---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001409493-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:15:33.102237+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera Q4 GAAP net income $7M; EAD $0.53/sh; dividend increased

## Summary
- GAAP net income Q4 $7M ($0.08 diluted EPS); full year $144M ($1.72 diluted EPS).
- Earnings available for distribution (non-GAAP) Q4 $45M ($0.53/sh); full year $141M ($1.68/sh).
- GAAP book value $19.70/sh at Dec 31, 2025; economic return -0.9% Q4, 7.4% full year.
- CEO announces 'meaningful increase' in dividend; cites early returns from December 2024 transformation.
- Residential Origination segment (HomeXpress) net income $8.5M in Q4; gain on loan origination $20.6M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001409493-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000140949326000007/0001409493-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000140949326000007/cim-20260211.htm

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