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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-074532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T18:51:03.559934+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Financial Q2 GAAP EPS $0.22, distributable earnings $0.24; portfolio grows to $10.8B

## Summary
- GAAP net income $22.6M ($0.22 basic, $0.21 diluted); distributable earnings $24.7M ($0.24/sh).
- Paid quarterly dividend $0.36/sh on July 31; book value $13.12, economic book value $13.69.
- Acquired $876M residential loans/securities including $503M Non-QM, $131M Agency MBS; one securitization of $318M Non-QM.
- 60+ day delinquencies on residential loans declined to 7.3% from 7.5%; net interest spread 1.98%, margin 2.73%.
- CEO cites credit losses on business purpose loans weighing on distributable earnings; total economic return 1.5%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-074532
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465925074532/0001104659-25-074532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465925074532/tm2522565d1_8k.htm

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