIK 0001055160
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SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

MFA Financial insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for MFA FINANCIAL, INC. in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Lin Mei
Sr. VP & Co-Controller
SELL
2025-09-16 SECtraded 2025-09-15
2,775
$28.0K
-21.6%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on May 27, 2022.
  • The trade is 25.7% of the 10,778 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Sr. VP & Co-Controller Lin Mei sold about $28.0K of MFA on Sep 15, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company since 2023.
STERNLICHT BARRY S
SELL
2023-01-11 SECtraded 2023-01-09
10,188,539
$102.6M
-1.5%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Jan 6, 2023.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider STERNLICHT BARRY S sold about $102.6M of MFA on Jan 9, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record.
STERNLICHT BARRY S
SELL
2023-01-11 SECtraded 2023-01-06
450,000
$4.7M
-1.5%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 4.4% of the 10,188,539 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider STERNLICHT BARRY S sold about $4.7M of MFA on Jan 6, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record.
Wulfsohn Bryan
SVP & Co-Chief Invest. Ofcr
BUY
2022-09-16 SECtraded 2022-09-15
3,000
$32.2K
+7.2%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 4.7% of the 63,350 shares held after it.
  • 4 other insiders bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: SVP & Co-Chief Invest. Ofcr Wulfsohn Bryan bought about $32.2K of MFA on Sep 15, 2022, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 4 other insiders bought within 30 days.
Roper Michael Charles
SVP & Chief Accounting Ofcr
BUY
2022-09-16 SECtraded 2022-09-15
1,000
$10.8K
+7.2%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Jan 31, 2022.
  • The trade is 6.6% of the 15,208 shares held after it.
  • 4 other insiders bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: SVP & Chief Accounting Ofcr Roper Michael Charles bought about $10.8K of MFA on Sep 15, 2022; 4 other insiders bought within 30 days.
12 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
$14.2M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30
more than 50% of Real Estate
Short interest
5.7% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 2.9 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 63% of Real Estate
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-18.4%12M
-21%-6%+8%+23%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10
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Who owns MFA: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in MFA

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

MFA planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Craig L. Knutson
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2023
$6.6M
$8.5M
$2.1M
-45%
-21%
2022
$6.3M
$1.3M
$1.9M
-58%
-31%
2021
$7.4M
$8.3M
$2.1M
-33%
-8%
2020
$4.6M
$870.9K
$1.4M
-47%
-22%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
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MFA financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
$251.4M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
+8.2%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
+1.2%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
6.57x
close 2026-10-26 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
+37.5%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
0.45x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 15%: four quarters to 2026-06-30 against the four to 2025-06-30
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Net income$176.8M$119.3M$80.2M-$231.6M
EPS (diluted)1.300.820.46-2.57
Operating cash flow$76.2M$200.1M$108.7M$355.3M
Cash$213.2M$338.9M$318.0M$334.2M
Buybacks$15.3M$1.5M$0$102.3M
Dividends paid$148.2M$143.9M$143.1M$184.0M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

MFA Stock Sonar score 2/7 axes

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Profitability
63
Inputs
  • Return on equity+8.2% · 73 pct, sector of 230
  • Return on assets+1.2% · 53 pct, sector of 255
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Risk and compliance
39
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+5.7% · 39 pct, sector of 256
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
5 not measured: Financial health, Growth, Insider conviction, Institutional and government, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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