All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
MFA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MFA returned −3.50% over the past year and −0.77% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 7, 1988, MFA is up +1,917.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.28%/yr, and is currently −49.14% below its real total-return high on Feb. 20, 2020.
Data ending Tue Sep. 8, 2026
| Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Tue 2026-09-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFA × |
+1,917.95%
+8.28%/yr |
+12.10%/yr
R2=0.762 |
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| MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Tue 2026-09-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| MFA × |
$10,000.00
1988-12-07 |
$201,795.26
2026-09-08 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| MFA × | −0.77% | −3.50% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| MFA × |
−49.14%
on 2026-09-08 from 2020-02-20 peak |
−95.51%
on 2020-03-24 from 2020-02-20 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-09-08 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFA × | −3.50% |
−9.49% −4.86%/yr |
+13.96% +4.45%/yr |
−22.99% −5.09%/yr |
−29.60% −3.45%/yr |
| Year | MFA |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −0.77% |
| 2025 | +3.31% |
| 2024 | −0.25% |
| 2023 | +26.42% |
| 2022 | −41.02% |
| 2021 | +19.31% |
| 2020 | −41.66% |
| 2019 | +24.69% |
| 2018 | −7.61% |
| 2017 | +11.94% |
| 2016 | +26.36% |
| 2015 | −8.70% |
| 2014 | +24.09% |
| 2013 | +4.57% |
| 2012 | +32.54% |
| 2011 | −8.29% |
| 2010 | +22.83% |
| 2009 | +40.18% |
| 2008 | −26.82% |
| 2007 | +21.67% |
| 2006 | +35.64% |
| 2005 | −33.63% |
| 2004 | −2.74% |
| 2003 | +27.60% |
| 2002 | +7.27% |
| 2001 | +97.05% |
| 2000 | +15.26% |
| 1999 | +11.81% |
| 1998 | +490.96% |
| 1997 | +21.27% |
| 1996 | +1.32% |
| 1995 | −11.75% |
| 1994 | −18.80% |
| 1993 | −11.24% |
| 1992 | +0.34% |
| 1991 | +14.04% |
| 1990 | −11.74% |
| 1989 | −17.28% |
| 1988 | −10.00% |
