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
AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
38.3% of AGNC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AGNC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
AGNC Investment currently has a consensus price target of $9.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Ellington Financial has a consensus price target of $14.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than AGNC Investment.
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.
In the previous week, AGNC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for AGNC Investment and 4 mentions for Ellington Financial. AGNC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ellington Financial's score of -0.09 indicating that AGNC Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGNC Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. 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. 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.
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.
AGNC Investment has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AGNC Investment beats Ellington Financial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EFC) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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