EFC vs. AHH, HPP, KW, CMTG, FRPH, SRG, GTY, FPH, TRC, and MLP
Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), FRP (FRPH), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Getty Realty (GTY), Five Point (FPH), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Ellington Financial currently has a consensus price target of $14.06, indicating a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Ellington Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
In the previous week, Armada Hoffler Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties and 5 mentions for Ellington Financial. Armada Hoffler Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ellington Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Armada Hoffler Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Ellington Financial pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -1,559.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Ellington Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Armada Hoffler Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 113 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 78.53% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of 1.12%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 11.36% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.
50.2% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Armada Hoffler Properties 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.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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