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Quick Look at Ellington Financial (EFC)

Ellington Financial logged a -2.5% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $12.45 per share. On average, analysts give it a target price of $14.09.

Ellington Financial Inc., through its subsidiary, Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC, acquires and manages mortgage-related, consumer-related, corporate-related, and other financial assets in the United States. The small-cap company is based in the United States. Ellington Financial currently returns an annual dividend yield of 14.1%.

What to Consider if You Are Thinking of Buying Ellington Financial:

  • Ellington Financial has moved -16.6% over the last year.

  • EFC has a forward P/E ratio of 6.8 based on its EPS guidance of 1.84.

  • Over the last 4 years, earnings per share (EPS) have been growing at a compounded average rate of -31.3%.

  • The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.68.

  • Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.81

Ellington Financial Has Consistent Free Cash Flow

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cashflow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2022-12-31 42,686 n/a 42,686 -16.78
2021-12-31 51,293 n/a 51,293 -57.08
2020-12-31 119,506 n/a 119,506 50.8
2019-12-31 79,248 n/a 79,248 n/a

Ellington Financial's free cash flows are on average positive at $73.18 Million, and display significant resilience over the last 4 years since their coefficient of variability is only 47.3% with a -14.3% growth rate.

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