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MFA Income Quality Score

MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) has an Income Quality Score of 49/100, classified as a Question Mark with medium confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of June 30, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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IQ Score
49/100
Question MarkMedium confidence
Asset Type
REIT
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
18.6%
Rank in REIT Universe
94 of 162
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
June 30, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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MFAMFA Financial, Inc.
49Question MarkMedium confidence
Snapshot
2026-06
Data as of
2026-06-30
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
REIT

IQ Score History

Not enough published history yet to draw a trend.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
60/100
Distribution Cut Score
100/100
Distribution Trend
100/100
Total Return
36/100
Max Drawdown
0/100
Volatility
0/100
Yield Consistency
58/100

What is working

  • No material annual distribution decline across 5 full years of data

What to watch

  • drawdown severe

Flags & gates

  • Deep Unrecovered Drawdown
  • High Volatility

Distribution Safety

12Years raised
0Years cut
27Years of data
RisingCurrent trend

Medium confidence (5–9 years of history)

  1. 20000.155Held
  2. 20011.0Raised
  3. 20021.24Raised
  4. 20031.09Lower total
  5. 20040.96Lower total
  6. 20050.405Lower total
  7. 20060.21Lower total
  8. 20070.415Raised
  9. 20080.81Raised
  10. 20090.99Raised
  11. 20100.89Lower total
  12. 20111.005Raised
  13. 20121.4112Raised
  14. 20131.64Raised
  15. 20140.8Lower total
  16. 20150.8Held
  17. 20160.8Held
  18. 20170.8Held
  19. 20180.8Held
  20. 20190.8Held
  21. 20200.325Lower total
  22. 20210.385Raised
  23. 20221.34Raised
  24. 20231.4Raised
  25. 20241.4Held
  26. 20251.44Raised
  27. 20260.72Partial year

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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