---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-025927"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:15:40.068245+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Q4 net income $35.9M ($0.08/sh); net interest income $70.1M, up 13% seq.

## Summary
- GAAP book value $4.78; Economic book value $5.15, down 2% from prior quarter.
- Loan acquisitions $1.4B; net portfolio growth ~$800M; Lima One record originations.
- Unrealized losses of $42.6M on fair-value loans due to rate volatility; offset by $24M gain on minority investment.
- Regular dividend $0.11/sh paid Jan 31; repurchased 8.5M shares in Q4, plus 7.9M post-quarter.
- Full-year total shareholder return 27.6%; net portfolio growth $2.6B (48.6%).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-025927
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1055160/000110465922025927/0001104659-22-025927-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465922025927/tm227250d1_8k.htm

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