EFC — Ellington Financial Inc.

Founder-Led

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates EFC Bearish with a Setup Score of 9, net conviction 38, actionability 2. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score9
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction38
Actionability2 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Ellington Financial Inc.

Ellington Financial Inc., through its subsidiary, Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC, acquires and manages mortgage-related, consumer-related, corporate-related, and other financial assets in the United States. It operates in two segments, Investment Portfolio and Longbridge. The company acquires and manages residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) backed by prime jumbo, Alt-A, non-QM, manufactured housing, subprime residential, a… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$11.59
Market Cap$1.54B
Float126.0M
Shares Outstanding128.9M
P/E (Forward)9.07
P/E (TTM)7.31
Price/Sales (TTM)3.56
vs. Analyst Target+28.2% to analyst PT
Profit Margin51.50%
Operating Margin (TTM)55.87%
Revenue (TTM)$431M
Earnings Growth (YoY)-3.30%
Dividend Rate1.6%
Analyst Target Price$14.86 (8 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $31.3M -$9.6M $31.3M $36.4M
2021 $122M $82.5M $122M $137M
2022 $43.1M -$70.0M $43.1M $5.7M
2023 $257M $84.1M $257M $323M
2024 $282M $146M $282M $403M
2025 $675M $147M $568M $459M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $123M $36.6M
Dec 2025 $147M $21.6M
Mar 2026 $229M $105M
Jun 2026 $213M $58.6M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership2.6%
Institutional Ownership53.6%
Short Float5.8%
% of All Funds Holding2.80%
Number of Funds Holding246

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$12.88Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$13.00Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$13.11Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$12.84Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$12.76Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$12.97Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$12.74Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$14.20 resistance 1.29x 18 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (64 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.24% 0.22% 59.38% 3.83% -3.70%
1 Day 0.33% 0.21% 60.94% 5.51% -4.74%
1 Week 0.90% 0.86% 62.50% 11.50% -9.49%
2 Weeks 0.43% 0.77% 56.25% 14.81% -11.89%
1 Month -1.42% -0.64% 48.44% 15.51% -61.09%

Next earnings: November 4, 2026 (26 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.7%68.8%16
Feb0.4%50.0%16
Mar-4.2%43.8%16
Apr6.6%62.5%16
May-0.2%50.0%16
Jun0.9%50.0%16
Jul0.2%31.3%16
Aug-0.4%37.5%16
Sep-3.8%18.8%16
Oct0.5%46.7%15
Nov0.8%56.3%16
Dec-1.8%25.0%16

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.11% 49.2% 754
Tuesday 0.01% 51.1% 827
Wednesday 0.01% 48.8% 824
Thursday 0.03% 51.2% 809
Friday 0.09% 51.6% 806

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 53.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 2.6%

Founder-led management: Laurence Penn (CEO, President & Director), Mike Vranos (Co-Chief Investment Officer)

Full insider transaction history and smart buy/sell sentiment summary available on Trend Edge.

AI Consult Analysis

Trend Edge's AI Consult feature delivers a comprehensive, multi-layer trade plan for Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) powered by Claude Opus — Anthropic's most capable AI model. The analysis covers five layers: technical analysis (near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular trend, momentum, volume shelf support and resistance, breakout and breakdown signals), qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics), insider sentiment (buy and sell signals from executive and director transactions), share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).

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