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MFAO — MFA FINANCIAL, INC.

Name: MFAO — MFA FINANCIAL, INC. market data and filings
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US Real Estate REITs equity mkt cap 2.5B

25.23 +0.12% today

USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown

52w low 24.59 · high 25.73

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Performance

1 day+0.12%

1 week+0.04%

1 month-0.59%

3 months+0.36%

6 months-0.32%

Year to date-1.02%

1 year-0.32%

Technicals

RSI 1465.9

vs 50-day avg-0.20%

vs 200-day avg-0.16%

Volatility 1y5.8%

Max drawdown 1y-4.43%

Avg volume 30d7.8K

Daily bars held584

History from2024-04-24

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)8.92%

Paid last 12m2.2500

Payments in 12m4

Paying since2024-08-01

Insider transactions (Form 4)

date	insider	what	shares	price	value
2026-01-15	Goodman Laurie Director	Option exercise	3.5K	—	—
2026-01-15	JOSEPHS ROBIN Director	Option exercise	3.5K	—	—
2026-01-08	Knutson Craig L CEO	Shares withheld for tax	81.1K	9.57	776.0K
2026-01-08	Knutson Craig L CEO	Shares withheld for tax	42.1K	9.57	403.2K
2026-01-08	Wulfsohn Bryan Pres. & Chief Invest. Ofcr.	Shares withheld for tax	35.4K	9.57	339.1K
2026-01-08	Schwartz Harold E Senior Vice President	Shares withheld for tax	15.5K	9.57	148.0K
2026-01-08	Wulfsohn Bryan Pres. & Chief Invest. Ofcr.	Shares withheld for tax	13.3K	9.57	127.7K
2026-01-08	Samuels Lori R SVP & Chief Loan Ops. Ofcr	Shares withheld for tax	9.5K	9.57	90.7K
2026-01-08	Roper Michael Charles Sr. VP & Chief Financial Ofcr	Shares withheld for tax	8.8K	9.57	84.3K
2026-01-08	Schwartz Harold E Senior Vice President	Shares withheld for tax	5.6K	9.57	53.4K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d48.1% of tape

Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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