EFC vs. HTGC, GRP.U, CWK, UE, NMRK, TSLX, EXPI, MMI, AHH, and RDFN
Should you be buying Ellington Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellington Financial include Hercules Capital (HTGC), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Newmark Group (NMRK), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), eXp World (EXPI), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), and Redfin (RDFN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Ellington Financial vs.
Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Ellington Financial. Ellington Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hercules Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital received 228 more outperform votes than Ellington Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.61% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave Ellington Financial an outperform vote.
Ellington Financial currently has a consensus target price of $13.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.19%. Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $21.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.84%. Given Ellington Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ellington Financial is more favorable than Hercules Capital.
In the previous week, Ellington Financial and Ellington Financial both had 5 articles in the media. Hercules Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ellington Financial's score of 0.34 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ellington Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. 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. Hercules Capital pays out 79.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by 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.
Ellington Financial has a net margin of 106.40% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 65.07%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.88% beat Ellington Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Ellington Financial on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EFC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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