---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T12:39:09.896237+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q1 net income $38.9M ($0.58/sh); book value $15.10

## Summary
- Credit strategy contributed $35.5M ($0.53/sh); Agency $5.3M ($0.08/sh); Longbridge $6.5M ($0.10/sh).
- Adjusted Distributable Earnings $30.3M ($0.45/sh); monthly dividend $0.15/sh.
- Book value per share $15.10; economic return of 3.3% for the quarter.
- Recourse debt-to-equity 2.1:1; overall 9.0:1; cash + unencumbered assets $617.7M.
- Issued 4.0M shares of Series C preferred stock; repurchased common shares at discount to book value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+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/1411342/000141134223000094/0001411342-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000094/efc-20230508.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ellington Financial Inc. reported quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: net income $38.9 million, EPS $0.58 per common share.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Net income: $38.9 million
  - EPS: $0.58 per common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net income attributable to common stockholders of $38.9 million, or $0.58 per common share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000094/0001411342-23-000094-index.htm

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