MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 8, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Hal Schwartz – Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary
Craig Knutson – Chief Executive Officer and President
Mike Roper – Chief Financial Officer
Gudmundur Kristjansson – Co-Chief Investment Officer
Bryan Wulfsohn – Co-Chief Investment Officer

Conference Call Participants

Stephen Laws – Raymond James
Bose George – KBW
Jake Katsikas – BTIG
Doug Harter – UBS
Steve Delaney – Citizens JMP

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to the MFA Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we'll conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to our host, Hal Schwartz. Please go ahead.

Hal Schwartz

Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. The information discussed on this conference call today may contain or refer to forward-looking statements regarding MFA Financial Inc., which reflect management’s beliefs, expectations, and assumptions as to MFA’s future performance and operations. When used, statements that are not historical in nature, including those containing words such as, will, believe, expect, anticipate, estimate, should, could, would, or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. These types of statements are subject to various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including those described in MFA’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and other reports that it may file from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These risks, uncertainties, and other factors could cause MFA’s actual results to differ materially from those projected, expressed, or implied in any forward-looking statements it makes. For additional information regarding MFA’s use of forward-looking statements, please see the relevant disclosure in the press release announcing MFA’s second quarter 2024 financial results.

Thank you for your time. I would now like to turn this call over to MFA’s CEO and President, Craig Knutson.

Craig Knutson

Thank you, Hal. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for MFA Financial's second quarter 2024 earnings call. With me today are Mike Roper, our CFO; Gudmundur Kristjansson and Bryan Wulfsohn, our Co-Chief Investment Officers and other members of our senior management team.