As the EFC stock price trades around $12.50, options market positioning suggests increased bullish bets for the June expiry, with call volumes outpacing puts by a 1.7:1 ratio, hinting at possible momentum ahead of the Fed’s policy statement. Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE:EFC) is one of the best dividend stocks as the company has never missed a dividend in the past 15 years. On January 9, it declared a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share, which was in line with its previous dividend. The stock offers an attractive dividend yield of 12.8%, as of January 14. CSX Stock Rally: Strong Options Flow, Analyst Price Targets EFC stock price action recently tested the $12.60 resistance but failed to break through, suggesting that the next catalyst could be the release of housing market data influencing mortgage asset performance.