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Ellington Financial (EFC) Competitors

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$12.35 +0.06 (+0.49%)
(As of 10:31 AM ET)

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

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

Ellington Financial vs.

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

In the previous week, Ellington Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ellington Financial and 1 mentions for Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple. Ellington Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's score of -0.75 indicating that Ellington Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple Negative
Ellington Financial Neutral

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple$386.07M8.56$101.24M$3.5814.72
Ellington Financial$107.72M10.39$84.81M$1.319.43

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ellington Financial pays out 119.1% 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 consensus target price of $13.56, suggesting a potential upside of 9.82%. Given Ellington Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Ellington Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's net margin of 55.97%. Ellington Financial's return on equity of 10.26% beat Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple55.97% 5.71% 3.34%
Ellington Financial 106.40%10.26%0.81%

57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held 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.

Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ellington Financial received 232 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.94% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Granite Real Estate Inc. StapleOutperform Votes
10
45.45%
Underperform Votes
12
54.55%
Ellington FinancialOutperform Votes
242
56.94%
Underperform Votes
183
43.06%

Summary

Ellington Financial beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 13 of the 20 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$1.12B$3.56B$10.51B$19.90B
Dividend Yield12.61%4.90%10.13%3.49%
P/E Ratio9.438.3646.2836.63
Price / Sales10.3912.293,473.7917.98
Price / Cash7.3017.3130.6021.28
Price / Book0.881.944.084.58
Net Income$84.81M-$154.25M$1.02B$985.06M
7 Day Performance1.35%-1.28%0.04%0.51%
1 Month Performance-2.29%-6.54%7.24%1.13%
1 Year Performance-4.63%-5.61%24.26%24.80%

Ellington Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.0351 of 5 stars
$12.35
+0.5%
$13.56
+9.8%
-5.6%$1.12B$107.72M9.43400
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$52.70
-0.8%
N/A+5.1%$3.31B$386.07M14.8454Dividend Cut
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
3.1859 of 5 stars
$13.90
+0.6%
$12.80
-7.9%
+62.9%$3.19B$9.49B37.3652,000Positive News
HTGC
Hercules Capital
1.5734 of 5 stars
$18.72
-0.5%
$20.40
+9.0%
+19.9%$3.04B$460.67M9.31100Positive News
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.9143 of 5 stars
$22.96
-0.1%
$20.00
-12.9%
+36.6%$2.87B$416.92M10.31120Positive News
NMRK
Newmark Group
3.2592 of 5 stars
$14.89
+1.0%
$16.17
+8.6%
+88.0%$2.55B$2.47B49.137,000
EXPI
eXp World
0.7189 of 5 stars
$12.47
-2.9%
$13.50
+8.3%
+0.4%$1.91B$4.28B-58.362,114Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
MMI
Marcus & Millichap
0.7636 of 5 stars
$40.51
+0.9%
$30.00
-25.9%
+22.3%$1.57B$622.23M-49.54890
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
3.1872 of 5 stars
$10.82
-1.1%
$11.88
+9.8%
+1.7%$1.10B$667.16M0.00164
REAX
Real Brokerage
1.3402 of 5 stars
$5.07
+2.8%
$3.75
-26.0%
+273.5%$1.00B$689.16M0.0060
RDFN
Redfin
3.667 of 5 stars
$7.87
-1.3%
$8.98
+14.1%
+17.7%$975.72M$976.67M0.004,693Analyst Downgrade

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This page (NYSE:EFC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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