---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-035361"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:40:56.353897+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera Q2 GAAP net income $0.41/diluted share, EAD $0.37; BV $21.27, economic return 1.4%

## Summary
- Q2 GAAP net income $33.9M ($0.41 diluted EPS) vs $111.0M ($1.36) in Q1; drop due to lower unrealized gains.
- Earnings available for distribution (non-GAAP) was $30.3M ($0.37/diluted share), consistent with Q1's $0.37.
- GAAP book value per common share $21.27; economic return of 1.4% for Q2 and 8.4% year-to-date.
- Total assets $13.13B; GAAP leverage 3.8:1 vs 4.0:1 at Dec 2023; recourse leverage unchanged at 1.0:1.
- Executed 1-for-3 reverse stock split effective May 21, 2024; all per-share amounts reflect the split.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-035361
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024035361/0001628280-24-035361-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828024035361/cim-20240807.htm

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