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Ellington Financial (EFC) Competitors

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$12.13 +0.08 (+0.66%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

EFC vs. CWK, GRP.U, HTGC, UE, NMRK, EXPI, MMI, AHH, RDFN, and REAX

Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Newmark Group (NMRK), eXp World (EXPI), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Redfin (RDFN), and Real Brokerage (REAX). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.

Ellington Financial vs.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.94%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 12.10% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cushman & Wakefield0.94% 12.10% 2.67%
Ellington Financial 106.40%10.26%0.81%

Ellington Financial received 45 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.78% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cushman & WakefieldOutperform Votes
197
66.78%
Underperform Votes
98
33.22%
Ellington FinancialOutperform Votes
242
56.94%
Underperform Votes
183
43.06%

Ellington Financial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cushman & Wakefield. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cushman & Wakefield$9.37B0.32-$35.40M$0.3735.38
Ellington Financial$295.07M3.73$84.81M$1.319.26

In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Cushman & Wakefield. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ellington Financial and 8 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 0.58 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cushman & Wakefield
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ellington Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cushman & Wakefield currently has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.50%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $13.58, indicating a potential upside of 11.98%. Given Cushman & Wakefield's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cushman & Wakefield is more favorable than Ellington Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cushman & Wakefield
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Ellington Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ellington Financial beats Cushman & Wakefield on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EFC vs. The Competition

MetricEllington FinancialReal estate IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.10B$3.23B$11.24B$19.19B
Dividend Yield12.70%5.21%9.83%3.61%
P/E Ratio9.2610.2326.7441.30
Price / Sales3.7311.8736.4117.58
Price / Cash7.2817.5118.6021.28
Price / Book0.701.872.765.32
Net Income$84.81M-$154.25M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.78%-3.54%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-2.14%-3.80%-2.89%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-5.97%-13.21%11.56%12.14%

Ellington Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.4269 of 5 stars
$12.13
+0.7%
$13.58
+12.0%
-5.3%$1.10B$295.07M9.26400Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
3.6471 of 5 stars
$15.16
+2.0%
$15.25
+0.6%
+25.7%$3.48B$9.37B40.1952,000
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$50.99
+0.2%
N/A-11.8%$3.20B$550.94M14.2254Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HTGC
Hercules Capital
1.3189 of 5 stars
$19.32
-0.5%
$20.90
+8.2%
+18.5%$3.14B$460.67M9.61100
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.9736 of 5 stars
$22.79
+2.1%
$20.00
-12.2%
+18.2%$2.85B$416.92M10.01120
NMRK
Newmark Group
4.0103 of 5 stars
$14.84
+2.5%
$16.88
+13.7%
+27.6%$2.54B$2.61B49.537,000
EXPI
eXp World
0.8245 of 5 stars
$12.88
+0.2%
$13.50
+4.8%
-12.3%$1.98B$4.28B-58.452,114Insider Trade
News Coverage
MMI
Marcus & Millichap
0.3961 of 5 stars
$40.51
+1.1%
$30.00
-25.9%
-8.4%$1.57B$622.23M-49.48890
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
3.8493 of 5 stars
$11.05
+1.2%
$11.88
+7.5%
-19.4%$1.12B$756.90M-52.00164Dividend Announcement
RDFN
Redfin
3.4249 of 5 stars
$9.01
-0.1%
$8.98
-0.4%
-7.2%$1.12B$976.67M-7.054,693
REAX
Real Brokerage
1.2703 of 5 stars
$5.11
-1.0%
$3.75
-26.6%
+192.5%$1.01B$689.16M-28.6760Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EFC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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