EFC vs. AHH, HPP, CMTG, FRPH, KW, GTY, FPH, MLP, TRC, and SRG
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), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), FRP (FRPH), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Getty Realty (GTY), Five Point (FPH), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Tejon Ranch (TRC), and Seritage Growth Properties (SRG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Ellington Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Armada Hoffler Properties. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Armada Hoffler Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. 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. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out 911.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 66.65% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of 2.76%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.51% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ellington Financial currently has a consensus price target of $13.95, suggesting a potential upside of 14.81%. Given Ellington Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial and Ellington Financial both had 2 articles in the media. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.47 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Armada Hoffler Properties received 111 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.35% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats Armada Hoffler Properties on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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