Featured Stock: MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA)

The shares of MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) currently has mean rating of 2.67 while 1 analysts have recommended the shares as “BUY”, 2 recommended as “OUTPERFORM” and 5 recommended as “HOLD”. The rating score is on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell.

The company’s mean estimate for sales for the current quarter ending June-16 is 74.20 million by 7 analysts. The means estimate of sales for the year ending Dec-16 is 303.17 million by 8 analysts.

The mean price target for the shares of MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) is at 7.33 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is 8.00 and low price target is 7.00. The mean price target is calculated keeping in view the consensus of 8 brokerage firms.

The average estimate of EPS for the current fiscal quarter for MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) stands at 0.19 while the EPS for the current year is fixed at 0.75 by 8 analysts.

The next one year’s EPS estimate is set at 0.73 by 9 analysts while a year ago the analysts suggested the company’s EPS at 0.75. The analysts also projected the company’s long-term growth at 1.55% for the upcoming five years.

In its latest quarter ended on 31^st March 2016, MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) reported earnings of $0.20. The posted earnings topped the analyst’s consensus by $0.02 with the surprise factor of 11.10%. In the matter of earnings surprises, the term “Cockroach Effect” is often implied. Cockroach Effect is a market theory that suggests that when a company reveals bad news to the public, there may be many more related negative events that have yet to be revealed. In the case of earnings surprises, if a company is suggesting a negative earnings surprise it means there are more to come.

On May 23, 2016 MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) announced that its management is scheduled to participate in the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Mortgage Finance Conference on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 1:20 p.m. (EDT).

A live audio webcast of MFA’s presentation, including the material that will be discussed during the presentation, will be made available to the general public online at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/kbw33 approximately 15 minutes prior to the presentation.  An audio replay of the presentation will be available following the presentation at the same website address.  The link to the presentation will also be available by clicking on the Webcasts & Presentations link located at the top of MFA’s homepage at www.mfafinancial.com.