HOUS vs. EFC, MMI, RDFN, EXPI, REAX, FPH, AHH, CRESY, BOC, and CMTG
Should you be buying Anywhere Real Estate stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anywhere Real Estate include Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Redfin (RDFN), eXp World (EXPI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Boston Omaha (BOC), and Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Anywhere Real Estate vs.
Anywhere Real Estate (NYSE:HOUS) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Ellington Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Anywhere Real Estate. Anywhere Real Estate is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ellington Financial received 245 more outperform votes than Anywhere Real Estate when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 4.17% of users gave Anywhere Real Estate an outperform vote.
97.6% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Anywhere Real Estate shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Anywhere Real Estate's net margin of -2.25%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Anywhere Real Estate's return on equity.
In the previous week, Anywhere Real Estate had 1 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Anywhere Real Estate and 8 mentions for Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Anywhere Real Estate's score of 1.01 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anywhere Real Estate presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential upside of 13.93%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Anywhere Real Estate.
Anywhere Real Estate has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Anywhere Real Estate on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HOUS) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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