Ellington Financial Inc.

  • Earnings Score
  • Market Cap $1.11B
  • PE 9
  • Debt -
  • Cash $208.95M
  • EV -
  • FCF -

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$117.83M
EBIT$395.88M
ROE7%
ROA2%
Equity$1.59B
Growth Stability-129%
PE9.39
PEG-5.96
PB0.7
Price/Cash0.19
Earnings CAGR6%
Equity CAGR11%
Earnings Stability0.12
Earnings Growth YoY79%
Earnings Growth QoQ38%
Earnings CAGR 5Y-2%
Equity CAGR 5Y16%
Equity CAGR 3Y12%
Market Cap$1.11B
Dividend Yield15%
Payout Ratio139%
Assets$16.32B
Cash$208.95M
Shares Outstanding86.64M
Earnings Score8%
Shares Growth 3y18%
Equity Growth QoQ-2%
Equity Growth YoY5%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Ellington Financial Inc is a specialty finance company. Its primary investment objective is to generate attractive, risk-adjusted total returns for its shareholders by making investments. The company focuses on investing residential mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by U.S. government agency or a U.S. government-sponsored entity, Alternative A-paper, subprime residential mortgage loans, mortgage servicing rights, mortgage-related derivatives, commercial mortgage-backed securities and other commercial real estate debt. It also invests in corporate debt and equity securities, collateralized loan obligations, consumer loans and asset-backed securities. Revenue generated by the company consists of interest income.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2024
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2022
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Ellington Financial Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 6%
Stability 12%
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Ellington Financial Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Net Margins-----------
ROA-1%1%1%3%2%3%1%2%2%2%
ROE--2%5%8%7%2%9%-7%4%7%7%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024TTM
Debt over FCF-----------
Debt over Equity-00.140.140.10.090.060---
Growth Stability---100%100%38%100%-129%100%100%-129%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/202312/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-----------
Earnings YoY growth--142%-312%37%21%-69%627%-168%-171%93%-2%
Equity YoY growth--13%-4%-4%46%6%44%-8%24%5%16%
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