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Last Price
US $13.52
Valuation
Financial
Performance
Financial risk - Cash flow debt coverage.
Ellington Financial Inc. cash flow to debt ratio of 3.00% indicates that the company cannot generate enough cash to cover its debt over time. This level indicates weak financial health.
Financial stability - Healthy cash flow growth.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s free cash flow has increased -218.24% from $-430.53M last year to $509.04M, signaling increasing performance
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s debt to equity ratio is 9.21, which means that the company's assets are unhealthy financed, signaling financial risk. READ MORE: A ratio over 0.60 means the company finances its assets with debt, signaling financial risk. If ratio is negative, the company spent its own equity and risks bankruptcy
Financial risk - Healthy debt to equity ratio development.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s debt has increased relative to shareholder equity from 9.04 last year to 9.21 today, signaling weakened financials
Financial risk - Net debt/EBITDA.
Ellington Financial Inc. has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 36.51x, which exceeds the 3.00x threshold, indicating high leverage and potential financial risk
Financial stability - ICR.
Ellington Financial Inc. earns at least as much interest as it pays. Interest obligations are fully covered.
Financial risk - Profit margin growth.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s profit margin has decreased (-29.45%) in the last year from 51.69% to 36.47%, signaling decreasing performance
Financial risk - Short term assets vs short term liabilities.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s short-term liabilities of $2.66G exceed its short-term assets of $201.89M, signaling financial risk
Decreasing performance - ROA.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s return on assets of 1.06% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization
Decreasing performance - Absolute return on equity.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s return on equity of 11.88%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance
Increasing performance - Earnings quality.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation
Increasing performance - Earnings stability.
Ellington Financial Inc. had positive net income in 4.00 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings
Increasing performance - Free cash flow.
Ellington Financial Inc. has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures
Increasing performance - FCF yield.
Ellington Financial Inc. has a free cash flow yield of 37.72%, which is above the 2.00% threshold, indicating strong cash generation relative to market value
Increasing performance - Healthy earnings growth.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s yearly earnings has increased 0.69% since last year from $145.86M to $146.87M, signaling increasing performance
Increasing performance - Healthy revenue growth.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s yearly revenue has increased 81.38% since last year from $371.90M to $674.54M, signaling increasing performance
Increasing performance - ROIC.
ROIC 241.66% (Source: FMP key-metrics). At or above the 10% threshold. Score: 2 of 2. The company is generating returns above the upper end of the typical US weighted-average cost of capital range under this definition of invested capital.
Increasing performance - 3-year revenue CAGR.
Ellington Financial Inc.'s 3-year revenue CAGR of 150.05% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years
Increasing performance - Revenue consistency.
Ellington Financial Inc. had revenue growth in 4.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance
Increasing performance - ROE consistency.
Ellington Financial Inc. had positive ROE in 4.00 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity
Overvalued - DCF valuation.
Ellington Financial Inc. has insufficient data to evaluate this check.
Undervalued - Earnings yield.
Ellington Financial Inc. has an earnings yield of 12.93%, which is above the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock offers reasonable value relative to its earnings
Overvalued - EBITDA valuation.
Ellington Financial Inc. is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 0.00 based on EBITDA multiple model
Overvalued - EV/EBITDA.
Ellington Financial Inc. has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 43.73x, which exceeds the 20.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its operating earnings
Undervalued - PEG ratio value.
Ellington Financial Inc. has a PEG-ratio under 1 which is considered undervalued
Undervalued - P/B ratio.
Ellington Financial Inc. has a price-to-book ratio of 0.86x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value
Undervalued - P/S ratio.
Ellington Financial Inc. has a price-to-sales ratio of 2.31x, which is below the 8.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its revenue
Profit margin
Current Ratio
Capital Returns
11.88%
Return on equity
ROIC: 241.66%
Valuation History
8.2X
Price to Earnings
EV/EBITDA: 43.7X
Cash flow
Profit margin
0.00%
(FY vs FY)
Cash flow Y/Y
27.66%
(FY vs FY)
Fair Value
Market $13.52
402.88%
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