ARR vs EFC vs NLY Stock Comparison

Armour Residential REIT, Ellington Financial and Annaly Capital Management Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EFC Ellington Financial Inc.
$11.73 -5.6% 1M -13.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.49B
P/E
8.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$455.40M
Div. yield
–
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Annaly Capital Management leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Annaly Capital Management 4, Armour Residential REIT 3, Ellington Financial 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionARREFCNLYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.83B $1.49B $13.47B NLY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -28.2x 8.8x 4.8x NLY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 4.6x 6.0x 6.1x ARR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +126.9% +44.8% +58.5% ARR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -25.8% 37.3% 105.1% NLY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 22.6% 16.6% EFC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 3.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.20% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -19.2% -13.0% -12.2% NLY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -24.8%/yr -8.6%/yr -12.0%/yr EFC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.4% 18.5% 21.7% EFC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 42/100 52/100 ARR

Percentile Scorecard

ARREFCNLY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisARREFCNLY
Valuation 61 #67 of 170 34 #112 of 170 55 #77 of 170
Growth 85 #25 of 165 61 #65 of 165 78 #37 of 165
Profitability 63 #58 of 155 42 #90 of 155 79 #34 of 155
Financial Health – 62 #63 of 163 33 #109 of 163
Shareholder Returns 63 #51 of 137 11 #122 of 137 16 #115 of 137
Overall 68 42 52
  • ARR ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • EFC ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • NLY ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodARREFCNLYSPY
1 month -11.8%-5.6%-12.8% -1.0%
3 months -20.8%-12.2%-18.3% +2.9%
6 months -26.9%-10.7%-19.4% +6.4%
Year to date -27.2%-13.6%-18.0% +11.4%
1 year -19.2%-13.0%-12.2% +13.1%
3 years -13.8%-3.1%+17.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year -4.8%-1.1%+5.4% +21.5%
5 years -75.9%-36.3%-47.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year -24.8%-8.6%-12.0% +10.9%
10 years -88.5%-26.3%-54.5% +255.2%
10 years, per year -19.5%-3.0%-7.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureARREFCNLYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.4%18.5%21.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.0%20.1%23.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.670.400.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.79-0.70-0.56 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.4%-41.7%-57.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.6%-16.3%-24.8% -2.5%
52-week high $19.12$14.01$24.40 $779.14
52-week low $12.30$11.30$17.72 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleARREFCNLY
P/E now vs peer median -28.7xmedian 11.0x 8.8xmedian 11.0x 4.9xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 2.6x 3.3xmedian 2.6x 5.2xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x —median 13.1x 5.5xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 6.9x -2.4xmedian 6.9x 15.5xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 0.7x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.61median 0.31 —median 0.31 0.11median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsARREFCNLY
Revenue $251.92M $455.40M $2.65B
Net income -$52.08M $225.90M $2.98B
Free cash flow $456.23M -$617.48M $886.45M
EPS (diluted) $-0.45 – $3.76
Cash & equivalents $99.67M $247.47M $2.91B
Total debt – $1.01B $120.61B
Shares (diluted) 144.56M – 740.26M
Enterprise value $1.52B $694.71M $4.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricARREFCNLY
P/E -28.7x 8.8x 4.9x
P/FCF 4.2x -2.4x 15.5x
P/Operating cash flow 4.2x -2.4x 15.5x
P/S 7.6x 3.3x 5.2x
P/B 0.8x 0.7x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 0.8x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA – – 5.5x
EV/EBIT – 2.9x 5.6x
EV/Revenue 7.2x 3.3x 17.1x
EV/FCF 4.0x -2.4x 51.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.0x -2.4x 51.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.61 – 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricARREFCNLY
Revenue growth (1Y) 126.9% 44.8% 58.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 114.4% 27.5% 37.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) -180.7% 56.5% 299.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.9% 62.6% 53.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -189.3% – 306.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 47.0% – 43.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 154.8% 0.3% -23.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.4% -67.8% -31.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 154.8% 0.3% -23.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.4% -67.7% -31.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricARREFCNLY
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – – 308.7%
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 37.2% 112.0%
Net margin -25.8% 37.3% 105.1%
FCF margin 181.1% -135.6% 33.4%
Operating cash flow margin 181.1% -135.6% 33.4%
Return on equity – 11.4% 17.9%
Return on assets – 1.1% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 22.6% 16.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -8.8x -2.7x 0.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricARREFCNLY
Debt / assets – 1.2% 23.9%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.8x
Debt / FCF – -0.4x 38.8x
Liabilities / assets 89.5% 90.5% 88.2%
Equity / assets 10.5% 9.5% 11.8%
Interest coverage – 1.5x 1.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricARREFCNLY
Dividend yield 22.4% 13.3% 15.8%
Net buyback yield -34.0% -19.0% -19.0%
Shareholder yield -11.6% -5.7% -3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) -701.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 80.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 56.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 22.0% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusARREFCNLY
Forward P/E 4.6xFY2026 6.0xFY2026 6.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.79FY2026 $1.94FY2026 $2.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.8%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026 +2.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -5.4% -2.6% -0.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $482.97MFY2026 $532.59MFY2026 $2.71BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +37.5%FY2026 +58.3%FY2026 +20.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.9% +2.4% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersARREFCNLY
Held by institutions 54.9% 50.4% 58.3%
Institutions holding 250 247 791
Change in shares held, QoQ +16.2% +2.9% +4.6%
Institutions buying 169 139 452
Institutions selling 42 57 207
Buyers to sellers 4.02 2.44 2.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ARREFCNLY
ARR 1.00 0.62 0.68
EFC 0.62 1.00 0.65
NLY 0.68 0.65 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARR, EFC and NLY?

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Armour Residential REIT (ARR) $1.83B, Ellington Financial (EFC) $1.49B, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) $13.47B.

Which stock is cheaper, ARR, EFC and NLY?

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Armour Residential REIT (ARR) -28.2x, Ellington Financial (EFC) 8.8x, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 4.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Armour Residential REIT (ARR) is cheapest (Armour Residential REIT (ARR) 4.6x, Ellington Financial (EFC) 6.0x, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 6.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Armour Residential REIT (ARR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Armour Residential REIT (ARR) +126.9%, Ellington Financial (EFC) +44.8%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) +58.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) has the highest net margin (Armour Residential REIT (ARR) -25.8%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 37.3%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 105.1%). On return on invested capital, Ellington Financial (EFC) leads (Ellington Financial (EFC) 22.6%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 16.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Annaly Capital Management (NLY) returned the most: Armour Residential REIT (ARR) -19.2%, Ellington Financial (EFC) -13.0%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) -12.2%. Over five years, Ellington Financial (EFC) compounded fastest (Armour Residential REIT (ARR) -24.8%/yr, Ellington Financial (EFC) -8.6%/yr, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) -12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Armour Residential REIT (ARR) 0.20%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 0.00%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 0.00%. Ellington Financial (EFC) and Annaly Capital Management (NLY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ellington Financial (EFC) has been the steadiest (Armour Residential REIT (ARR) 24.4%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 18.5%, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 21.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARR, EFC and NLY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.