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By TheStreet Wire 02/04/13 - 12:03 PM EST

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2. As of noon trading, MFA Financial (MFA) is up $0.07 (0.8%) to $9.14 on average volume Thus far, 2.3 million shares of MFA Financial exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.3 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $9.12-$9.19 after having opened the day at $9.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $9.07.

MFA Financial, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests in residential agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS). MFA Financial has a market cap of $3.2 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.7, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 10.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate MFA Financial a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates MFA Financial as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, unimpressive growth in net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full MFA Financial Ratings Report now.

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