Dynex Capital Inc vs Ellington Financial Inc

We do not publish a verdict for Dynex Capital Inc (DX) and Ellington Financial Inc (EFC) is undervalued.

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

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Dynex Capital Inc (DX)

Discounting its cash flows would put the shares at $61.01: 5 times the price of $12.10. 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 We do not publish a verdict on this one.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

MetricDXEFC
VerdictNo reliable verdictUndervalued
Price$12.10$12.70
Intrinsic value$34.75
Margin of safety+63%
Leak Score73/100 (3/12)66/100 (7/12)
Market cap$3.0B$1.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years18.1%32.4%
Operating margin120.1%81.2%
Net margin47.5%31.1%
Return on equity18.2%12.3%
Debt to equity7.139.40
P/E4.6x7.7x
Forward P/E7.5x6.4x
P/B0.9x0.9x
Dividend yield16.9%12.3%

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