secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001411342-25-000047
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial Q1 net income $0.35/shr, adj distributable earnings $0.39/shr
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- Net income attributable to common stockholders $31.6M ($0.35/shr) vs $22.4M ($0.25/shr) in Q4 2024.
- Adjusted distributable earnings $35.5M ($0.39/shr); book value per share $13.44.
- Monthly dividend of $0.13/shr declared May 7, 2025 (unchanged); dividend yield 12.2%.
- Credit strategy generated $0.58/shr net income; Agency $0.05; Longbridge ($0.01).
- Recourse debt-to-equity ratio improved to 1.7:1 from 1.8:1; five securitizations priced in Q1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134225000047/0001411342-25-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134225000047/efc-20250507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-25-000047

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