CFTR-PA vs CMRF vs EFC Stock Comparison

Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust, Cim and Ellington Financial Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMRF Cim Group, Inc.
$2.35 -4.5% 1M -59.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.03B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$307.90M
Div. yield
14.04%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
1 win
EFC Ellington Financial Inc.
$11.76 -3.6% 1M -12.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.50B
P/E
8.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$455.40M
Div. yield
13.27%
Mortgage REITs Financial Services
5 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Ellington Financial leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Ellington Financial 5, Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust 2, Cim 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCFTR-PACMRFEFCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $274.02M $1.03B $1.50B EFC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 220.9x 14.1x 8.8x EFC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 6.1x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.0% -8.1% +44.8% EFC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.3% 23.7% 37.3% EFC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 22.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 12.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 14.04% 13.27% CMRF
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -59.2% -12.0% EFC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — -8.3%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 16.2% 73.9% 18.4% CFTR-PA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 53/100 42/100 CFTR-PA

Percentile Scorecard

CFTR-PACMRFEFC

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

AxisCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Valuation 62 #56 of 145 55 #76 of 169 33 #114 of 169
Growth 91 #14 of 142 42 #94 of 162 61 #64 of 162
Profitability 13 #118 of 135 66 #52 of 149 43 #86 of 149
Financial Health 50 #68 of 136 34 #104 of 158 62 #61 of 158
Shareholder Returns – 67 #46 of 136 10 #122 of 136
Overall 54 53 42
  • CFTR-PA ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • CMRF ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit
  • EFC ranked among 174 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCFTR-PACMRFEFCSPY
1 month +1.0%-4.5%-3.6% +0.9%
3 months +0.9%+14.6%-12.6% +5.9%
6 months +2.4%+6.8%-10.8% +8.5%
Year to date —-7.8%-13.4% +13.3%
1 year —-59.2%-12.0% +12.4%
3 years —-59.2%-2.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year —-25.8%-0.7% +23.5%
5 years ——-35.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year ——-8.3% +11.0%
10 years ——-26.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year ——-3.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCFTR-PACMRFEFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 16.2%73.9%18.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.7%172.4%19.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.15-0.260.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.80-0.65 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -7.2%-68.2%-41.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.1%-7.8%-16.1% -0.9%
52-week high $26.86$2.55$14.01 $779.14
52-week low $24.02$1.83$11.30 $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.

MultipleCFTR-PACMRFEFC
P/E now vs peer median 220.9xmedian 25.8x 14.1xmedian 11.4x 8.8xmedian 11.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 4.0x 3.3xmedian 2.7x 3.3xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.2x 17.0xmedian 11.3x —median 11.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.0x 19.2xmedian 6.9x -2.4xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 1.3x 0.5xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 7.13median 1.91 -0.97median 0.34 —median 0.34

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 monthsCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Revenue $99.09M $307.90M $455.40M
Net income $678.18K $72.98M $225.90M
Free cash flow – $53.41M -$617.48M
EPS (diluted) $0.12 $0.17 –
Cash & equivalents $24.64M $218.77M $247.47M
Total debt $2.37B $3.00B $1.01B
Shares (diluted) 10.95M 436.88M –
Enterprise value $373.36M $1.86B $736.38M

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
MetricCFTR-PACMRFEFC
P/E 220.9x 14.1x 8.8x
P/FCF – 19.2x -2.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 7.9x -2.4x
P/S 2.8x 3.3x 3.3x
P/B 0.5x 0.5x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 0.6x 0.5x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA – 17.0x –
EV/EBIT – 20.3x 2.9x
EV/Revenue 8.3x 12.4x 3.3x
EV/FCF – 71.3x -2.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 29.3x -2.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 7.13 -0.97 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.0% -8.1% 44.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% -16.9% 27.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 105.9% 7,606% 56.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.0% -14.6% 62.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 115.3% 278.5% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.0% -14.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 27.8% 0.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -17.1% -67.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 15.8% 0.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -36.9% -67.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 72.7% –
Operating margin – – –
Pretax margin – 24.9% 37.2%
Net margin 1.3% 23.7% 37.3%
FCF margin – 17.3% -135.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 42.1% -135.6%
Return on equity 0.1% 5.6% 11.4%
Return on assets 0.1% 1.4% 1.1%
Return on invested capital – – 22.6%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.8x -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.3% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Debt / assets 47.4% 46.5% 1.2%
Debt / equity 1.0x 1.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 12.4x –
Debt / FCF – 56.2x -0.4x
Liabilities / assets 53.4% 66.8% 90.5%
Equity / assets 46.6% 33.2% 9.5%
Interest coverage – 1.4x 1.5x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Dividend yield – 14.0% 13.3%
Net buyback yield – – -18.9%
Shareholder yield – 14.0% -5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Forward P/E – – 6.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – – $1.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +4.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -2.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – – $532.59MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – – +58.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCFTR-PACMRFEFC
Held by institutions – – 50.4%
Institutions holding – – 247
Change in shares held, QoQ – – +2.9%
Institutions buying – – 139
Institutions selling – – 57
Buyers to sellers – – 2.44

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.

CFTR-PACMRFEFC
CFTR-PA 1.00 0.13 0.00
CMRF 0.13 1.00 -0.09
EFC 0.00 -0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CFTR-PA, CMRF and EFC?

Ellington Financial (EFC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) $274.02M, Cim (CMRF) $1.03B, Ellington Financial (EFC) $1.50B.

Which stock is cheaper, CFTR-PA, CMRF and EFC?

Ellington Financial (EFC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) 220.9x, Cim (CMRF) 14.1x, Ellington Financial (EFC) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Ellington Financial (EFC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) +4.0%, Cim (CMRF) -8.1%, Ellington Financial (EFC) +44.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Ellington Financial (EFC) has the highest net margin (Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) 1.3%, Cim (CMRF) 23.7%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 37.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ellington Financial (EFC) returned the most: Cim (CMRF) -59.2%, Ellington Financial (EFC) -12.0%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Cim (CMRF) has the highest dividend yield: Cim (CMRF) 14.04%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 13.27%. Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) has been the steadiest (Cantor Fitzgerald Income Trust (CFTR-PA) 16.2%, Cim (CMRF) 73.9%, Ellington Financial (EFC) 18.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CFTR-PA, CMRF and EFC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ellington Financial (EFC) leads on 5. 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.