MFA - MFA Financial, Inc.
MFA Financial, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. The company invests in residential mortgage assets, including non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), agency MBS, and credit risk transfer securities; residential whole loans, including purchased performing loans, purchased credit deteriorated, and non-performing loans; and mortgage servicing rights related assets.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $9.34, ATM IV 263.5%, max pain $10.00, net GEX $15.2K.
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Mortgage
- Market Cap
- $971.9M
- P/E Ratio
- 7.33
- Beta
- 1.55
- 52-Week Range
- 8.78-10.57
- Dividend Yield
- $1.44
- CEO
- Craig L. Knutson
- Employees
- 348
- IPO Date
- Apr 13, 1998
- Exchange
- NYSE
What MFA Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 53.8% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($15.2K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.093) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The MFA overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked MFA overview questions
- What is MFA?
- MFA is the ticker symbol for MFA Financial, Inc., a listed security. MFA Financial, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States. Listed on NYSE. MFA is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the MFA options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the MFA options snapshot shows spot at $9.34, ATM IV 263.5%, IV rank 53.8%, max pain $10.00, net GEX $15.2K, expected move 75.54%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are MFA's key statistics?
- MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) carries a market capitalization of $971.9M, trailing P/E ratio of 7.33, beta of 1.55 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 8.78-10.57. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does MFA belong to?
- MFA Financial, Inc. operates in the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Mortgage industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare MFA's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the MFA data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).