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Ellington Financial Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
Ellington Financial Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Ellington Financial Inc. is a Finance & Banking company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 4 filings came from 3 insiders.
The filings describe grants, exercises and other transfers rather than trades on the open market. Compensation-driven entries like these are tracked, but they say little about how insiders judge the share price.
Insider buying of Ellington Financial Inc. has been absent for the past year. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 1 day. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4.
For context, the typical company on the same exchange (median of 5,458 companies) published 22 filings over the same period, against 4 filings here. Our records for Ellington Financial Inc. go back to 2021, with no purchases and 3 sales on the open market in total.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. and BCB Bancorp Inc. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
20
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
n/a
n/a
Sell Volume
€320,272
3 ops. · all time
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Ellington Financial Inc. Buy (bullish), based on 7 analysts. Average price target: US$14.64.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 6,174 of 24,148 companies
63.8
score / 100
Value44
Quality84
FCF yld-60%
Earn yld9.6%
EV/EBITDA·
ROE12%
Gross mgn·
Net mgn48%
Debt/EBITDA·
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$11.65
Analyst consensus
7 analystsBuy
US$14.00Target US$14.64(+26%)US$16.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$306.5M
Net incomeUS$146.9M51.5% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)7.2x
PER (forward)5.9x
P/Book0.9x
Beta0.97
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$1.5B
Total debtUS$17B
Free Cash Flow-US$925.5M
Debt / Equity929%
Profitability & ownership
ROE12.2%
ROA1.2%
% insiders2.6%
% institutions53.4%
Last declaration on 10 September 2026
Declarations20 total
10,181 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-061332:0
10,181 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-061343:0
6,794 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-054542:0
7,657 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-26-000494:0
9,198 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-25-043750:0
9,198 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-25-043748:0
33,877 shares0Common StockSEC:0001411342-25-000054:0
8,378 shares0Common StockSEC:0001411342-24-000126:0
8,378 shares0Common StockSEC:0001411342-24-000124:0
14,000 shares@ US$12.47950.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001411342-24-000099:0
7,657 shares0Common StockSEC:0001411342-24-000091:0
5,900 shares@ US$12.1220.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001411342-24-000066:0
8,300 shares@ US$12.109929.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001411342-24-000062:0
6,199 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-23-041802:0
84,720 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-23-041801:0
4,066 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-22-024995:0
19,094 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-22-003829:0
28,453 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-21-023522:0
5,710 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-21-018681:0
37,373 shares0Common StockSEC:0001628280-21-015162:0
20 of 20 declarations
About Ellington Financial Inc.
Ellington Financial Inc. is a U.S.-based specialty finance company listed on the NYSE/NASDAQ, specifically on the New York Stock Exchange through its preferred series EFC-PD, and headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The company sits within the broader Ellington franchise, which draws on more than 30 years of experience investing across mortgage-related securities and structured credit markets. Ellington Financial was incorporated in 2007 and has evolved into an investment and origination platform focused on credit assets, mortgage finance, and structured products. ([stockanalysis.com](https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/efc/company/?utm_source=openai))
Its business model is diversified, but the core remains specialty credit and mortgage finance. Ellington Financial invests in residential and commercial mortgage loans, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, consumer loans, asset-backed securities backed by consumer loans, collateralized loan obligations, mortgage- and non-mortgage-related derivatives, and debt and equity stakes in loan origination companies. This structure allows the firm to combine investment income from structured credit assets with value creation from origination platforms and securitization activity. ([ir.ellingtonfinancial.com](https://ir.ellingtonfinancial.com/about/?utm_source=openai))
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From a competitive standpoint, Ellington Financial is positioned as an opportunistic yield-oriented specialty finance platform with a strong emphasis on active risk management. Its strategy is built around diversified exposure across mortgage and credit sectors, with the flexibility to adapt to changing interest-rate and credit environments. In the U.S. market, it competes more directly with mortgage REITs, structured credit investors, and non-bank specialty finance firms than with traditional deposit-taking banks. That positioning gives it a differentiated niche, particularly in areas where underwriting, securitization expertise, and asset selection matter more than branch-based banking scale. ([ellingtonfinancial.com](https://www.ellingtonfinancial.com/?utm_source=openai))
Key operating lines include residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage bridge loans, non-QM loans, proprietary reverse mortgages through Longbridge, as well as RMBS and other mortgage-backed and credit-backed securities. Recent results show continued growth in the adjusted long credit portfolio and strong contributions from loan origination and securitization businesses. Management has also highlighted record or improved activity in proprietary reverse mortgage originations and ongoing portfolio expansion, indicating that origination remains an important earnings driver alongside portfolio income. ([ellingtonfinancial.com](https://www.ellingtonfinancial.com/node/16706/pdf?utm_source=openai))
Recent milestones include the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 and first-quarter 2026 results, which pointed to portfolio growth and solid contribution from its investment and Longbridge segments. Ellington Financial also communicated monthly common dividends in 2025, reinforcing its income-oriented profile. For investors, EFC-PD represents exposure to a U.S. listed income vehicle whose returns are closely tied to interest rates, credit spreads, mortgage prepayment behavior, real-estate-linked collateral performance, and refinancing conditions in the United States. ([ellingtonfinancial.com](https://www.ellingtonfinancial.com/node/16706/pdf?utm_source=openai))
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