---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-23-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T02:19:35.510266+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q4 2022 net income $22.7M; book value $15.05 per share

## Summary
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $22.7M ($0.37 per share); Adjusted Distributable Earnings of $26.0M ($0.42 per share).
- Book value per common share $15.05 as of Dec 31, 2022; monthly dividend of $0.15 per share declared.
- Credit portfolio decreased 7% to $2.544B; Agency RMBS portfolio decreased 15% to $968.3M.
- Longbridge contributed $14.5M net income; reverse mortgage platform performed well.
- Recourse debt-to-equity ratio 2.5:1; total debt-to-equity 10.2:1 including non-recourse borrowings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-23-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1411342/000141134223000046/0001411342-23-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000046/efc-20230223.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-23-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ellington Financial Inc. reported financial results for quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 23, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000046/0001411342-23-000046-index.htm

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