Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) on January 24, 2023, started off the session at the price of $13.88, plunging -0.14% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $14.00 and dropped to $13.7799 before settling in for the closing price of $13.84. Within the past 52 weeks, EFC’s price has moved between $10.81 and $18.13.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Financial sector saw sales topped by 17.00%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 551.60%. With a float of $56.75 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $60.98 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 170 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +80.47, operating margin of +62.24, and the pretax margin is +39.48.
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Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 6/29/2022, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported $0.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at $0.43) by -$0.02. This company achieved a net margin of +61.56 while generating a return on equity of 12.26. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.44 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 551.60% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.28% during the next five years compared to 48.50% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) Trading Performance Indicators
Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -1.19, a number that is poised to hit 0.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.87 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
The latest stats from [Ellington Financial Inc., EFC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.58 million was inferior to 0.59 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.26.
During the past 100 days, Ellington Financial Inc.’s (EFC) raw stochastic average was set at 72.18%, which indicates a significant decrease from 85.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 14.74% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 38.92% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $13.47, while its 200-day Moving Average is $14.40. Now, the first resistance to watch is $13.95. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $14.09. The third major resistance level sits at $14.17. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $13.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $13.65. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $13.51.
Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 832.79 million based on 60,439K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 175,510 K and income totals 135,250 K. The company made 78,590 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -29,470 K in sales during its previous quarter.