Ellington Credit Company

NYSE:EARN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$184.9m

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 Ratio8.8x
EarningsUS$21.03m
Market CapUS$184.90m

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 Average43x
BRD Beard Energy Transition Acquisition
29.5xn/aUS$199.9m
PACI PROOF Acquisition Corp I
55.2xn/aUS$193.5m
HCMA HCM Acquisition
51.2xn/aUS$193.5m
BIOS BioPlus Acquisition
36.1xn/aUS$209.1m
EARN Ellington Credit
8.8x30.2%US$184.9m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the peer average (45.3x).

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
3.6xn/aUS$2.24b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.1xn/aUS$1.21b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
EARN 8.8xIndustry Avg. 23.4xNo. of Companies71PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.7x).

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 Ratio8.8x
Fair PE Ratio14.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EARN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.6x).

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$6.46
US$7.25
+12.2%
10.3%US$8.00US$6.50n/a2
Dec ’25US$6.73
US$7.25
+7.7%
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

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 20:43
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

Ellington Credit Company is covered by 8 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Eric HagenBTIG
Douglas HarterCredit Suisse
Stephen LawsDeutsche Bank