EFC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Ellington Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EFC Ellington Financial Inc.
$11.72 -5.3% 1M -12.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.48B
P/E
8.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$455.40M
Div. yield
–
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Percentile Scorecard

EFC

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

AxisEFC
Valuation 35 #111 of 170
Growth 61 #63 of 160
Profitability 43 #85 of 149
Financial Health 60 #64 of 158
Shareholder Returns 12 #119 of 135
Overall 42
  • EFC 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

PeriodEFCSPY
1 month -5.3% -0.8%
3 months -12.2% +3.5%
6 months -11.6% +7.0%
Year to date -13.7% +12.2%
1 year -12.0% +13.0%
3 years -2.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -0.8% +23.1%
5 years -36.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.7% +11.0%
10 years -26.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year -3.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEFCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 18.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.65 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.3% -1.8%
52-week high $14.01 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleEFC
P/E now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2.4xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.32

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 monthsEFC
Revenue $455.40M
Net income $225.90M
Free cash flow -$617.48M
Cash & equivalents $247.47M
Total debt $1.01B
Enterprise value $683.26M

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
MetricEFC
P/E 8.8x
P/FCF -2.4x
P/Operating cash flow -2.4x
P/S 3.3x
P/B 0.7x
P/Tangible book 0.8x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT 2.9x
EV/Revenue 3.3x
EV/FCF -2.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -2.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEFC
Revenue growth (1Y) 44.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) –
Net income growth (1Y) 56.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 62.6%
EPS growth (1Y) –
EPS CAGR (3Y) –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -67.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 0.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -67.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEFC
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin –
Pretax margin 37.2%
Net margin 37.3%
FCF margin -135.6%
Operating cash flow margin -135.6%
Return on equity 11.4%
Return on assets 1.1%
Return on invested capital 22.6%
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEFC
Debt / assets 1.2%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF -0.4x
Liabilities / assets 90.5%
Equity / assets 9.5%
Interest coverage 1.5x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEFC
Dividend yield 13.3%
Net buyback yield -19.0%
Shareholder yield -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.

ConsensusEFC
Forward P/E 6.0xFY2026
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
HoldersEFC
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

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