ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc vs Ellington Financial Inc

We do not publish a verdict for ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (ARR) and Ellington Financial Inc (EFC) is undervalued.

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

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc (ARR)

We do not publish a value for this company: it has no growth history of its own to project.

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

MetricARREFC
VerdictNot valuedUndervalued
Price$14.99$12.70
Intrinsic value$34.75
Margin of safety+63%
Leak Score73/100 (3/12)66/100 (7/12)
Market cap$2.1B$1.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years32.4%
Operating margin114.4%81.2%
Net margin41.5%31.1%
Return on equity20.3%12.3%
Debt to equity7.549.40
P/E4.0x7.7x
Forward P/E5.1x6.4x
P/B0.8x0.9x
Dividend yield19.2%12.3%

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