Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001055160-25-000018
Chunk: 194

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 194
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, as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Distributable earnings is determined by adjusting GAAP net income/(loss) by removing certain unrealized gains and losses, primarily on residential mortgage investments, associated debt, and hedges that are, in each case, accounted for at fair value through earnings, certain realized gains and losses, as well as certain non-cash expenses and securitization-related transaction costs. Realized gains and losses arising from loans sold to third-parties by Lima One shortly after the origination of such loans are included in Distributable earnings.  The transaction costs are primarily comprised of costs only incurred at the time of execution of our securitizations and include costs such as underwriting fees, legal fees, diligence fees, bank fees and other similar transaction related expenses. These costs are all incurred prior to or at the execution of our securitizations and do not recur. Recurring expenses, such as servicing fees, custodial fees, trustee fees and other similar ongoing fees are not excluded from Distributable earnings.  Management believes that the adjustments made to GAAP earnings result in the removal of (i) income or expenses that are not reflective of the longer term performance of our investment portfolio, (ii) certain non-cash expenses, and (iii) expense items required to be recognized solely due to the election of the fair value option on certain related residential mortgage assets and associated liabilities.  Distributable earnings is one of the factors that our Board of Directors considers when evaluating distributions to our shareholders.  Accordingly, we believe that the adjustments to compute Distributable earnings specified below provide investors and analysts with additional information to evaluate our financial results. 

Distributable earnings should be used in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP.  Distributable earnings does not represent and should not be considered as a substitute for net income or cash flows from operating activities, each as determined in accordance with GAAP, and our calculation of this measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

The following table provides a reconciliation of our GAAP net income/(loss) used in the calculation of basic EPS to our non-GAAP Distributable earnings for the quarterly periods below:  

Quarter Ended(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)September 30, 2025June 30, 2025March 31, 2025December 31, 2024September 30, 2024June 30, 2024March 31, 2024GAAP Net income/(