---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-23-000144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T04:00:42.201231+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q2 net income $2.9M ($0.04/sh); announces two REIT acquisitions

## Summary
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $2.9M, or $0.04 per share, down from $38.9M in Q1.
- Adjusted Distributable Earnings of $25.7M, or $0.38 per share.
- Book value per common share $14.70 as of June 30, 2023; monthly dividend $0.15/sh declared.
- Signed definitive agreements to acquire Arlington Asset Investment Corp. and Great Ajax Corp.; pro forma equity >$1.7B.
- Recourse debt-to-equity ratio 2.1:1; overall debt-to-equity 9.2:1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-23-000144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000144/0001411342-23-000144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000144/efc-20230807.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ellington Financial Inc. reported the quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: net income $2.9 million, or $0.04 per common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Net income: $2.9 million, or $0.04 per common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Ellington Financial Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000144/0001411342-23-000144-index.htm

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