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US · SEC FORM 4
MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
MFA · NYSE · CIK 0001055160 · Real Estate · REIT—Mortgage
INSIDER SIGNAL
0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window
0 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 0 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.
Why is there no score?
- No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
- Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.
Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.
Insider activity timeline
No Form 4 transaction event is present in the current 180-day window.
Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying
These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2022-09-15 · Wulfsohn Bryan.
Recent Form 4 activity
P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.
Market context
Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.
Short interest
Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
- Shares short
- 5,601,387
- Previous report
- 4,930,303
- Avg daily volume
- 1,948,285
- Days to cover
- 2.9
FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.
Historical equity purchases
Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.
| Transaction date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-15 | Wulfsohn Bryan | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 3,000 | USD 10.75 | USD 32,250 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-09-15 | Roper Michael Charles | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 1,000 | USD 10.76 | USD 10,760 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-09-14 | Yarad Stephen D. | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 2,275 | USD 10.80 | USD 24,570 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-09-14 | Knutson Craig L | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 2,471 | USD 10.81 | USD 26,712 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-09-14 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 2,350 | USD 10.67 | USD 25,074 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-01-31 | Roper Michael Charles | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 260 | USD 18.24 | USD 4,752 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2020-08-07 | Wulfsohn Bryan | Purchase (P) | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 37,500 | USD 2.69 | USD 100,700 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2020-03-12 | FREYDBERG RONALD A | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 15,000 | USD 6.01 | USD 90,150 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
30 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 201 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,473 | USD — | USD — | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,473 | USD — | USD — | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 300,004 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (16 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | JOSEPHS ROBIN | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,473 | USD — | USD — | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-15 | Goodman Laurie | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 3,473 | USD — | USD — | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 300,004 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Wulfsohn Bryan | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 48,771 | USD 9.57 | USD 466,738 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Seemungal Natasha | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 21,745 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Seemungal Natasha | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,736 | USD 9.57 | USD 35,754 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Schwartz Harold E | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 117,396 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Schwartz Harold E | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 21,047 | USD 9.57 | USD 201,420 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 69,576 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Samuels Lori R | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 12,940 | USD 9.57 | USD 123,836 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 69,576 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Roper Michael Charles | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 12,027 | USD 9.57 | USD 115,098 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 21,745 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Lin Mei | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 3,392 | USD 9.57 | USD 32,461 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | Option exercise / conversion (M) | Common Stock | 695,667 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-01-08 | Knutson Craig L | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 123,214 | USD 9.57 | USD 1,179,158 | SEC filing ↗ |
Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.
Snapshot & identity
| Snapshot date | 2026-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | MFA |
| CIK | 0001055160 |
| Sector | Real Estate |
| Industry | REIT—Mortgage Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 6798 Real Estate Investment Trusts |
| Exchange | NYSE |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 201 transaction lines from 2020-01-15 to 2026-01-15 9 P purchase lines · 6 S sale lines · 186 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.