---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:08:24.149583+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera prelim Q4 GAAP EPS $0.32-0.35, BV $7.45-7.50; Q1 dividend $0.23; Jan BV +5-7%

## Summary
- Declared Q1 2023 dividend of $0.23/share, payable April 27, 2023 to holders of record March 31, 2023.
- Preliminary Q4 2022 GAAP net income estimated $0.32-$0.35 per diluted share.
- Earnings Available for Distribution $0.11/diluted share; $0.16 ex-severance related to former CEO separation.
- Book value estimated $7.45-$7.50 per common share as of Dec 31, 2022.
- Post-quarter: committed ~$700M residential mortgage loans; collapsed trusts reduced recourse borrowing ~$139M, released ~$90M equity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752323000156/0001157523-23-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752323000156/a53299761.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000156.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP reported the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS between $0.32 and $0.35 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: between $0.32 and $0.35 per diluted common share
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: Quarterly Estimates Book value was estimated to be between $7.45 and $7.50 per common share as of December 31, 2022, after deducting for fourth quarter 2022 common and preferred dividends as declared GAAP net income was estimated to be between $0.32 and $0.35 per diluted common share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000115752323000156/0001157523-23-000156-index.htm

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