ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. filings document a mortgage REIT that invests in a leveraged portfolio of Agency mortgage-backed securities and manages interest-rate and MBS price risk through financing, hedging and liquidity strategies. Its 8-K filings report operating results, financial-position presentations, common and preferred stock dividend announcements, and Regulation FD materials.
ARMOUR's regulatory record also covers its common stock and Series C preferred stock, REIT tax distribution framework, at-the-market equity activity, repurchases, external management arrangements with ARMOUR Capital Management LP, and annual proxy matters. Proxy and governance filings include director and compensation disclosures, equity incentive plan approvals, shareholder voting matters and related corporate governance information.
Downey Carolyn reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Armour Residential REIT director Carolyn Downey received a grant of 17,140 phantom stock units. These units were awarded at no cash cost under Armour’s Fourth Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan and increase her phantom stock holdings to 32,154 units.
The phantom stock vests over a five-year, time-based schedule. Beginning on May 20, 2026, 857 units vest on each May 20, August 20, November 20, and February 20 through February 20, 2031, when all 17,140 units are scheduled to be fully vested.
Each phantom unit is economically equal to one share of Armour common stock. Within 30 days of vesting, Downey will receive the same number of common shares. She will also receive dividend equivalents for each unit in cash or, at her election, additional shares. Unvested units fully vest on death, disability, or a change in control, but are generally forfeited on termination unless certain retirement conditions are met.
Behar Z Jamie reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Armour Residential REIT director Z. Jamie Behar received a grant of 17,140 units of phantom stock as compensation. These awards were granted at no cost and each unit is economically equivalent to one share of Armour common stock.
The phantom stock vests over five years under a time-based schedule. Beginning on May 20, 2026, 857 phantom shares vest, with an additional 857 vesting on each following August 20, November 20, February 20, and May 20, through February 20, 2031. After this grant, Behar holds 32,154 phantom stock units.
Upon vesting, the director is entitled to receive an equal number of Armour common shares within 30 days and, in the meantime, receives dividend equivalents in cash or additional common shares. Unvested awards fully vest upon death, disability, or a change in control, but are otherwise forfeited on termination except under specified retirement conditions.
BELL MARC H reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Armour Residential REIT, Inc. director Marc H. Bell reported a compensation-related award of 17,140 units of phantom stock. Each phantom stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Armour common stock and will settle in an equal number of shares after vesting.
The grant vests over five years under a time-based schedule: 857 phantom shares vest beginning on May 20, 2026, with an additional 857 vesting on each following August 20, November 20, February 20 and May 20 through February 20, 2031. After this date, all 17,140 units will have vested, assuming service-based conditions are met.
The filing notes accelerated vesting upon death, disability, or a change in control, and potential continued vesting in certain retirement or resignation scenarios when age and service conditions are satisfied. Following this award, Bell directly holds 34,624 units of phantom stock. The reporting person is also entitled to dividend equivalents in cash or stock on each phantom share.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. furnished a May 2026 monthly update presentation under Regulation FD, outlining its mortgage-backed securities portfolio, leverage and liquidity. The total portfolio had a market value of $21.7 billion, with 93.7% in agency mortgage-backed securities and related positions.
The update shows a common stock price of $17.54, a debt‑equity ratio of 7.9 and implied leverage of 8.2. Liquidity was $1,188.5 million, representing 49% of total capital, and Q1 2026 market capitalization was $2,062.1 million. The May 2026 common dividend was $0.24 per share, implying a stated dividend yield of 16.4%.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported that stockholders approved its Fourth Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing by 1,000,000 the shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the prior plan. The earlier plan allowed grants of up to 800,000 shares, with 3,506 shares remaining available as of March 19, 2026.
At the April 30, 2026 annual meeting, all eight director nominees were elected and Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as independent auditor for 2026. Stockholders approved 2025 executive compensation by advisory vote and supported holding future say-on-pay votes every year, a frequency the company intends to follow. In total, 83,300,043 of 122,767,466 shares outstanding as of the March 6, 2026 record date were represented, providing a quorum.
ARMOUR Residential REIT Inc Schedule 13G filing shows Vanguard Portfolio Management reports beneficial ownership of 6,713,586 shares, representing 5.46% of common stock. The filing states Vanguard exercises sole dispositive power over these shares while voting power is limited to 43,407 shares and holdings include shares managed for Vanguard funds and client accounts.
BlackRock, Inc. reports beneficial ownership of 17,137,895 shares (14.0%) of ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT INC as of 03/31/2026. The filing is an Amendment No. 8 to a Schedule 13G/A and lists sole voting power of 16,949,728 and sole dispositive power of 17,137,895. The report names iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF as a holder with more than 5%.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. furnished an investor presentation providing a detailed April 2026 monthly update on its mortgage-backed securities portfolio, funding and hedging profile, and dividend metrics.
The total portfolio had a market value of $21.1 billion as of March 31, 2026, with 92.5% in agency mortgage-backed securities and agency CMBS and 4.7% in U.S. Treasury long positions. Thirty-year fixed-rate conventional pools made up most of the agency holdings, with meaningful allocations across 5.0%–6.0% coupon buckets.
The presentation shows a common stock price of $16.68, debt‑to‑equity of 7.9x, implied leverage of 8.2x, and liquidity of $1.12 billion, representing 48% of total capital. Q1 2026 market capitalization is listed at $2.06 billion. The May 2026 common dividend is $0.24 per share, with a stated current dividend yield of 17.3%.
ARMOUR’s repurchase agreement funding totaled $18.5 billion, with $8.0 billion from affiliated BUCKLER Securities LLC and the remainder from other counterparties. The company also disclosed $12.9 billion notional of interest rate swaps with a weighted average remaining term of 50 months and a weighted average fixed rate of 2.52% to help manage interest rate risk. Forward‑looking statement and risk disclaimers emphasize that the data is unaudited, based on estimates, and subject to market and model uncertainties.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported a GAAP net loss of $54.9M for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared with net income of $27.3M a year earlier. The loss was driven mainly by a $182.6M loss on Agency securities and a $10.6M loss on U.S. Treasuries, partially offset by an $83.0M gain on derivatives.
Net interest income nearly doubled to $70.7M as average interest-earning assets increased and funding costs declined, producing a net interest spread of 1.04%. Total assets were $21.45B and stockholders’ equity was $2.34B at March 31, 2026.
The company continued to raise capital, issuing 11.8M common shares and 0.3M preferred shares for combined net proceeds of about $221.7M, while repurchasing 0.1M common shares. Common dividends remained at $0.24 per share monthly-equivalent, with $86.3M paid in common dividends and $3.2M in preferred dividends during the quarter.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. reported unaudited Q1 2026 results with a GAAP net loss related to common stockholders of $58.0 million, or $(0.49) per common share, while Distributable Earnings to common stockholders were $90.5 million, or $0.76 per share.
Book value per common share was $17.42 at March 31, 2026, down 6.5% from $18.63 at December 31, 2025, producing a Q1 2026 total economic return of (2.6)%. The investment portfolio totaled $21.1 billion, 92.5% in Agency MBS, funded mainly by $18.5 billion of repurchase agreements and hedged with $12.9 billion notional interest rate swaps, for a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.90:1 and implied leverage of 8.21:1.
Liquidity, including cash and unencumbered securities, was $1.1 billion. The company raised $215.3 million via 11,820,056 new common shares and $6.4 million via preferred shares under at-the-market programs, and repurchased 125,000 common shares. It paid common dividends of $0.24 per month (total $0.72) in Q1 and has declared additional common and preferred dividends for April and May 2026.