Mfa Financial

Mfa Financial

MFA· Finance· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY2025

C. L. Knutson is the CEO of Mfa Financial and was paid $7.1M in FY2025 (Dec), down 12%.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Mfa Financial proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives6

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  1. 1C. L. KnutsonFY2025
  2. 2B. WulfsohnFY2025
  3. 3M. C. RoperFY2025
  4. 4H. E. SchwartzFY2025
  5. 5L. R. SamuelsFY2025
  6. 6Craig L. KnutsonNot disclosed

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Mfa Financial paid its 5 named executives $17.2M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO C. L. Knutson was paid $7.1M of that.

Name
C. L. KnutsonChief Executive Officer
B. WulfsohnPresident and Chief Investment Officer
M. C. RoperSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
H. E. SchwartzSenior Vice President and General Counsel
L. R. SamuelsSenior Vice President and Chief Loan Operations OfficerNot disclosed

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers12

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Mfa Financial names 12 peer companies for pay. Among Mfa Financial and these peers, CEO pay was 3rd highest of 6 and total shareholder return was 3rd highest of 6.

3rd highest of 6in Mfa Financial and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$3.5M$15.5M

3rd highest of 6in Mfa Financial and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$75$204

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board1

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  • Laurie S. GoodmanChair · 10 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Nominating and Corporate Governance—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2024).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Mfa Financial Division head pay rose 12% to $1.6M in FY2025 (Dec).
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  2. Pay
    Mfa Financial CEO pay fell 12% to $7.1M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Mfa Financial President pay rose 28% to $4.3M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Mfa Financial President pay fell 14% to $2.6M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Mfa Financial General counsel pay rose 18% to $2.1M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Mfa Financial CFO pay rose 53% to $2.0M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Mfa Financial Division head pay rose 45% to $4.9M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Pay
    Mfa Financial Division head pay fell 14% to $2.6M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Mfa Financial CEO pay rose 22% to $8.1M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Mfa Financial CEO pay fell 16% to $6.3M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Mfa Financial Former CFO pay fell 37% to $774.7K in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Mfa Financial President pay rose 31% to $3.4M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Mfa Financial General counsel pay rose 39% to $1.8M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  14. Pay
    Mfa Financial Division head pay rose 31% to $3.4M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A

Filings6

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Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 17, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KFeb 20, 2026FY2025
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 18, 2025FY2024
Annual report10-KFeb 20, 2025FY2024
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 22, 2024FY2023
Annual report10-KFeb 22, 2024FY2023
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