---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:27:49.867716+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q1 2024 net income $26.9M ($0.32/sh); book value $13.69; adjusted distributable earnings $0.28/sh

## Summary
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $26.9M, or $0.32 per common share; investment portfolio contributed $43.0M ($0.51/sh).
- Adjusted Distributable Earnings of $23.7M, or $0.28 per common share; book value per share $13.69.
- Credit portfolio grew to $2.80B (excluding non-retained tranches); Agency RMBS decreased 22% to $662.6M.
- Longbridge segment net income $8.7M; completed inaugural proprietary reverse mortgage securitization.
- Debt-to-equity ratio (recourse adjusted) improved to 1.8:1; cash and unencumbered assets of $732M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134224000050/0001411342-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134224000050/efc-20240507.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Ellington Financial Inc. reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: net income $26.9 million, or $0.32 per common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Net income: $26.9 million, or $0.32 per common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: net income attributable to common stockholders of $26.9 million, or $0.32 per common share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134224000050/0001411342-24-000050-index.htm

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