Ellington Credit Company

NYSE:EARN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$168.4m

Ellington Credit Valuation

Is EARN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of EARN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate EARN's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate EARN's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for EARN?

Key metric: As EARN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for EARN. This is calculated by dividing EARN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is EARN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8x
EarningsUS$21.03m
Market CapUS$168.42m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does EARN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for EARN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average58.7x
TRLC TriLinc Global Impact Fund
4.7xn/aUS$97.0m
IBAC IB Acquisition
192.3xn/aUS$158.6m
AGAC.F African Gold Acquisition
14.7xn/aUS$158.6m
EVE EVe Mobility Acquisition
23.1xn/aUS$162.8m
EARN Ellington Credit
8x27.2%US$168.4m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the peer average (73.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EARN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
4xn/aUS$2.52b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.32b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.1xn/aUS$1.16b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
EARN 8.0xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies74PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EARN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

EARN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8x
Fair PE Ratio13.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst EARN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$6.65
US$7.25
+9.0%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Nov ’25US$6.44
US$7.25
+12.6%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Oct ’25US$6.86
US$7.25
+5.7%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Sep ’25US$6.92
US$7.25
+4.8%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Aug ’25US$6.94
US$7.25
+4.5%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Jul ’25US$6.83
US$7.25
+6.1%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Jun ’25US$7.06
US$7.25
+2.7%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
May ’25US$6.77
US$6.75
-0.3%
3.7%US$7.00US$6.50n/a2
Apr ’25US$6.97
US$6.50
-6.7%
7.7%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$5.99
US$6.50
+8.5%
7.7%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$6.09
US$6.50
+6.7%
7.7%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$6.13
US$6.50
+6.0%
7.7%US$7.00US$6.00n/a2
Apr ’24US$7.30
US$8.50
+16.4%
5.9%US$9.00US$8.00US$6.972
Jan ’24US$6.86
US$7.75
+13.0%
3.2%US$8.00US$7.50US$6.132
Dec ’23US$7.20
US$7.75
+7.6%
3.2%US$8.00US$7.50US$6.082
Nov ’23US$6.79
US$8.38
+23.3%
13.4%US$9.50US$7.25US$5.402

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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