---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065296"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-07T12:37:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:58:56.750609+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial declares $0.13 monthly common dividend, payable Nov 30, 2026

## Summary
- Board declared a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share of common stock on October 7, 2026.
- Dividend payable November 30, 2026 to stockholders of record as of October 30, 2026.
- Press release signed by CFO JR Herlihy; no change to the dividend rate versus prior months was disclosed in the filing.
- Ellington's NYSE-listed preferred series (EFC PR B, EFC PR C, EFC PRD) were not addressed in the release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065296
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T12:37:02+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026065296/0001628280-26-065296-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026065296/efc-20261007.htm

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