Following these proceedings, Janney initiated its MFA Financial Inc [MFA] rating to a Buy in a research note published on January 02, 2025; the price target was $14. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. UBS began covering MFA with “Neutral” recommendation on December 06, 2023.
Price Performance Review of MFA
On Monday, MFA Financial Inc [NYSE:MFA] saw its stock fall -1.22% to $8.87. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 8.57%. MFA Financial Inc shares have fallen nearly -12.95% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -13.46% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $13.45 was reached on 03/20/25, a 52-week low of $7.85 was recorded on 04/11/25. SMA at 50 days reached $10.22, while 200 days put it at $11.12.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MFA Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 8.71, which if violated will result in even more drops to 8.56. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 8.96. A further resistance level may holdings at 9.05. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 38.91, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.26, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 59.84%. Stochastics %K at 43.04% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in MFA Financial Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in MFA Financial Inc stocks on 2025-03-31, growing by 0.35 million shares to a total of 2.56 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 2.2 million shares. There was a rise of 13.76%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
