Ellington Financial Inc (NYSE:EFC) shares, rose in value on Friday, December 13, with the stock price up by 0.08% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $12.35.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $12.34, falling within a range of $12.25 and $12.35. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.985 whereas the PE ratio was 9.63 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $13.46, and the low was $10.88. On the whole, EFC has fluctuated by 1.15% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Ellington Financial Inc currently standing at about $1.12 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in January. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.62, with its dividend yield at 13.12%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 425.75M, with a low estimate of 112M and a high estimate of 124M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 116.57M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that EFC’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a Hold.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.25, with the price of EFC currently trading nearly 0.15% and -0.26% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 50.47, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 0.85% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.19%. Furthermore, Ellington Financial Inc (EFC)’s beta value is 1.97, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.16.
A comparison of Ellington Financial Inc (EFC) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. EFC showed an intraday change of 0.08% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -5.29%%.
Data on historical trading for Ellington Financial Inc (NYSE:EFC) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.64 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 819.83K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 90.66 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 2.43% of Ellington Financial Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 55.83% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 5.23 million shares as on 2024-11-29, resulting in a short ratio of 6.26. According to the data, the short interest in Ellington Financial Inc (EFC) stood at 702.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-11-29; the number of short shares registered in 2024-10-31 reached 4.93 million. The stock has fallen by -2.83% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the EFC stock heading into the next quarter.