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$5.92 +0.02 (+0.25%)
Closing price 07/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$5.94 +0.02 (+0.34%)
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EARN vs. AGNC, ARR, CIM, DX, EFC, IVR, MFA, NLY, ORC, and RITM

Should you be buying Ellington Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Credit include AGNC Investment (AGNC), ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR), Chimera Investment (CIM), Dynex Capital (DX), Ellington Financial (EFC), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), and Rithm Capital (RITM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Ellington Credit vs. Its Competitors

Ellington Credit (NYSE:EARN) and AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation and dividends.

Ellington Credit has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 17 more articles in the media than Ellington Credit. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for AGNC Investment and 1 mentions for Ellington Credit. Ellington Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat AGNC Investment's score of 0.46 indicating that Ellington Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ellington Credit
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AGNC Investment
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Credit. Ellington Credit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGNC Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ellington Credit$15.07M14.77$6.59M-$0.13-45.58
AGNC Investment$584M16.97$863M$0.3428.56

AGNC Investment has a net margin of 11.50% compared to Ellington Credit's net margin of -21.82%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.63% beat Ellington Credit's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ellington Credit-21.82% 17.67% 3.74%
AGNC Investment 11.50%19.63%1.76%

Ellington Credit presently has a consensus target price of $6.13, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.58, suggesting a potential downside of 1.30%. Given Ellington Credit's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Credit is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ellington Credit
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
AGNC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Ellington Credit pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Ellington Credit pays out -738.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGNC Investment pays out 423.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

20.4% of Ellington Credit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Ellington Credit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AGNC Investment beats Ellington Credit on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EARN vs. The Competition

MetricEllington CreditREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$221.98M$1.47B$12.29B$21.04B
Dividend Yield16.24%12.74%5.54%3.59%
P/E Ratio-45.5716.1619.0528.45
Price / Sales14.773.1526.1471.96
Price / Cash5.4711.0121.6322.92
Price / Book0.890.782.204.69
Net Income$6.59M$79.73M$998.02M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-1.25%1.62%0.60%1.66%
1 Month Performance2.95%1.52%3.48%4.55%
1 Year Performance-16.08%-12.66%536.58%10.01%

Ellington Credit Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EARN
Ellington Credit
1.1896 of 5 stars
$5.93
+0.3%
$6.13
+3.4%
-15.7%$221.98M$15.07M-45.57170Positive News
AGNC
AGNC Investment
3.052 of 5 stars
$9.31
-1.0%
$9.79
+5.1%
-1.6%$9.50B$2.95B23.2850Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT
3.1979 of 5 stars
$16.76
-0.6%
$18.50
+10.4%
-16.7%$1.37B$4.08M-47.87N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
CIM
Chimera Investment
3.8338 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.6%
$15.50
+10.8%
-4.2%$1.13B$760.95M9.3240News Coverage
Positive News
DX
Dynex Capital
3.506 of 5 stars
$12.61
-1.1%
$12.67
+0.5%
+5.5%$1.35B$108.02M16.3720Earnings Report
EFC
Ellington Financial
2.1717 of 5 stars
$13.26
+0.3%
$14.30
+7.9%
+4.0%$1.25B$284.66M9.40170
IVR
Invesco Mortgage Capital
1.1197 of 5 stars
$7.55
-1.5%
$7.25
-3.9%
-14.7%$497.53M$69.84M17.96N/ANews Coverage
Earnings Report
MFA
MFA Financial
4.35 of 5 stars
$9.31
-0.6%
$12.21
+31.3%
-13.4%$955.16M$723.97M9.49350Positive News
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.5032 of 5 stars
$19.67
-0.3%
$20.90
+6.3%
+6.2%$11.75B$4.84B22.10160Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
ORC
Orchid Island Capital
2.1792 of 5 stars
$7.07
-1.2%
N/A-10.4%$895.21M$241.58M17.662,018News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.0684 of 5 stars
$11.74
+0.5%
$13.56
+15.6%
+7.2%$6.22B$2.73B9.786,045News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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