---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-004625"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T02:12:04.054241+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera Q4 GAAP EPS $0.05; FY net income $52M vs loss $586M in 2022

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.05; full year net income $52M vs net loss $586M in 2022.
- Q4 earnings available for distribution (EAD) $0.13 per share; FY 2023 EAD $0.51 per share.
- GAAP book value $6.75 per common share; recourse debt reduced by $1.0B in 2023.
- Net interest income FY 2023 $263M, down from $440M in 2022 due to higher interest expense.
- Portfolio largely loans held for investment (91.6%); total assets $12.9B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-004625
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024004625/0001628280-24-004625-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024004625/cim-20240214.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-004625.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: EPS $0.05 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - EPS: $0.05 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 4TH QUARTER GAAP NET INCOME OF $0.05 PER DILUTED COMMON SHARE
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024004625/0001628280-24-004625-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP reported the full year ended December 31, 2023 results: net income $52 million, EPS $0.23 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Net income: $52 million
  - EPS: $0.23 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: FULL YEAR GAAP NET INCOME OF $52 MILLION, OR $0.23 PER DILUTED COMMON SHARE
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024004625/0001628280-24-004625-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.