---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-100505"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T21:10:34.318450+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Q2 net income $58.5M ($0.13/sh); dividend up 33% to $0.10; loan purchases exceed run-off

## Summary
- Net income of $58.5M ($0.13 per share); net interest income rose 16% sequentially to $59.0M.
- GAAP book value $4.65/sh; Economic book value $5.12/sh; quarterly dividend increased 33% to $0.10/sh.
- Loan acquisitions totaled $857M, exceeding portfolio run-off for first time since COVID onset; portfolio grew $299M.
- Two securitizations closed: $394M Non-QM (blended cost 1.37%) and $473M re-performing loans (cost 1.30%).
- Repurchased 5.7M shares at avg $4.19; closed Lima One Capital acquisition on July 1, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-100505
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+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/1055160/000110465921100505/0001104659-21-100505-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465921100505/tm2124142d1_8k.htm

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