Powerpack

Unlock full stockrow access for only $9.90/month and boost yourself as an investor.

  • Full quarterly history

    Every quarter and TTM period we hold, not just the last 12.

  • Analyst estimates

    Three years of forward estimates and dividend forecasts.

  • Unlimited screener

    All results, unlimited saved screens, email when a screen changes.

  • Unlimited Excel

    Full workbooks and screener exports.

  • Unlimited follows

See Powerpack
Screener Weekly Summary Pricing

Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) vs MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA)

Ellington Financial Inc. and MFA Financial, Inc. are both Reit Mortgage companies. Ellington Financial Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $824.9M — 2.0× the size. Ellington Financial Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.5× against 8.0×. Ellington Financial Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.0% against 4.90%. Ellington Financial Inc. has the higher net margin (33.3% vs 13.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (2.52% vs 2.88%). Both pay a dividend; Ellington Financial Inc. yields more (15.0% vs 13.1%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ellington Financial Inc. leads on 11 and MFA Financial, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
P/E 7.54 8.01 7.80
P/S 2.66 1.11 1.90
P/B 0.87 0.48 0.61
Price to free cash flow n/m 2.36 5.90
EV/EBITDA 24.24 19.88 28.40
EV/Sales 32.17 15.94 16.02
Earnings yield 13.27% 12.48% 7.68%
Free cash flow yield (35.20%) 42.40% 11.60%

Profitability

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
Gross margin 95.29% 100.00% 100.00%
Operating margin 132.74% 79.06% 35.40%
Net margin 33.26% 13.82% 11.85%
Free cash flow margin (93.67%) 46.95% 26.68%
Return on equity 12.37% 5.88% 4.81%
Return on assets 1.02% 0.83% 0.62%
Return on invested capital 2.52% 2.88% 1.22%

Growth

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
Revenue growth (TTM) 30.99% 4.90% 4.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (12.50%) 58.54% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 23.30% 11.47% 14.60%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 47.10% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
Debt to equity 9.37 6.56 3.30
Current ratio 52.06 0.00 1.00
Net debt to EBITDA 25.85 17.85 18.31

Dividend

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
Dividend yield 15.01% 13.05% 13.05%
Payout ratio — 1.51 1.24

Size

Metric EFC MFA Reit Mortgage median
Market cap 1.61b 824.88m 517.48m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack