---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-22-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T05:10:03.692508+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q3 net loss $0.55/share; Adj. Distributable Earnings $0.44/share

## Summary
- Net loss of $(33.3)M ($0.55/share); Adjusted Distributable Earnings $26.5M ($0.44/share).
- Book value per share $15.22 (incl. $0.45 dividends); monthly dividend $0.15 declared.
- Credit strategy gross loss $(11.3)M; Agency strategy gross loss $(10.7)M.
- Closed acquisition of remaining half of Longbridge Financial for $38.9M after quarter end.
- Debt-to-equity ratio 4.1:1; cash and equivalents $175.2M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-22-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134222000107/0001411342-22-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134222000107/efc-20221107.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-22-000107
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-22-000107.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-22-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ellington Financial Inc. reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134222000107/0001411342-22-000107-index.htm

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