MLP vs. EFC, MMI, REAX, FPH, CRESY, AHH, BOC, HOUS, CMTG, 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), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Boston Omaha (BOC), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Maui Land & Pineapple's net margin of -40.09%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Maui Land & Pineapple's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Maui Land & Pineapple. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ellington Financial and 3 mentions for Maui Land & Pineapple. Maui Land & Pineapple's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Ellington Financial's score of 0.69 indicating that Maui Land & Pineapple is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
24.5% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 65.9% of Maui Land & Pineapple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Ellington Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $14.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.41%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Maui Land & Pineapple.
Maui Land & Pineapple has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial received 153 more outperform votes than Maui Land & Pineapple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave Maui Land & Pineapple an outperform vote.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Maui Land & Pineapple on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MLP) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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