MFA Financial, Inc.
NYSEMFA Financial enters the week with a fresh analyst upgrade in its corner, even as options traders have quietly turned more cautious and short interest has been creeping higher over the past month. The most notable move this week came from BTIG, where analyst Douglas Harter upgraded MFA to Buy with a $10.50 target — a shift from a prior Neutral stance. The upgrade landed Tuesday and…
Snapshot as of 22 Jun 2026
MFA Financial enters the week with a fresh analyst upgrade in its corner, even as options traders have quietly turned more cautious and short interest has been creeping higher over the past month. The most notable move…
MFA Financial enters June with short sellers rebuilding positions at a meaningful pace — even as the borrow market offers no resistance to further pressure. Short interest has climbed 24.8% over the past month,…
MFA Financial dropped 6% on Tuesday and ended the week down more than 7% to $9.55 — a notable single-day move for a mortgage REIT with a market cap of roughly $1 billion. The stock now trades well below the lowest…
MFA Financial enters its May 5 Q1 earnings date with a notably cleaner setup than it carried through most of April — short sellers have been cutting positions, call demand has overtaken puts, and the stock has added…
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