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AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) vs Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)

AGNC Investment Corp. and Ellington Financial Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. AGNC Investment Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $11.2B against $1.5B — 7.6× the size. Ellington Financial Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.0× against 441×. Ellington Financial Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.0% against 22.4%. Ellington Financial Inc. has the higher net margin (33.3% vs −1.81%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.52% vs 0.06%). Both pay a dividend; AGNC Investment Corp. yields more (16.3% vs 13.5%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ellington Financial Inc. leads on 16 and AGNC Investment Corp. on 6.

Valuation

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
P/E 441.00 7.02 14.55
P/S 2.52 2.48 1.72
P/B 1.10 0.81 0.52
Price to free cash flow 9.31 n/m 4.35
EV/EBITDA 483.00 24.10 28.27
EV/Sales 25.16 31.99 15.73
Earnings yield 0.23% 14.24% 0.23%
Free cash flow yield 10.74% (37.76%) 13.86%

Profitability

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 29.31% 95.29% 100.00%
Operating margin 2.45% 132.74% 31.94%
Net margin (1.81%) 33.26% (1.81%)
Free cash flow margin 27.05% (93.67%) 27.05%
Return on equity (0.80%) 12.37% (0.49%)
Return on assets (0.06%) 1.02% (0.06%)
Return on invested capital 0.06% 2.52% 0.79%

Growth

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.39% 30.99% 1.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 58.06% (12.50%) 45.25%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.32% 23.30% 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 47.10% 0.00%

Health

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 8.42 9.37 2.91
Current ratio 0.27 52.06 0.82
Net debt to EBITDA 45.27 25.85 18.31

Dividend

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 16.33% 13.54% 17.37%
Payout ratio 144.00 0.95 1.87

Size

Metric AGNC EFC Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 11.23b 1.48b 409.49m

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