MFA Financial (MFA) Competitors $10.83 -0.11 (-1.01%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.85 +0.02 (+0.18%) As of 06:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MFA vs. ARR, TWO, ARI, DX, PMT, CIM, RWT, RC, NYMT, and IVRShould you be buying MFA Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MFA Financial include ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Dynex Capital (DX), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), Chimera Investment (CIM), Redwood Trust (RWT), Ready Capital (RC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), and Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR). These companies are all part of the "mortgage reits" industry. MFA Financial vs. ARMOUR Residential REIT Two Harbors Investment Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Dynex Capital PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Chimera Investment Redwood Trust Ready Capital New York Mortgage Trust Invesco Mortgage Capital ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) and MFA Financial (NYSE:MFA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings. Is ARR or MFA more profitable? MFA Financial has a net margin of 16.47% compared to ARMOUR Residential REIT's net margin of -2.61%. ARMOUR Residential REIT's return on equity of 16.00% beat MFA Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ARMOUR Residential REIT-2.61% 16.00% 1.65% MFA Financial 16.47%9.61%1.64% Which has more volatility and risk, ARR or MFA? ARMOUR Residential REIT has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFA Financial has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ARR or MFA? 54.2% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of MFA Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARMOUR Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of MFA Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is ARR or MFA a better dividend stock? ARMOUR Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. MFA Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. ARMOUR Residential REIT pays out -669.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MFA Financial pays out 177.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ARMOUR Residential REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARR or MFA? MFA Financial received 104 more outperform votes than ARMOUR Residential REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.60% of users gave MFA Financial an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave ARMOUR Residential REIT an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARMOUR Residential REITOutperform Votes26449.07% Underperform Votes27450.93% MFA FinancialOutperform Votes36858.60% Underperform Votes26041.40% Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ARR or MFA? MFA Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MFA Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioARMOUR Residential REIT-$478K-3,901.91-$14.39M-$0.43-43.17MFA Financial$252.85M4.44$80.16M$0.8113.51 Does the media favor ARR or MFA? In the previous week, MFA Financial had 1 more articles in the media than ARMOUR Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MFA Financial and 7 mentions for ARMOUR Residential REIT. ARMOUR Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat MFA Financial's score of 0.84 indicating that ARMOUR Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment ARMOUR Residential REIT 6 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive MFA Financial 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts recommend ARR or MFA? ARMOUR Residential REIT currently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.42%. MFA Financial has a consensus target price of $13.70, indicating a potential upside of 25.17%. Given MFA Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MFA Financial is more favorable than ARMOUR Residential REIT.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ARMOUR Residential REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00MFA Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryMFA Financial beats ARMOUR Residential REIT on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get MFA Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MFA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MFA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMFA FinancialReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.12B$7.07B$11.43B$19.74BDividend Yield12.73%6.58%5.39%3.75%P/E Ratio13.5163.8722.9634.14Price / Sales4.446.9025.8128.93Price / Cash6.4017.3217.6217.54Price / Book0.591.732.824.65Net Income$80.16M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.27%0.26%1.90%1.47%1 Month Performance3.69%-1.42%496.75%-0.75%1 Year Performance-5.44%7.33%539.19%7.33% MFA Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MFAMFA Financial3.8101 of 5 stars$10.83-1.0%$13.70+26.5%-5.0%$1.11B$252.85M13.37350ARRARMOUR Residential REIT3.808 of 5 stars$18.72+0.8%$20.50+9.5%-3.5%$1.88B$-478,000.00-43.52N/APositive NewsTWOTwo Harbors Investment2.3275 of 5 stars$13.87+1.4%$13.96+0.7%+6.3%$1.44B$510.75M6.57100Dividend AnnouncementARIApollo Commercial Real Estate Finance1.5243 of 5 stars$10.01+0.3%$9.08-9.2%-12.9%$1.39B$195.66M-10.53N/APositive NewsDXDynex Capital3.1271 of 5 stars$14.33+0.7%$13.56-5.3%+13.0%$1.30B$150.40M9.7420Positive NewsPMTPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust2.7919 of 5 stars$14.57+0.4%$15.20+4.4%+1.7%$1.27B$183.53M10.951Positive NewsCIMChimera Investment4.3046 of 5 stars$13.78+1.1%$16.00+16.2%+0.5%$1.11B$257.93M12.7540Dividend AnnouncementRWTRedwood Trust4.2835 of 5 stars$6.37-0.4%$7.75+21.8%-2.3%$843.49M$223.32M19.29300Positive NewsRCReady Capital3.6676 of 5 stars$5.00-0.3%$7.50+50.2%-44.9%$814.94M$27.35M-7.14600NYMTNew York Mortgage Trust2.3718 of 5 stars$6.82-0.2%$7.00+2.7%-2.2%$617.21M$241.49M-5.9870Dividend AnnouncementIVRInvesco Mortgage Capital1.9469 of 5 stars$8.62+1.0%$10.00+16.1%-7.2%$531.80M$79.55M13.25N/ADividend CutNews Coverage Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARMOUR Residential REIT Alternatives Two Harbors Investment Alternatives Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Alternatives Dynex Capital Alternatives PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Alternatives Chimera Investment Alternatives Redwood Trust Alternatives Ready Capital Alternatives New York Mortgage Trust Alternatives Invesco Mortgage Capital Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MFA) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersA brutally honest economic warning for 2025 (see proof)New York Times best-selling financial author and world-renowned economist Addison Wiggin (a man who’s worked s...Banyan Hill Publishing | Sponsored$2 Trillion Disappears Because of Fed's Secretive New Move$2 trillion has disappeared from the US government's books. 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