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

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) by 34.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 68,774 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 17,674 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC owned about 0.07% of MFA Financial worth $775,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. ProShare Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of MFA Financial by 10.2% during the 2nd quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 13,313 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $150,000 after buying an additional 1,232 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its position in shares of MFA Financial by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 18,227 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $175,000 after buying an additional 1,456 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of MFA Financial by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 64,525 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $641,000 after buying an additional 1,794 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of MFA Financial by 12.9% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 18,462 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $182,000 after buying an additional 2,113 shares during the period. Finally, Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC grew its position in shares of MFA Financial by 28.0% during the 3rd quarter. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC now owns 9,904 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $95,000 after buying an additional 2,164 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.28% of the company’s stock.

MFA Financial Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE MFA opened at $10.24 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.59 and a beta of 2.11. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $11.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.69. MFA Financial, Inc. has a 52-week low of $8.41 and a 52-week high of $11.90.

MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 22nd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 previous year, the company earned $0.46 earnings per share. Analysts predict that MFA Financial, Inc. will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

MFA Financial Dividend Announcement

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

About MFA Financial

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.