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Ellington Financial Inc.

Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage

$11.67

Down-$0.08 (-0.69%)

Updated Oct 7, 2026, 8:28 PM

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5.0/10

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Market cap
1.3B
P/E ratio
8.96
Dividend yield
14.48%
52-week range
$11.28 – $13.84
Volume
1.89M
Avg. volume
1.43M

Price performance · EFC

EFC price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 6, 2026

EFC closed at $11.67 after 21 trading sessions, down 12.78% for the selected period.

Last close
$11.67
Period change
-12.78%
Period low
$11.50
Period high
$13.38
Daily close
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EFC OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 6, 2026$11.56$11.68$11.475$11.671.89M
Oct 5, 2026$11.56$11.595$11.38$11.502.34M
Oct 2, 2026$11.84$11.9156$11.52$11.592.37M
Oct 1, 2026$11.80$11.83$11.51$11.692.58M
Sep 30, 2026$12.12$12.1272$11.82$11.832.62M
Sep 29, 2026$12.22$12.28$12.11$12.181.6M
Sep 28, 2026$12.32$12.395$12.15$12.201.55M
Sep 25, 2026$12.37$12.415$12.19$12.361.58M
Sep 24, 2026$12.45$12.485$12.30$12.371.49M
Sep 23, 2026$12.70$12.70$12.405$12.411.58M
Sep 22, 2026$12.72$12.79$12.66$12.701.08M
Sep 21, 2026$12.50$12.65$12.47$12.611.33M
Sep 18, 2026$12.55$12.55$12.355$12.443.28M
Sep 17, 2026$12.78$12.7903$12.58$12.581.42M
Sep 16, 2026$12.65$12.75$12.525$12.621.38M
Sep 15, 2026$12.80$12.825$12.59$12.621.25M
Sep 14, 2026$12.88$12.965$12.73$12.811.09M
Sep 11, 2026$13.12$13.15$12.86$12.891.16M
Sep 10, 2026$13.25$13.26$12.98$13.041.3M
Sep 9, 2026$13.36$13.405$13.26$13.261.04M
Sep 8, 2026$13.45$13.5123$13.37$13.38841.56K

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Company profile

Ellington Financial Inc is a specialty finance company. Its primary investment objective is to generate attractive, risk-adjusted total returns for its shareholders by making investments. The company has two reportable segments; The Investment Portfolio Segment is focused on investing in a diverse array of financial assets, including residential and commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities, non-mortgage- and mortgage-related derivatives, debt and equity investments in loan origination companies, and other strategic investments, and The Longbridge Segment is focused on the origination and servicing of reverse mortgage loans. it acquires reverse mortgage loans both through its origination activities and through secondary market purchases.

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Consensus
Buy
Average target
$13.50
Implied upside
—
Analysts
12
EFC recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 19, 2026UBSNeutral—
Jun 17, 2026BTIGNeutral—
Sep 3, 2025UBSNeutral—
Aug 13, 2025Jones TradingBuy—
Jul 10, 2025UBSNeutral—
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Yahoo · Sep 24, 2026

Ellington Financial Announces Estimated Book Value Per Common Share as of August 31, 2026

OLD GREENWICH, Conn., September 24, 2026--Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) ("we") today announced an estimated book value per share of common stock of $13.62 as of August 31, 2026. This estimate includes the effect of the previously announced monthly dividend of $0.13 per share of common stock, to be paid on September 30, 2026 to holders of record on August 31, 2026, with the same ex-dividend date.

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