MLP vs. EFC, MMI, REAX, FPH, HOUS, AHH, CMTG, CRESY, BOC, and RITR
Should you be buying Maui Land & Pineapple stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Maui Land & Pineapple include Ellington Financial (EFC), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Five Point (FPH), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY), Boston Omaha (BOC), and Reitar Logtech (RITR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Maui Land & Pineapple vs. Its Competitors
Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE:MLP) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) 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, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 89.52% compared to Maui Land & Pineapple's net margin of -81.82%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 13.56% beat Maui Land & Pineapple's return on equity.
Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $14.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Maui Land & Pineapple.
Ellington Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ellington Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.6% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.9% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Maui Land & Pineapple. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ellington Financial and 2 mentions for Maui Land & Pineapple. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Maui Land & Pineapple's score of 0.14 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Maui Land & Pineapple on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MLP) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
