secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-030664
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial Q1 net income $95.5M ($0.78/dil.); ADE $0.55/share; book value $13.56
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- Net income attributable to common stockholders $95.5M ($0.78/share) vs $14.7M ($0.14) in prior quarter.
- Adjusted distributable earnings $66.5M ($0.55/share) outpaced dividends of $0.39/share.
- Longbridge segment net income $57.5M; originated $515.4M in new loans, up 52% YoY.
- Book value per share $13.56 (+3% net of dividends); annualized economic return 26%.
- Raised common equity and retired highest-cost preferred stock; long-term debt-to-equity 9.0:1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026030664/0001628280-26-030664-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026030664/efc-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-030664

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