MFA Financial (MFA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.24 -0.19 (-1.82%) (As of 12:51 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends MFA Financial Short Interest DataMFA Financial (MFA) has a short interest of 3.15 million shares, representing 3.11% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 30.71% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.6, indicating that it would take 3.6 days of the average trading volume of 772,779 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,150,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,410,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+30.71%Dollar Volume Sold Short$34.08 millionShort Interest Ratio3.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 15, 2024Outstanding Shares102,083,000 sharesFloat Size101,320,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.11%Today's Trading Volume659,009 sharesAverage Trading Volume772,779 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average85% Short Selling MFA Financial? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for MFA Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMFA Short Interest Over TimeMFA Days to Cover Over TimeMFA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Crypto Swap ProfitsURGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act NowCrypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. It happens like clockwork every 4 years, during the December to February window of a Bitcoin halving year. This is where fortunes are made – often LITERALLY overnight.>> Register for the Workshop Now MFA Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/15/20243,150,000 shares $34.08 million +30.7%3.1%3.6 $10.82 11/30/20242,410,000 shares $26.78 million No Change2.4%2.8 $11.11 11/15/20242,410,000 shares $26.57 million +16.4%2.4%2.8 $11.03 10/31/20242,070,000 shares $25.44 million +17.0%2.0%2.6 $12.29 10/15/20241,770,000 shares $22.23 million -14.5%1.8%2.3 $12.56 9/30/20242,070,000 shares $26.33 million -3.7%2.0%2.5 $12.72 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MFA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for MFA Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/20242,150,000 shares $27.99 million +20.8%2.1%2.7 $13.02 8/31/20241,780,000 shares $22.29 million -3.3%1.8%2.3 $12.52 8/15/20241,840,000 shares $21.73 million +26.0%1.8%2.5 $11.81 7/31/20241,460,000 shares $16.34 million -41.4%1.4%2.1 $11.19 7/15/20242,490,000 shares $28.52 million -4.2%2.5%4 $11.46 6/30/20242,600,000 shares $27.66 million +23.8%2.6%4.5 $10.64 6/15/20242,100,000 shares $22.81 million -1.9%2.1%3.8 $10.86 5/31/20242,140,000 shares $22.90 million +14.4%2.1%3.8 $10.70 5/15/20241,870,000 shares $20.52 million -1.6%1.9%3 $10.98 4/30/20241,900,000 shares $20.13 million -6.9%1.9%2.7 $10.60 4/15/20242,040,000 shares $21.42 million -2.9%2.0%2.7 $10.50 3/31/20242,100,000 shares $23.96 million +2.9%2.1%2.7 $11.41 3/15/20242,040,000 shares $23.17 million -14.3%2.0%2.5 $11.36 2/29/20242,380,000 shares $26.70 million +6.3%2.4%2.6 $11.22 2/15/20242,240,000 shares $24.55 million +7.2%2.2%2.4 $10.96 1/31/20242,090,000 shares $23.14 million +16.8%2.1%2.2 $11.07 1/15/20241,790,000 shares $20.69 million +7.2%1.8%1.8 $11.56 12/31/20231,670,000 shares $18.82 million -13.5%1.7%1.6 $11.27 12/15/20231,930,000 shares $22.48 million -18.6%1.9%1.7 $11.65 11/30/20232,370,000 shares $25.60 million +0.4%2.3%2.3 $10.80 11/15/20232,360,000 shares $24.52 million +29.7%2.3%2.4 $10.39 10/31/20231,820,000 shares $16.21 million +2.3%1.8%1.9 $8.91 10/15/20231,780,000 shares $16.32 million +0.6%1.8%2 $9.17 9/30/20231,770,000 shares $17.01 million +15.7%1.8%2.1 $9.61 9/15/20231,530,000 shares $16.68 million -5.0%1.5%1.8 $10.90 8/31/20231,610,000 shares $17.66 million No Change1.6%1.9 $10.97 8/15/20231,610,000 shares $16.85 million +9.5%1.6%1.7 $10.47 7/31/20231,470,000 shares $16.56 million +16.7%1.5%1.5 $11.27 7/15/20231,260,000 shares $14.35 million -13.7%1.3%1.2 $11.39 6/30/20231,460,000 shares $16.40 million -15.6%1.4%1.4 $11.24 6/15/20231,730,000 shares $20.12 million -16.0%1.7%1.4 $11.63 5/31/20232,060,000 shares $21.81 million -0.5%2.0%1.6 $10.59 5/15/20232,070,000 shares $20.95 million -11.9%2.1%1.6 $10.12 4/30/20232,350,000 shares $25.12 million -3.3%2.3%1.7 $10.69What 2025 has in store for traders. 