EFC

Ellington Financial
EFC
Market cap $1.23B

12.97 USD

-0.19

1.44%

At close Jul 30, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

13.02

+0.05

0.39%

1 day

-1.44%

5 days

-2.70%

1 month

-0.15%

3 months

-0.46%

6 months

3.02%

Year to date

6.66%

1 year

0.00%

5 years

7.90%

10 years

-30.16%

About: 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 has two reportable segments; The Investment Portfolio Segment is focused on investing in a diverse array of financial assets, including residential and commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities, non-mortgage- and mortgage-related derivatives, debt and equity investments in loan origination companies, and other strategic investments, and The Longbridge Segment is focused on the origination and servicing of reverse mortgage loans. it acquires reverse mortgage loans both through its origination activities and through secondary market purchases.

Employees: 400

Real Estate Mortgage REIT

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Funds holding %

of 7,323 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 3 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

132% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.51M | Put options by funds: $650K

79% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 84 | Existing positions reduced: 47

63% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 31 | Existing positions closed: 19

10% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $581M [Q4 2024] → $638M (+$57.6M) [Q1 2025]

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 197 [Q4 2024] → 206 (+9) [Q1 2025]

0.26% more ownership

Funds ownership: 52.81% [Q4 2024] → 53.07% (+0.26%) [Q1 2025]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 3 (+0) [Q1 2025]

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Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$12.50

4%

downside

Avg. target

$14.33

11%

upside

High target

$16

23%

upside

3 analyst ratings

2 positive

67%

1 neutral

33%

0 negative

0%

UBS Douglas Harter	4%downside $12.50	Neutral Maintained	10 Jul 2025
Piper Sandler Crispin Love	12%upside $14.50	Overweight Maintained	1 Jul 2025
B. Riley Securities Matt Howlett	23%upside $16	Buy Maintained	15 May 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 10 articles about EFC published over the past 30 days

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Ellington Financial Announces Release Date of Second Quarter 2025 Earnings, Conference Call, and Investor Presentation

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") today announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 after market close on Thursday, August 7, 2025. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 8, 2025. To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (800) 343-4136 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and reference the conference.

Ellington Financial Announces Release Date of Second Quarter 2025 Earnings, Conference Call, and Investor Presentation

Ellington Financial Reports Preliminary Results for Second Quarter 2025

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) ("we") today disclosed the following estimated book value per share of common stock as of June 30, 2025, and preliminary estimated net income per share of common stock for the quarter ended June 30, 2025: Book value per share of common stock is estimated to be in the range of $13.47 to $13.51 as of June 30, 2025, including the effects of dividends of $0.39 per share of common stock declared during the quarter. Net incom.

Ellington Financial Reports Preliminary Results for Second Quarter 2025

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Ellington Financial Declares Monthly Common Dividend

OLD GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) ("we") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share of common stock, payable on August 29, 2025 to stockholders of record as of July 31, 2025. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-loo.

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