EFC REIT — Ellington Financial Inc

Ellington Financial Inc (EFC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

EFC is a REIT. its distribution rate is 13.39%, its trailing-12-month yield is 13.39%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 76/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 263.2% over the past 16 years, 504.2 points behind SPY at 767.4%.

EFC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 263.2% over the past 16 years, 504.2 points behind SPY at 767.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -3.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.7%.

EFC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

76 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

10.18%

Issuer

Ellington Financial

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Distribution rate

13.39%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

13.39%

5-year average yield

12.2

Last close

$11.65 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,501,538,047

Average volume

1548300.0

Dividend

$0.13

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

10/30/2026

Beta

0.967

Payout ratio

21.9%

P/E ratio

7.24

Forward P/E

9.0744

EPS

$1.61

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (13.39%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (13.39%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Ellington Financial or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

EFC risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.7%.

Who may consider EFC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Frequently asked questions

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