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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-005028"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:47:32.061536+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera reports Q4 2024 GAAP net loss of $2.07 per share; core EAD $0.37 per share

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP net loss of $2.07 per diluted common share; full year GAAP net income of $1.10 per share.
- Q4 earnings available for distribution (non-GAAP) of $0.37 per diluted common share; full year $1.48 per share.
- GAAP book value $19.72 per share at Dec 31, 2024; economic return of 4.40% for 2024.
- CEO cites progress on portfolio diversification and Palisades acquisition as key initiatives.
- Total assets $13.1B; GAAP leverage 4.0:1 (recourse 1.2:1) at quarter end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-005028
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828025005028/0001628280-25-005028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000162828025005028/cim-20250212.htm

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