secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK:        0001055160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-115035
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MFA reports Q3 GAAP net loss of $64.7M; distributable earnings $0.40/sh
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- GAAP net loss $64.7M ($0.64/sh); Distributable earnings $41.1M ($0.40/sh); declared $0.35 dividend.
- Loan acquisitions $802.6M, including record $671M Lima originations; average coupon 9.9%.
- Net interest spread rose to 2.17% (up 3bp QoQ); total economic return -6.2%.
- Book value per share $13.48 GAAP, $13.84 economic; unrestricted cash $300.1M.
- Completed two securitizations ($602M UPB) and one in Oct ($225M); 77% loan financing non-MTM.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923115035/0001104659-23-115035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465923115035/tm2329904d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-115035

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