MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes cash flow to debt ratio of 0.69% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's free cash flow has decreased 61.90% from $200.12M last year to $76.25M, signaling decreasing performance

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's debt to equity ratio is 6.56, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 4.99 last year to 6.56 today, signaling weakened financials

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 15.62x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes earns at least as much interest as it pays. Interest obligations are fully covered.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's profit margin has decreased (53.78%) in the last year from 42.65% to 19.71%, signaling decreasing performance

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's short-term assets of $506.66M exceed its short-term liabilities of $232.69M

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's return on assets of 1.09% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's return on equity of 8.23%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's operating cash flow is lower than its net income, indicating that earnings may not be fully backed by cash generation

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient public price history to evaluate earnings stability.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has a free cash flow yield of 8.15%, which is above the 2.00% threshold, indicating strong cash generation relative to market value

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's yearly earnings has increased 48.24% since last year from $119.25M to $176.78M, signaling increasing performance

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes's yearly revenue has increased 246.14% since last year from $252.85M to $875.24M, signaling increasing performance

ROIC 5.05% (Source: FMP key-metrics). In the 5–10% partial-credit band. Score: 1 of 2. This band sits within the typical US weighted-average cost of capital range. Methodology choice can change the conclusion: under FMP's invested-capital definition the company is at or near its cost of capital; under narrower operating-capital definitions the same company may score higher. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities, and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. See methodology.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient revenue history to calculate 3-year revenue CAGR.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient public price history to evaluate revenue consistency.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient public price history to evaluate ROE consistency.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has an earnings yield of 5.65%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on Base EBITDA Valuation model

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 16.98x, which is below the 20.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its operating earnings

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has insufficient data to evaluate this check.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes had non-positive diluted EPS five years ago; the PEG ratio is not meaningful and the check fails.

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has a price-to-book ratio of 1.48x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

MFA Financial, Inc. 8.875% Senior Notes has a price-to-sales ratio of 3.49x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue