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MFA Financial (MFA Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 4.80 (As of May. 31, 2024)


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What is MFA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-31), MFA Financial's current share price is $10.6497. MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.22. MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 4.80.

The historical rank and industry rank for MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

MFA' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.52   Med: 7.73   Max: 10.75
Current: 4.75

During the past years, MFA Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 10.75. The lowest was 1.52. And the median was 7.73.

MFA's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
84.14% of 391 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 11.21 vs MFA: 4.75

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

MFA Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.508. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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MFA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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MFA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

MFA Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.39 5.98 7.63 4.03 5.13

MFA Financial Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.18 4.74 4.17 5.13 5.14

Competitive Comparison of MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the REIT - Mortgage subindustry, MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



MFA Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=10.6497/2.22
=4.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

MFA Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, MFA Financial's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.508/131.7762*131.7762
=0.508

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

MFA Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.723 100.560 0.947
201409 0.675 100.428 0.886
201412 0.840 99.070 1.117
201503 0.549 99.621 0.726
201506 0.750 100.684 0.982
201509 0.363 100.392 0.476
201512 1.314 99.792 1.735
201603 0.420 100.470 0.551
201606 -0.033 101.688 -0.043
201609 0.671 101.861 0.868
201612 0.878 101.863 1.136
201703 0.475 102.862 0.609
201706 0.556 103.349 0.709
201709 0.230 104.136 0.291
201712 0.552 104.011 0.699
201803 0.057 105.290 0.071
201806 0.377 106.317 0.467
201809 0.429 106.507 0.531
201812 0.511 105.998 0.635
201903 0.326 107.251 0.401
201906 0.425 108.070 0.518
201909 0.564 108.329 0.686
201912 0.517 108.420 0.628
202003 0.115 108.902 0.139
202006 0.360 108.767 0.436
202009 -0.323 109.815 -0.388
202012 0.193 109.897 0.231
202103 0.165 111.754 0.195
202106 0.300 114.631 0.345
202109 0.105 115.734 0.120
202112 0.244 117.630 0.273
202203 1.244 121.301 1.351
202206 0.766 125.017 0.807
202209 1.339 125.227 1.409
202212 0.066 125.222 0.069
202303 -0.080 127.348 -0.083
202306 0.711 128.729 0.728
202309 0.390 129.860 0.396
202312 0.035 129.419 0.036
202403 0.508 131.776 0.508

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


MFA Financial  (NYSE:MFA) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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MFA Financial (MFA Financial) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Vanderbilt Avenue, 48th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
MFA Financial Inc is a specialty finance company that invests in and finances residential mortgage assets. Its principal business objective is to deliver shareholder value through the generation of distributable income and through asset performance linked to residential mortgage credit fundamentals. The company selectively invests in residential mortgage assets with a focus on credit analysis, projected prepayment rates, interest rate sensitivity and expected return. The company is an internally managed real estate investment trust or REIT.
Executives
Starwood Capital Group Global Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Michael Charles Roper officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Ofcr C/O MFA FINANCIAL, INC., ONE VANDERBILT AVENUE - 48TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Bryan Wulfsohn officer: Senior Vice President 350 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Craig L Knutson director, officer: Executive Vice President C/O MFA MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC., 350 PARK AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Stephen D. Yarad officer: Chief Financial Officer 350 PARK AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robin Josephs director
Mei Lin officer: Sr. VP & Co-Controller C/O MFA FINANCIAL, INC., ONE VANDERBILT AVENUE - 48TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Ssf U.s. Investco, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL II, LP, 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Scgg Ii Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1601 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
Starwood Capital Group Holdings Gp, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1601 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
Bss Scg Gp Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner 1601 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 800, MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
Ssf U.s. Investco C, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL II, LP, 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Ssf U.s. Investco K, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP GLOBAL II, LP, 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Sar Public Holdings Ii, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Ssf U.s. Investco S, L.p. 10 percent owner 591 WEST PUTNAM AVENUE, GREENWICH CT 06830