Ellington Financial (EFC) Competitors

Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Does the media favor EFC or MRP?

In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Millrose Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ellington Financial and 3 mentions for Millrose Properties. Millrose Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Ellington Financial's score of 0.69 indicating that Millrose Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ellington Financial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Millrose Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EFC or MRP?

Ellington Financial received 242 more outperform votes than Millrose Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Millrose Properties an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ellington Financial	Outperform Votes 246 57.21%	Underperform Votes 184 42.79%
Millrose Properties	Outperform Votes 4 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is EFC or MRP a better dividend stock?

Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Millrose Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EFC or MRP?

Ellington Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Millrose Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ellington Financial	$284.66M	4.34	$84.81M	$1.41	9.26
Millrose Properties	$82.70M	54.76	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is EFC or MRP more profitable?

Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Millrose Properties' net margin of 0.00%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Millrose Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ellington Financial	106.40%	10.26%	0.81%
Millrose Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EFC or MRP?

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

Do analysts recommend EFC or MRP?

Ellington Financial presently has a consensus price target of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.58%. Millrose Properties has a consensus price target of $30.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.72%. Given Ellington Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Millrose Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ellington Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Millrose Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Ellington Financial beats Millrose Properties on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.