MFA Financial reports Q1 distributable EPS 29c, consensus 32c

“We are pleased to report a 1.9% total economic return for the opening quarter of 2025,” said Craig Knutson, MFA‘s Chief Executive Officer. “Our recent dividend increase reflects our confidence in the earnings power of our $10.7 billion investment portfolio. During the quarter, we were able to source $875 million of residential loans and securities in our target asset classes. This included $383 million of Non-QM loans at an average coupon of 7.8% and average LTV of 65%. Lima One originated $213 million of new business purpose loans and is poised for growth with the addition of several key hires. We grew our Agency MBS position to $1.6 billion as spreads remain historically wide. We also issued our 17th Non-QM securitization during the quarter and sold $70 million of newly-originated SFR loans at attractive levels.”