Mfa Financial: Pay

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

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each 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.

Pay of each named executive

C. L. KnutsonChief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
B. WulfsohnPresident and Chief Investment Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
M. C. RoperSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
3 years
H. E. SchwartzSenior Vice President and General Counsel
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
L. R. SamuelsSenior Vice President and Chief Loan Operations Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 5 peers with pay on file was $6.1M. The CEO of Mfa Financial was paid $7.1M, 15% above the median.

  1. 1Walker & Dunlop
  2. 2Arbor Realty Trust
  3. 3Mfa Financial
  4. 4Redwood Trust
  5. 5BrightSpire Capital
  6. 6Trinity Capital
  7. 7AGNC InvestmentNot disclosed
  8. 8Adamas TrustNot disclosed
  9. 9Chimera InvestmentNot disclosed
  10. 10Dynex CapitalNot disclosed
  11. 11Ladder CapitalNot disclosed
  12. 12Two Harbors Investment Corp.Not disclosed
  13. 13Velocity Financial, Inc.Not disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.