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title: "MFA Financial Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day"
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description: "MFA Financial Inc. shares fell 1.06% to $9.33 amid a poor trading day, with the NASDAQ down 0.84%. Despite this, MFA outperformed competitors like PennyMac, Invesco, and AGNC, which saw larger declines. MFA remains 11.69% below its 52-week high of $10.57 reached on September 5th."
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# MFA Financial Inc. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of MFA Financial Inc. (MFA) slid 1.06% to $9.33 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 0.84% to 25,870.71 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.65% to 49,363.88.

MFA Financial Inc. closed 11.69% short of its 52-week high of $10.57, which the company reached on September 5th.

Despite its losses, the stock outperformed some of its competitors Tuesday, as PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) fell 1.25% to $10.29, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (IVR) fell 1.62% to $7.91, and AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) fell 1.65% to $10.13.

Trading volume (1.3 M) remained 203,919 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled May 19, 2026.

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