reAlpha Tech (NASDAQ:AIRE – Get Free Report) and Ellington Financial (NYSE:EFC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
1.0% of reAlpha Tech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Ellington Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 73.9% of reAlpha Tech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Ellington Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares reAlpha Tech and Ellington Financial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| reAlpha Tech | -2,035.17% | -45.22% | -36.74% |
| Ellington Financial | 106.40% | 10.26% | 0.81% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| reAlpha Tech | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Ellington Financial | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
reAlpha Tech presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 156.41%. Ellington Financial has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.83%. Given reAlpha Tech’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe reAlpha Tech is more favorable than Ellington Financial.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares reAlpha Tech and Ellington Financial”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| reAlpha Tech | $321,095.00 | 167.81 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ellington Financial | $282.19 million | 4.29 | $84.81 million | $1.38 | 9.68 |
Ellington Financial has higher revenue and earnings than reAlpha Tech.
Risk and Volatility
reAlpha Tech has a beta of -7.44, meaning that its stock price is 844% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellington Financial has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ellington Financial beats reAlpha Tech on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About reAlpha Tech
reAlpha Tech Corp., a real estate technology company, commercializes artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technologies. The company operates in two segments, Platform Services and Rental Business. The company offers and develops AI-based products and services to customers in the real-estate industry. These include reAlpha BRAIN, which utilizes a natural language processing program to scan through property data and choose the ones with a higher than expected industry standard return on investment; reAlpha HUMINT, which allows analysts to input qualitative features about a property and factor it into property evaluation; GENA to generate home descriptions; AIRE, a web-based AI application that provides data and insights about the real estate market; and reAlpha App, which allows syndicate members to acquire equity interests in the syndication LLC. It also leases short-term rental properties; and provides technical support services. The company was formerly known as eAlpha Asset Management, Inc. and changed its name to reAlpha Tech Corp. in March 2023. reAlpha Tech Corp. was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
About Ellington Financial
Ellington Financial Inc., through its subsidiary, Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC, acquires and manages mortgage-related, consumer-related, corporate-related, and other financial assets in the United States. The company acquires and manages residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) backed by prime jumbo, Alt-A, manufactured housing, and subprime mortgage; RMBS for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the U.S. government agency or the U.S. government-sponsored entity; residential mortgage loans; commercial mortgage-backed securities; and commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt. It also provides collateralized loan obligations; mortgage-related and non-mortgage-related derivatives; corporate debt and equity securities; corporate loans; and other strategic investments; and consumer loans and asset-backed securities backed by consumer and commercial assets. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it intends to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income as dividends to shareholders. Ellington Financial LLC was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
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