EFC vs. AHH, HPP, KW, CMTG, FRPH, SRG, GTY, TRC, FPH, and FOR
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), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Five Point (FPH), and Forestar Group (FOR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 78.53% compared to Ellington Financial's net margin of 1.12%. Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity of 11.36% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.
66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 10 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ellington Financial and 2 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.15 indicating that Armada Hoffler Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -1,639.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Financial pays out 173.3% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 111 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 56.97% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $13.95, suggesting a potential upside of 20.21%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
Ellington Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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