MFA Financial (MFA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $10.18 -0.11 (-1.07%) As of 02:03 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock MFA Financial Short Interest DataMFA Financial (MFA) has a short interest of 2.25 million shares, representing 2.22% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 2.27% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.0, indicating that it would take 2.0 days of the average trading volume of 848,311 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,250,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,200,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+2.27%Dollar Volume Sold Short$24.46 millionShort Interest Ratio2.0 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares102,524,000 sharesFloat Size101,430,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.22%Today's Trading Volume1,046,048 sharesAverage Trading Volume848,311 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average123% 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 Remove Ads 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 3/15/20252,250,000 shares $24.46 million +2.3%2.2%2 $10.87 2/28/20252,200,000 shares $23.42 million -2.7%2.2%2 $10.65 2/15/20252,260,000 shares $24.09 million +3.7%2.2%2.2 $10.66 1/31/20252,180,000 shares $22.86 million -6.4%2.2%2.1 $10.49 1/15/20252,330,000 shares $23.49 million -34.0%2.3%2.3 $10.08 12/31/20243,530,000 shares $35.97 million +12.1%3.5%3.7 $10.19 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 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. 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 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 $11.27Trump’s Secret Weapon (Ad)Have you looked at the stock market recently? 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Act now.Get Your FREE Presidential Transition Guide Today 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 $10.69 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 $4.59Trump’s Secret Weapon (Ad)Have you looked at the stock market recently? 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Act now.Get Your FREE Presidential Transition Guide Today 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 $4.12 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 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 March 15th, traders have sold 2,250,000 shares of MFA short. 2.22% 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 2.0. 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: GTS Securities LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. 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. 2.22% 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 March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,250,000 shares, an increase of 2.3% from the previous total of 2,200,000 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 102,524,000 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 101,430,000 shares. How does MFA Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.22% 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: ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (6.61%), Two Harbors Investment Corp. (3.09%), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (2.30%), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (4.57%), Dynex Capital, Inc. (11.15%), Chimera Investment Co. (1.83%), Redwood Trust, Inc. (3.00%), Ready Capital Co. (15.74%), New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (2.66%), Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (10.85%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 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 $0.24 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 appreciates 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 March, 15 2025. 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