---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-003615"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T10:59:12.451701+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera Q4 GAAP EPS $0.34, but full-year net loss $2.51/share; EAD $0.11

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP net income $78.7M ($0.34/diluted); full-year net loss $586.8M ($2.51/diluted).
- Q4 earnings available for distribution $0.11/diluted vs $0.27 in Q3; full-year $1.08.
- Book value $7.49/share; Q4 book value return 3.8% (change + dividend).
- Post-quarter committed to purchase ~$900M residential loans; collapsed trusts freeing ~$90M equity.
- Full-year economic net interest income $435.6M, down from $613.1M in 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-003615
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828023003615/0001628280-23-003615-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828023003615/cim-20230215.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $0.34 per diluted common share (4th quarter) and a net loss of $587 million, or $2.51 per diluted common share (full yea.
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $0.34 per diluted common share (4th quarter) and a net loss of $587 million, or $2.51 per diluted common share (full yea
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On February 15, 2023, the registrant issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828023003615/0001628280-23-003615-index.htm

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