---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001055160-26-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T12:45:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T12:50:12.056666+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Financial Q2 2026 GAAP net income $36.2M ($0.34 diluted EPS); portfolio grows to $13.0B

## Summary
- GAAP net income to common stockholders $36.2M, or $0.35 basic and $0.34 diluted EPS.
- Distributable earnings (non-GAAP) $12.2M ($0.12/share); DE prior to realized credit losses $36.7M ($0.35).
- GAAP book value $12.71, economic book value $13.20; total economic return 2.6% for Q2.
- Residential investment portfolio rose to $13.0B; 60+ day delinquencies fell to 7.0% from 7.8%.
- Paid $0.36 regular dividend; repurchased over 500,000 shares in Q2 (cumulative 2M shares).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001055160-26-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T12:45:57+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000105516026000013/0001055160-26-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000105516026000013/mfa-20260805.htm

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