Ratings Ellington Financial Inc.

Equities

EFC

US28852N1090

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 04:00:02 2024-05-28 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
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May. 08	Transcript : Ellington Financial Inc., Q1 2024 Earnings Call, May 08, 2024
May. 08	Ellington Financial Keeps Monthly Dividend at $0.13 Per Share, Payable June 25 to Stockholders of Record May 31	MT

Summary

From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.
The company has a poor ESG score according to Refinitiv, which ranks companies by sector.

Strengths

Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The company appears to be poorly valued given its net asset value.
The company is one of the best yield companies with high dividend expectations.
Upward revisions of sales forecast reflect a renewed optimism among the analysts covering the stock.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last few months, analysts have been revising downwards their earnings forecast.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.

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Sector: Specialized REITs

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.	-5.51%	1.02B		D+
ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.	+0.57%	9.75B		B
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BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.	-18.48%	3.05B		C-
ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.	-11.92%	2.52B		C-
APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.	-13.37%	1.45B		C
LADDER CAPITAL CORP	-4.17%	1.41B		D+
READY CAPITAL CORPORATION	-18.54%	1.41B		D+
TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP.	-9.76%	1.3B	-	C-

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