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$13.12 -0.12 (-0.91%)
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EFC vs. AGNC, NYMT, ARI, CIM, DX, LADR, MFA, NLY, RITM, and STWD

Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include AGNC Investment (AGNC), New York Mortgage Trust (NYMT), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Chimera Investment (CIM), Dynex Capital (DX), Ladder Capital (LADR), MFA Financial (MFA), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Rithm Capital (RITM), and Starwood Property Trust (STWD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Ellington Financial vs. Its Competitors

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

Ellington Financial has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ellington Financial has a net margin of 101.59% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 14.91%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 20.36% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ellington Financial101.59% 12.06% 0.95%
AGNC Investment 14.91%20.36%1.82%

Ellington Financial presently has a consensus target price of $14.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.99%. AGNC Investment has a consensus target price of $9.79, suggesting a potential upside of 5.79%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than AGNC Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ellington Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
AGNC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 9 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AGNC Investment and 4 mentions for Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat AGNC Investment's score of 0.90 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ellington Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AGNC Investment
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Ellington Financial pays out 110.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AGNC Investment 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.

AGNC Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial 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 Financial$136.41M9.09$145.86M$1.419.30
AGNC Investment$2.95B3.20$863M$0.4023.13

55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ellington Financial and AGNC Investment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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EFC vs. The Competition

MetricEllington FinancialREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.25B$1.42B$12.10B$20.85B
Dividend Yield11.78%12.95%5.56%3.65%
P/E Ratio9.3016.1519.1527.56
Price / Sales9.093.8926.1159.11
Price / Cash7.9810.8121.6822.29
Price / Book0.940.762.314.66
Net Income$145.86M$79.73M$997.60M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-0.83%-1.05%0.39%-0.29%
1 Month Performance2.60%1.58%4.38%4.90%
1 Year Performance0.77%-14.18%538.30%11.14%

Ellington Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFC
Ellington Financial
2.0605 of 5 stars
$13.12
-0.9%
$14.30
+9.0%
+1.0%$1.25B$136.41M9.30170
AGNC
AGNC Investment
3.1524 of 5 stars
$9.31
-1.0%
$9.79
+5.1%
-10.1%$9.50B$2.95B23.2850Upcoming Earnings
NYMT
New York Mortgage Trust
2.8933 of 5 stars
$6.73
+1.2%
$7.56
+12.4%
-0.3%$607.72M$401.28M-112.1770
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.8548 of 5 stars
$9.98
+0.3%
$10.19
+2.1%
-10.8%$1.39B$179.60M-332.50N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CIM
Chimera Investment
4.2145 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.6%
$15.50
+10.8%
-8.6%$1.13B$760.95M9.3240
DX
Dynex Capital
3.3817 of 5 stars
$12.61
-1.1%
$12.67
+0.5%
+0.5%$1.35B$108.02M16.3720Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.8757 of 5 stars
$11.19
+0.5%
$13.15
+17.6%
-8.7%$1.43B$506.84M13.6460Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
MFA
MFA Financial
4.2507 of 5 stars
$9.31
-0.6%
$12.21
+31.3%
-19.2%$955.16M$723.97M9.49350Analyst Forecast
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.8705 of 5 stars
$19.67
-0.3%
$20.90
+6.3%
-1.4%$11.75B$4.84B22.10160Upcoming Earnings
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.0493 of 5 stars
$11.74
+0.5%
$13.56
+15.6%
+3.2%$6.22B$2.73B9.786,045Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
4.0021 of 5 stars
$20.89
0.0%
$22.00
+5.3%
-2.7%$7.09B$844.65M21.98290Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:EFC) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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