Ellington Financial (EFC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Ellington Financial's Return on Assets [ROA] was 1.09% in Q2 2026, up 0.24 percentage points from 0.86% a year earlier but down 0.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Ellington Financial (EFC) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at Ellington Financial came in at 0.85%, down 0.09 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] shows a five-year change of +0.11 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was 0.94% in FY2024 (+0.34 pp), 0.60% in FY2023 (+1.33 pp), -0.74% in FY2022 (-4.01 pp) and 3.27% in FY2021 (+2.54 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] has moved between -0.94% (Q3 2022) and 3.87% (Q3 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] was higher in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.17 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q3 2021 (a gain of 4.59 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2022 (a drop of 4.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, EFC's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 1.11% (Q1 2026), 0.81% (Q4 2025) and 0.91% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 41.00 Bn | 29.82 Bn | - | 2.15% |
| 2 | Royalty Pharma | 39.88 Bn | 40.21 Bn | - | 5.97% |
| 3 | Orix | 36.75 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 13.83 Bn | 6.22% |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 25.40 Bn | -16,108.71 Bn | - | 0.36% |
| 5 | Royal Gold | 23.20 Bn | 22.41 Bn | 402.46 Mn | 8.94% |
| 6 | Affirm Holdings | 22.35 Bn | 15.40 Bn | - | 12.51% |
| 7 | Synchrony Financial | 22.29 Bn | -45.34 Bn | - | 2.73% |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 14.69 Bn | 5.72 Bn | - | 0.78% |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 14.04 Bn | 11.79 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Ellington Financial | 1.48 Bn | 636.79 Mn | - | 1.09% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.09% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.09% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.11% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.81% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.86% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.93% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.92% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.59% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.66% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.69% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.94% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.09% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.93% |
API Access
Ellington Financial Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=EFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "EFC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=EFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();