Ellington Financial Valuation

Is EFC 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 EFC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: EFC ($11.66) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($15.64)

Significantly Below Fair Value: EFC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

EFC key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio0.6x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for EFC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.1x
FBRT Franklin BSP Realty Trust
9.5x2.3%US$1.0b
LADR Ladder Capital
14.8x11.6%US$1.4b
MFA MFA Financial
23.6x43.9%US$1.1b
RC Ready Capital
4.5x-24.1%US$1.5b
EFC Ellington Financial
16.3x29.2%US$1.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: EFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the peer average (13.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does EFC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Mortgage REITs Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a42.5%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: EFC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the US Mortgage REITs industry average (11.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EFC'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.

EFC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.3x
Fair PE Ratio18.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: EFC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x).


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 EFC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$11.66
US$13.54
+16.1%
6.1%US$14.50US$12.00n/a7
Apr ’25US$11.62
US$13.89
+19.6%
6.9%US$15.50US$12.50n/a7
Mar ’25US$11.34
US$14.18
+25.0%
6.2%US$15.50US$13.00n/a7
Feb ’25US$12.47
US$14.57
+16.9%
5.0%US$15.50US$13.50n/a7
Jan ’25US$12.71
US$14.57
+14.6%
5.0%US$15.50US$13.50n/a7
Dec ’24US$13.12
US$14.75
+12.4%
4.3%US$15.50US$14.00n/a6
Nov ’24US$12.24
US$14.75
+20.5%
4.3%US$15.50US$14.00n/a6
Oct ’24US$12.47
US$14.43
+15.7%
6.3%US$15.50US$13.00n/a7
Sep ’24US$13.37
US$14.38
+7.5%
6.0%US$15.50US$13.00n/a8
Aug ’24US$13.52
US$14.34
+6.1%
6.1%US$15.50US$13.00n/a8
Jul ’24US$13.80
US$14.09
+2.1%
6.1%US$15.50US$13.00n/a8
Jun ’24US$12.60
US$14.09
+11.9%
6.1%US$15.50US$13.00n/a8
May ’24US$12.52
US$14.28
+14.1%
5.1%US$15.50US$13.50US$11.618
Apr ’24US$12.21
US$14.66
+20.0%
5.0%US$15.50US$13.75US$11.628
Mar ’24US$12.68
US$14.66
+15.6%
5.0%US$15.50US$13.75US$11.348
Feb ’24US$14.14
US$14.59
+3.2%
4.7%US$15.50US$13.75US$12.478
Jan ’24US$12.37
US$15.03
+21.5%
7.0%US$17.00US$13.75US$12.718
Dec ’23US$13.88
US$15.03
+8.3%
7.0%US$17.00US$13.75US$13.128
Nov ’23US$13.11
US$15.16
+15.6%
6.4%US$17.00US$13.75US$12.248
Oct ’23US$11.37
US$16.47
+44.8%
5.5%US$17.50US$15.00US$12.478
Sep ’23US$14.16
US$16.47
+16.3%
5.5%US$17.50US$15.00US$13.378
Aug ’23US$16.20
US$16.84
+4.0%
6.3%US$18.50US$14.75US$13.528
Jul ’23US$15.14
US$17.78
+17.4%
5.4%US$19.00US$16.00US$13.808
Jun ’23US$15.67
US$18.34
+17.1%
6.3%US$20.00US$16.00US$12.608
May ’23US$16.19
US$18.63
+15.0%
5.5%US$20.00US$17.00US$12.528

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


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