secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T21:46:04+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-054500
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial Q2 2026 EPS $0.43, ADE $0.60, book value $13.61
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- Net income attributable to common stockholders $54.4M ($0.43/share); ADE $75.5M ($0.60/share).
- Book value per share $13.61 as of June 30, 2026; quarterly dividend $0.39/share covered by ADE.
- Longbridge originations $589.7M, up 38% YoY; HMBS market share hit record 29% (#2 issuer).
- Recourse debt-to-equity 1.9:1; total debt-to-equity 9.2:1; unencumbered assets $1.86B.
- H1 2026 annualized economic return 20%; book value per share up $0.45 YTD.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026054500/0001628280-26-054500-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026054500/efc-20260806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-054500

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