EFC vs. NMRK, CMTG, AHH, HOUS, FPH, CRESY, MLP, SRG, STRS, and AFCG
Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include Newmark Group (NMRK), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Five Point (FPH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Stratus Properties (STRS), and AFC Gamma (AFCG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Newmark Group received 104 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.67% of users gave Newmark Group an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of Newmark Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Newmark Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Newmark Group had 4 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Newmark Group and 5 mentions for Ellington Financial. Newmark Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ellington Financial's score of 0.21 indicating that Newmark Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Newmark Group. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newmark Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Newmark Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ellington Financial pays out 243.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Newmark Group pays out 54.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ellington Financial presently has a consensus target price of $13.85, indicating a potential upside of 7.45%. Newmark Group has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.12%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Newmark Group.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 66.65% compared to Newmark Group's net margin of 1.47%. Newmark Group's return on equity of 17.03% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newmark Group has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Newmark Group beats Ellington Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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