EFCEllington Financial Inc.
+0.3% today · −1.1% over a year
2/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 60% of the instruments we score
Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 13.29%.
Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) belongs to the Financials sector and is listed on NYSE; country: United States. Its market value is about €1.4B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by −1.1%, with an annualised volatility of 18% and a largest fall of 18%. Hard red flags in our rules-based screen: Yield trap.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Financials companies in USA (n = 368)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Book value + dividends growth (5 y)supports the score · better than 100% of peers
- Share issuance (1 y)weighs on the score · better than 5% of peers
- Volatility (1 y)supports the score · better than 97% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Serious warning. Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high. More in the glossary → Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high.
- Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary → Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
- Unverified dividend A high yield reported by a single source only, not yet cross-checked.
A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut.
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 8.9
- P/B
- 0.9
- P/S
- 3.3
- Market cap (EUR)
- €1.4B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 10.7%
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 13.29%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 1.1%
- Years of dividend growth
- 0
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +0.3%
- 1 month
- −2.7%
- 1 year
- −1.1%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 17.9%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −17.7%
- Beta
- 0.68
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
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| FRMEPFirst Merchants Corporation Depository Shares | 7/10 | 7.4% | 4.5% |
News and filings
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Regulation FD disclosure
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 27 Oct 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 7 Oct 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Regulation FD disclosure
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 24 Sep 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Material agreement; new financial obligation; other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 17 Sep 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 14 Sep 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 14 Sep 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 8 Sep 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Regulation FD disclosure
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 24 Aug 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 10 Aug 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 30 Jun 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 10 Aug 2026
- Ellington Financial Inc.: 8-K — Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 6 Aug 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 1 entry
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First rating | 2/10 | 2 · — | Available with Invest Pro |
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