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This year's Turning Point is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on December 30th.Register for this live event by clicking here. 4/15/20232,430,000 shares $24.13 million -11.3%2.4%1.8 $9.93 3/31/20232,740,000 shares $27.18 million +7.9%2.7%1.8 $9.92 3/15/20232,540,000 shares $23.83 million +8.6%2.5%1.8 $9.38 2/28/20232,340,000 shares $25.06 million +21.2%2.3%1.7 $10.71 2/15/20231,930,000 shares $21.52 million -14.6%1.9%1.5 $11.15 1/31/20232,260,000 shares $26.87 million -17.5%2.2%1.8 $11.89 1/15/20232,740,000 shares $30.61 million -22.2%2.7%2.1 $11.17 12/30/20223,520,000 shares $34.67 million +2.6%3.9%2.3 $9.85 12/15/20223,430,000 shares $37.87 million -16.6%3.8%2.1 $11.04 11/30/20224,110,000 shares $45.95 million +16.1%4.5%2.4 $11.18 11/15/20223,540,000 shares $39.75 million -15.9%3.9%2.1 $11.23 10/31/20224,210,000 shares $41.93 million -16.5%4.7%2.5 $9.96 10/15/20225,040,000 shares $42.29 million +15.1%5.6%2.8 $8.39 9/30/20224,380,000 shares $34.08 million +25.5%4.8%2.6 $7.78 9/15/20223,490,000 shares $37.10 million +6.7%3.9%2.5 $10.63 8/31/20223,270,000 shares $35.74 million +4.5%3.6%2.2 $10.93 8/15/20223,130,000 shares $37.59 million -1.6%3.5%2.1 $12.01 7/31/20223,180,000 shares $41.21 million -14.3%3.5%1.9 $12.96 7/15/20223,710,000 shares $41.59 million -10.2%4.1%2.1 $11.21 6/30/20224,130,000 shares $44.40 million +13.8%4.5%2.2 $10.75 6/15/20223,630,000 shares $39.68 million +3.7%4.0%2 $10.93 5/31/20223,500,000 shares $47.32 million +10.8%3.8%2.3 $13.52 5/15/20223,160,000 shares $42.41 million -8.9%3.5%2 $13.42 4/30/20223,470,000 shares $49.45 million +21.3%3.7%2.4 $14.25 4/15/20222,860,000 shares $42.87 million +29.4%3.1%2.2 $14.99 3/31/20222,210,000 shares $35.63 million -77.3%2.4%2.1 $16.12 3/15/20229,740,000 shares $41.10 million +9.6%2.6%2.5 $4.22 2/28/20228,890,000 shares $36.09 million +7.2%2.3%2.3 $4.06 2/15/20228,290,000 shares $36.56 million -9.7%2.1%2.1 $4.41 1/31/20229,180,000 shares $42.50 million +3.7%2.3%2.6 $4.63 1/15/20228,850,000 shares $40.89 million +56.9%2.2%2.7 $4.62 12/31/20215,640,000 shares $25.72 million -27.3%1.4%1.8 $4.56 12/15/20217,760,000 shares $35.54 million +25.8%2.0%2.6 $4.58 11/30/20216,170,000 shares $26.47 million +3.0%1.6%2.1 $4.29 11/15/20215,990,000 shares $26.84 million -8.6%1.5%2.2 $4.48 10/29/20216,550,000 shares $29.54 million -4.7%1.7%2.4 $4.51 10/15/20216,870,000 shares $31.95 million -25.4%1.7%2.5 $4.65 9/30/20219,210,000 shares $42.09 million -0.4%2.3%3.2 $4.57 9/15/20219,250,000 shares $42.37 million -1.4%2.3%2.9 $4.58 8/31/20219,380,000 shares $45.02 million +4.8%2.4%2.8 $4.80 8/13/20218,950,000 shares $41.44 million -1.8%2.3%2.6 $4.63 7/30/20219,110,000 shares $42.54 million +5.0%2.3%2.5 $4.67 7/15/20218,680,000 shares $39.67 million -2.4%2.2%2.4 $4.57 6/30/20218,890,000 shares $40.81 million -16.2%2.3%2.5 $4.59 6/15/202110,610,000 shares $48.38 million -2.3%2.7%3 $4.56 5/28/202110,860,000 shares $47.46 million +3.9%2.7%3.1 $4.37 5/14/202110,450,000 shares $44.83 million -1.9%2.6%2.8 $4.29 4/30/202110,650,000 shares $47.07 million +8.8%2.8%2.6 $4.42 4/15/20219,790,000 shares $41.41 million +5.7%2.5%2.3 $4.23 3/31/20219,260,000 shares $38.15 million -11.4%2.4%2.2 $4.12What 2025 has in store for traders. 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This year's Turning Point is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on December 30th.Register for this live event by clicking here. 3/15/202110,450,000 shares $44.73 million +8.5%2.7%2.3 $4.28 2/26/20219,630,000 shares $37.94 million +9.3%2.5%2.1 $3.94 2/12/20218,810,000 shares $34.89 million -10.1%2.2%1.9 $3.96 1/29/20219,800,000 shares $37.24 million +27.6%2.5%1.8 $3.80 1/15/20217,680,000 shares $29.26 million +3.6%2.0%1.3 $3.81 12/31/20207,410,000 shares $28.53 million -29.3%1.9%1.3 $3.85 12/15/202010,480,000 shares $40.14 million +19.9%2.7%1.8 $3.83 11/30/20208,740,000 shares $33.39 million +14.0%2.1%1.4 $3.82 11/15/20207,670,000 shares $25.62 million -14.2%1.9%1.2 $3.34 10/30/20208,940,000 shares $26.10 million +10.8%2.4%1.5 $2.92 10/15/20208,070,000 shares $23.81 million -10.0%2.2%1.4 $2.95 9/30/20208,970,000 shares $24.04 million -31.7%2.4%1.3 $2.68 9/15/202013,130,000 shares $37.03 million +8.4%3.2%1.3 $2.82 8/31/202012,110,000 shares $32.45 million -26.5%2.9%0.9 $2.68 8/14/202016,480,000 shares $46.97 million -5.8%4.0%0.9 $2.85 7/31/202017,500,000 shares $46.03 million -25.6%4.2%0.9 $2.63 7/15/202023,510,000 shares $58.54 million -25.4%5.7%1 $2.49 6/30/202031,530,000 shares $78.51 million +43.5%7.6%1.1 $2.49 6/15/202021,970,000 shares $63.05 million +2.1%4.9%0.5 $2.87 5/29/202021,510,000 shares $36.35 million -8.1%4.8%0.6 $1.69 5/15/202023,410,000 shares $35.12 million -25.6%5.2%0.7 $1.50 4/30/202031,470,000 shares $55.07 million +4.6%7.0%1 $1.75 4/15/202030,100,000 shares $50.27 million +175.4%6.7%1 $1.67 3/31/202010,930,000 shares $17.16 million +56.2%2.4%0.4 $1.57 3/13/20206,997,200 shares $13.85 million +8.0%1.6%1.6 $1.98 2/28/20206,480,000 shares $17.50 million -14.5%1.4%1.5 $2.70 2/14/20207,580,000 shares $54.35 million -21.5%1.7%2.1 $7.17 1/31/20209,650,000 shares $72.57 million +3.8%2.2%3.2 $7.52 1/15/20209,300,000 shares $71.80 million -7.2%2.1%3.4 $7.72 12/31/201910,020,000 shares $78.96 million -8.9%2.2%3.9 $7.88 MFA Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is MFA Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of MFA Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 15th, investors have sold 3,150,000 shares of MFA short. 3.11% of MFA Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on MFA Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for MFA Financial? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. MFA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on MFA Financial's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting MFA Financial? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of MFA Financial: Jane Street Group LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for MFA Financial? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.11% of MFA Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is MFA Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? MFA Financial saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,150,000 shares, an increase of 30.7% from the previous total of 2,410,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is MFA Financial's float size? MFA Financial currently has issued a total of 102,083,000 shares. Some of MFA Financial's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. MFA Financial currently has a public float of 101,320,000 shares. How does MFA Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.11% of MFA Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "real estate investment trusts" compare to MFA Financial: Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (2.35%), Two Harbors Investment Corp. (3.12%), Ready Capital Co. (12.30%), Chimera Investment Co. (2.01%), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (4.44%), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (11.80%), Dynex Capital, Inc. (5.98%), Redwood Trust, Inc. (3.21%), New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (2.46%), Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (8.19%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.32 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.06 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.45 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.79 billion), International Paper ($2.70 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.27 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.21 billion), Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($2.13 billion), and Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.05 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short MFA Financial stock? Short selling MFA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from MFA Financial as its price is falling. MFA shares are trading down $0.19 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against MFA Financial? A short squeeze for MFA Financial occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MFA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is MFA Financial's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MFA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 15 2024. 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