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Ellington Financial (EFC) Competitors

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$13.16 -0.07 (-0.53%)
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EFC vs. AGNC, ARI, CIM, DX, LADR, MFA, NLY, RITM, STWD, and TWO

Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include AGNC Investment (AGNC), 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), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), and Two Harbors Investments (TWO). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

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$136.41M9.64$145.86M$1.2410.61
AGNC Investment$2.95B3.52$863M$0.3429.32

Ellington Financial has a net margin of 89.52% compared to AGNC Investment's net margin of 11.50%. AGNC Investment's return on equity of 19.32% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ellington Financial89.52% 13.56% 1.07%
AGNC Investment 11.50%19.32%1.71%

55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ellington Financial has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AGNC Investment and 9 mentions for Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat AGNC Investment's score of 1.35 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AGNC Investment
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 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 14.4%. Ellington Financial pays out 125.8% 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 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 Financial currently has a consensus price target of $14.46, suggesting a potential upside of 9.87%. AGNC Investment has a consensus price target of $9.63, suggesting a potential downside of 3.46%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
AGNC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Summary

Ellington Financial beats AGNC Investment on 10 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

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EFC vs. The Competition

MetricEllington FinancialREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.32B$1.55B$12.74B$21.65B
Dividend Yield11.79%12.69%5.40%3.51%
P/E Ratio10.6114.52243.5729.96
Price / Sales9.642.9930.9360.86
Price / Cash7.9811.3022.4224.97
Price / Book0.950.782.334.59
Net Income$145.86M$79.73M$1.01B$999.97M
7 Day Performance-2.01%-1.27%0.38%0.87%
1 Month Performance-4.95%2.23%3.78%5.48%
1 Year Performance0.34%-12.21%537.68%14.38%

Ellington Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.7168 of 5 stars
$13.16
-0.5%
$14.46
+9.9%
-0.6%$1.32B$136.41M10.61170Positive News
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
AGNC
AGNC Investment
3.2478 of 5 stars
$10.19
+0.1%
$9.63
-5.5%
-5.6%$10.62B$2.95B29.9750Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ARI
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance
2.3896 of 5 stars
$10.77
-0.6%
$10.31
-4.2%
+7.7%$1.50B$303.67M-76.93N/AAnalyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
CIM
Chimera Investment
4.1499 of 5 stars
$14.21
+0.2%
$15.50
+9.1%
-14.7%$1.15B$760.95M11.2740Dividend Announcement
DX
Dynex Capital
3.7371 of 5 stars
$12.50
-0.2%
$13.00
+4.0%
-4.9%$1.62B$319.53M16.0320News Coverage
Positive News
LADR
Ladder Capital
4.7079 of 5 stars
$11.48
-1.2%
$12.00
+4.5%
-7.2%$1.46B$506.84M16.4060Positive News
Dividend Announcement
MFA
MFA Financial
4.0343 of 5 stars
$10.12
+0.0%
$12.14
+20.0%
-25.2%$1.04B$723.97M11.63350
NLY
Annaly Capital Management
3.6566 of 5 stars
$22.06
+0.3%
$21.06
-4.6%
+2.9%$14.16B$4.84B21.84160Positive News
RITM
Rithm Capital
4.4609 of 5 stars
$12.38
flat
$14.25
+15.1%
+1.7%$6.57B$2.77B9.526,045News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
STWD
Starwood Property Trust
3.8246 of 5 stars
$20.34
-0.8%
$21.70
+6.7%
-4.2%$7.47B$797.72M18.66290News Coverage
Positive News
TWO
Two Harbors Investments
3.0809 of 5 stars
$10.10
+0.5%
$12.43
+23.1%
-29.6%$1.05B$91.93M-2.84100Positive News

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