AGNC Investment Corp vs Ellington Financial Inc

We do not publish a verdict for AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) and Ellington Financial Inc (EFC) is undervalued.

We publish an intrinsic value for EFC but not for AGNC, so the two cannot be ranked on price.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC)

Discounting its cash flows would put the shares at $71.17: 7 times the price of $10.09. A gap that size says more about a model than about the market. It usually means heavy debt, where a small error in the value of the business becomes a large one in the value of the shares, or a business our method does not describe. We do not publish a verdict on this one.

Leak Score 73/100 on 3 of 12 signals

Ellington Financial Inc (EFC)

Discounting its cash flows at 6.8% values the shares at $34.75; the price of $12.70 is 63% below that value, and 84% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 66/100 on 7 of 12 signals

MetricAGNCEFC
VerdictNo reliable verdictUndervalued
Price$10.09$12.70
Intrinsic value$34.75
Margin of safety+63%
Leak Score73/100 (3/12)66/100 (7/12)
Market cap$12.0B$1.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years41.1%32.4%
Operating margin103.3%81.2%
Net margin41.7%31.1%
Return on equity19.8%12.3%
Debt to equity8.619.40
P/E5.3x7.7x
Forward P/E6.7x6.4x
P/B1.1x0.9x
Dividend yield14.3%12.3%

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