All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

MFA: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

MFA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MFA returned +6.54% over the past year and −0.74% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 7, 1988, MFA is up +1,101,153.36% in real purchasing-power return, or +28.16%/yr, and is currently −49.13% below its real total-return high on Feb. 20, 2020.

Data ending Wed Jun. 10, 2026

Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
MFA
×
−0.74%
2026-06-10
+6.54%
2026-06-10
MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
MFA
×
+1,101,153.36%
+28.16%/yr
+34.30%/yr
(R2=0.636)
MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Start
Value
End
Value
MFA
×
$10,000.00
1988-12-07
$110,125,336.31
2026-06-10
MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year MFA
2026 (YTD) −0.74%
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 +32.55%
2011 −8.29%
2010 +22.83%
2009 +40.18%
2008 −26.82%
2007 +21.68%
2006 +35.63%
2005 −33.63%
2004 −2.74%
2003 +27.60%
2002 +7.27%
2001 +97.05%
2000 +15.25%
1999 +11.80%
1998 +253,840.07%
1997 +47.49%
1996 −3.21%
1995 −2.48%
1994 −35.07%
1993 −2.67%
1992 −2.82%
1991 +45.54%
1990 −37.18%
1989 −4.44%
1988 −0.12%

Drawdowns

Wed 1988-12-07💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
MFA
×
−49.13%
from 2020-02-20 peak
−95.51%
2020-03-24
from 2020-02-20 peak
MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-10 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
MFA
×
+6.54% +9.16%
+4.48%/yr
+12.07%
+3.87%/yr
−23.53%
−5.22%/yr
−23.29%
−2.62%/yr
MFA Financial Inc NYSE Common Stock