secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM)
CIK:        0001409493
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001409493-26-000007
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000140949326000007/0001409493-26-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000140949326000007/cim-20260211.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001409493-26-000007

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