EARN vs. ORC, AC, PLYM, PAX, USAR, ANNA, AACT, BRSP, SITC, and FSNB
Should you be buying Ellington Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Credit include Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Plymouth Industrial REIT (PLYM), Patria Investments (PAX), USA Rare Earth (USAR), AleAnna Inc - Class A (ANNA), Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT), BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), SITE Centers (SITC), and Fusion Acquisition Corp. II (FSNB). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Ellington Credit vs.
Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) and Ellington Credit (NYSE:EARN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Ellington Credit had 8 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ellington Credit and 1 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Ellington Credit's score of 0.25 indicating that Orchid Island Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Orchid Island Capital received 122 more outperform votes than Ellington Credit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.12% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 50.74% of users gave Ellington Credit an outperform vote.
Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.8%. Ellington Credit pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.6%. Orchid Island Capital pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ellington Credit pays out -738.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orchid Island Capital has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ellington Credit has a net margin of 226.01% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Credit's return on equity of 15.81% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.
Orchid Island Capital presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 37.38%. Ellington Credit has a consensus target price of $5.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Orchid Island Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Orchid Island Capital is more favorable than Ellington Credit.
32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Ellington Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Ellington Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Orchid Island Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Credit. Ellington Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchid Island Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Credit has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Orchid Island Capital beats Ellington Credit on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EARN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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