Ellington Financial LLC (EFC) Files 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended on December 31, 2017

Ellington Financial LLC (EFC, Financial) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2017. Ellington Financial LLC is a specialty finance company in United States. Its objective is to generate attractive, risk-adjusted total returns by making investments in residential mortgage-backed securities, corporate debt and other commercial debt. Ellington Financial LLC has a market cap of $465.270 million; its shares were traded at around $15.07 with a P/E ratio of 14.37 and P/S ratio of 7.68. The dividend yield of Ellington Financial LLC stocks is 11.41%.

For the last quarter Ellington Financial LLC reported a revenue of $15.8 million, compared with the revenue of $16.15 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $62.8 million, a decrease of 1.6% from the previous year. For the last five years Ellington Financial LLC had an average revenue growth rate of 0.6% a year.

The reported diluted earnings per share was $1.04 for the year, an increase of -316.7% from previous year. The Ellington Financial LLC had a decent operating margin of 55.96%, compared with the operating margin of 55.99% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Ellington Financial LLC is 66.46%. The profitability rank of the company is 3 (out of 10).

At the end of the fiscal year, Ellington Financial LLC has the cash and cash equivalents of $47.2 million, compared with $123.3 million in the previous year. The long term debt was $267.8 million, compared with $24.1 million in the previous year. The interest coverage to the debt is 1.1, which is not a favorable level. Ellington Financial LLC has a financial strength rank of 4 (out of 10).

At the current stock price of $15.07, Ellington Financial LLC is traded at close to its historical median P/S valuation band of $14.21. The P/S ratio of the stock is 7.68, while the historical median P/S ratio is 7.25. The stock gained 7.89% during the past 12 months.

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