Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Has $775,000 Stake in MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA)

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) by 34.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 68,774 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 17,674 shares during the period. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in MFA Financial were worth $775,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of MFA. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its stake in MFA Financial by 55.6% during the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,131,213 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $9,823,000 after buying an additional 404,416 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in MFA Financial by 11.5% during the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 27,712 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $447,000 after buying an additional 2,859 shares in the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. grew its stake in MFA Financial by 6.4% during the first quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 905,700 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,650,000 after buying an additional 54,553 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in MFA Financial during the first quarter worth about $63,000. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in MFA Financial by 113.6% during the first quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,127,278 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $8,573,000 after buying an additional 1,131,300 shares in the last quarter. 65.28% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

MFA Financial Stock Down 2.5 %

Shares of MFA Financial stock opened at $10.24 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 2.11. MFA Financial, Inc. has a 12-month low of $8.41 and a 12-month high of $11.90. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $11.08 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $10.69.

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $169.88 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $43.75 million. MFA Financial had a net margin of 13.24% and a return on equity of 9.44%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that MFA Financial, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current year.

MFA Financial Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 28th will be issued a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 13.68%. MFA Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 350.00%.

MFA Financial Company Profile

MFA Financial, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage securities, including non-agency mortgage-backed securities, agency MBS, and credit risk transfer securities; residential whole loans, including purchased performing loans, purchased credit deteriorated, and non-performing loans; and mortgage servicing rights related assets.