Introduction
MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) is a fantastic dividend stock due to its diversified asset base and solid risk management strategies. As we can see below, it has one of the higher dividend yields of its mREIT counterparts or at very least above the median.
MFA is an internally-managed mortgage real estate investment trust (or mREIT) primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in residential mortgage assets. Their investments include principally the following:
• Residential mortgage securities including Non-Agency MBS, Agency MBS and CRT securities;
• Residential whole loans,