NYSE · Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage · USA
Ellington Financial Inc is a small cap company (market value between $300 million and $2 billion) in the REIT - Mortgage industry.
Ellington Financial Inc. is a real estate investment trust that manages a diversified portfolio of residential and commercial mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities. The company invests across multiple asset classes including agency and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage securities, and consumer loans. Through its Longbridge subsidiary, it also originates and services reverse mortgage loans.
From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)
Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Ellington Financial Inc stock.
Undervalued: intrinsic value $19.02 per share, market price $11.35, margin of safety 40.3% (as of 2026-10-19).
Book value at 1.34x, the multiple a 12.3% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $19.02; the price of $11.35 is 40% below that value.
Leak Score: 69/100 on 9 of 12 signals (Faint Leak).
17 more funds hold it; the full list is part of the paid plan.
6 more in this industry show a wider margin of safety.
EFC is undervalued (as of the 2026-10-19 close). Book value at 1.34x, the multiple a 12.3% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $19.02; the price of $11.35 is 40% below that value.
$19.02 per share (as of the 2026-10-19 close), against a market price of $11.35. That is a margin of safety of 40.3%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.
69 out of 100, which we rate "Faint Leak", on 9 of 12 value investing signals.