EFC vs. IIPR, CWK, UE, FOR, GTY, KW, CMTG, AHH, HPP, and FRPH
Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Forestar Group (FOR), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Innovative Industrial Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Innovative Industrial Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Innovative Industrial Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Innovative Industrial Properties received 39 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.97% of users gave Innovative Industrial Properties an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Innovative Industrial Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Ellington Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Innovative Industrial Properties and 3 mentions for Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Innovative Industrial Properties' score of 1.05 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innovative Industrial Properties has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial currently has a consensus target price of $13.95, suggesting a potential upside of 17.03%. Innovative Industrial Properties has a consensus target price of $99.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.45%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Innovative Industrial Properties.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. Innovative Industrial Properties pays an annual dividend of $7.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ellington Financial pays out 243.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Innovative Industrial Properties pays out 127.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 66.65% compared to Innovative Industrial Properties' net margin of 53.07%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat Innovative Industrial Properties' return on equity.
Summary
Innovative Industrial Properties beats Ellington Financial on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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