---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-011887"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:30:36.077070+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial Q4 2025 adjusted distributable earnings $0.47/share; book value $13.16

## Summary
- Net income attributable to common stockholders of $14.7M ($0.14 per share); Adjusted Distributable Earnings of $51.4M ($0.47 per share) surpassed quarterly dividend of $0.39/share.
- Book value per common share $13.16 as of Dec 31, 2025; recourse debt-to-equity ratio 1.9:1.
- Completed $400M unsecured notes offering; invested in credit portfolio growth (15% increase to $4.11B).
- Longbridge segment net income $16.4M; strong origination volume of $529.7M up from $498.6M QoQ.
- Post-quarter end raised common equity on accretive basis to retire highest-cost preferred equity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-011887
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026011887/0001628280-26-011887-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026011887/efc-20260225.htm

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