Ellington Financial Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
EFC · Real Estate
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Revenue 8.6%, CFFO -115.0%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years
Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.
FCF < 50% of Net Income for 3 years
Accruals ratio = 5.5%. Elevated
Cash $0.2B covers only 1% of debt $17.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.0B = 2% of equity. Manageable
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change -3% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Portfolio monitoring
Monitor EFC continuously
The full checks and model details are free to read. Use Watchlist to track your holdings; Pro adds automatic quarterly rescoring, risk-event email alerts, scans up to 50 tickers, and export workflows.
Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable
Ellington Financial Inc. is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25