MFA Financial stock: dividend
MFAMFA Financial paid $1.44 per share over the last twelve months, 25.9% on the price, and has not cut its dividend for 3 years.
Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026
The amounts for the last 12 months and paid in fiscal 2025 differ if the company has raised or cut its dividend since then.
For real estate investment trusts (REITs) what counts is funds from operations (FFO and AFFO). The P/E and the payout ratio of earnings say little here, because depreciation on properties depresses earnings. The ratio above is therefore based on free cash flow.
Dividend dates and payments
Anyone holding the stock on the day before the ex-dividend date receives the dividend. Amounts are per share, before tax.
Last cut: with the ex-dividend date 29 Dec 2022, the payment fell from $0.44 to $0.35 per share.
All 20 payments of the last five years
| Ex-dividend date | Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 | $0.36 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 31 Jul 2026 | $0.36 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 30 Apr 2026 | $0.36 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | 30 Jan 2026 | $0.36 |
| 30 Sep 2025 | 31 Oct 2025 | $0.36 |
| 30 Jun 2025 | 31 Jul 2025 | $0.36 |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 30 Apr 2025 | $0.36 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | $0.35 |
| 27 Sep 2024 | 31 Oct 2024 | $0.35 |
| 28 Jun 2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | $0.35 |
| 27 Mar 2024 | 30 Apr 2024 | $0.35 |
| 28 Dec 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | $0.35 |
| 29 Sep 2023 | 31 Oct 2023 | $0.35 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | $0.35 |
| 30 Mar 2023 | 28 Apr 2023 | $0.35 |
| 29 Dec 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | $0.35 |
| 29 Sep 2022 | 31 Oct 2022 | $0.44 |
| 29 Jun 2022 | 29 Jul 2022 | $0.44 |
| 21 Mar 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | $0.44 |
| 30 Dec 2021 | 31 Jan 2022 | $0.44 |
Is today's dividend yield unusually high?
Dividend yield today
25.90%
unusually high$1.44 dividend per share over the last twelve months on a price of $5.56
Today 25.90%, on average over fiscal years 2016 to 2025 10.98% (range 4.18 to 21.35%). That is higher than in each of the last 10 fiscal years.
Since the end of fiscal 2025 on 31 Dec 2025, the dividend has risen and the price has fallen, so the yield has risen, mainly because of the dividend.
- Fiscal year
- Today, last 12 months
For each fiscal year, the dividend per share for that year divided by the closing price on the last trading day of the fiscal year. The dashed line is the average (median) of the fiscal years.
The dividend of the last twelve months is well above that of the last fiscal year, for example because of an increase or a special payment. The comparison is therefore only of limited use.
Last twelve months: $1.44 per share, fiscal year 2025: $0.39 per share.
Dividend development
Dividend per share
Payout ratio
- of earnings
- of free cash flow
Figures as a table
| Year | Dividend per share | Earnings per share | FFO per share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $1.62 | $0.04 | no data |
| 2007 | $1.64 | $0.96 | $2.52 |
| 2008 | $3.09 | $0.84 | no data |
| 2009 | $3.74 | $4.24 | no data |
| 2010 | $3.82 | $3.72 | no data |
| 2011 | $3.95 | $3.60 | no data |
| 2012 | $3.92 | $3.32 | no data |
| 2013 | $6.72 | $3.12 | no data |
| 2014 | $3.36 | $3.24 | no data |
| 2015 | $3.36 | $3.20 | no data |
| 2016 | $3.37 | $3.20 | no data |
| 2017 | $3.33 | $3.16 | no data |
| 2018 | $3.29 | $2.88 | no data |
| 2019 | $3.34 | $3.21 | no data |
| 2020 | $1.27 | −$6.01 | no data |
| 2021 | $1.71 | $2.66 | no data |
| 2022 | $2.10 | −$2.57 | no data |
| 2023 | $1.72 | $0.46 | no data |
| 2024 | $1.71 | $0.83 | no data |
| 2025 | $0.39 | $1.71 | no data |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2025, period end 31 Dec 2025
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Weak, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 6 Nov 2026)
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
- Produced by SSM Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), responsible person Sven Brostmeyer, Managing Director, automatically according to the disclosed model.
- Not investment advice. Losses up to and including a total loss are possible. Personal circumstances are not considered.