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Ellington Financial Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a specialty finance company with an investment portfolio segment and a Longbridge segment focused on reverse mortgage loan origination and servicing. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly operating results, Regulation FD book value updates, common stock dividends, and dividends on Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred stock.
Proxy materials describe board and shareholder-voting matters, executive compensation, equity awards, and pay-versus-performance disclosures. The filings also identify the company's reported common and preferred equity classes and provide recurring records of financial condition, portfolio valuation disclosures, capital-return actions, governance, and risk-related forward-looking statements.
Ellington Financial Inc. announced an estimated book value per share of common stock of $13.56 as of March 31, 2026. This figure already reflects the previously announced monthly dividend of $0.13 per share, payable on April 30, 2026 to holders of record on March 31, 2026 with the same ex-dividend date.
The company emphasized that this book value per share is an estimate and may change once its month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures are completed, and it included customary cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements and risk factors.
Ellington Financial Inc. filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, describing a credit‑focused REIT business managed by an external manager, Ellington. The company reports a consolidated investment portfolio of $4.9 billion as of December 31, 2025 and notes Longbridge, its reverse‑mortgage originator subsidiary, and the December 14, 2023 Arlington merger. The cover disclosures show an aggregate market value of common shares held by non‑affiliates of $1,333,824,255 as of the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter and 124,649,023 common shares outstanding as of February 27, 2026. The report details investment categories (Agency and non‑Agency RMBS, CMBS, CLOs, consumer ABS, MSRs, residential mortgages including reverse mortgages), financing via repos and secured facilities, hedging practices, and the Manager agreement (base fee 1.50% per annum and incentive fees tied to an adjustable hurdle). The filing also summarizes risk factors tied to market, credit, financing, regulatory, and operational exposures.
Ellington Financial Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at a virtual annual meeting on May 28, 2026. Proposals include electing five directors, an advisory “say on pay” vote, ratifying PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for 2026, and approving a new 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
The company is externally managed and currently reimburses its manager or affiliates only for compensation tied to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. PwC billed total fees of $4,304,465 for 2025 and $4,145,910 for 2024. As of March 31, 2026, there were 124,649,023 common shares outstanding.
The proposed 2026 Equity Incentive Plan would authorize 12,000,000 common shares, replacing the 2017 plan. This would increase potential equity-based dilution from about 0.4% under the existing plan to about 9.6%, while adding governance features such as minimum vesting periods, double-trigger change-in-control vesting, and prohibitions on repricing without stockholder approval.
Ellington Financial Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.13 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on May 29, 2026 to stockholders of record as of April 30, 2026. Ellington Financial invests in a wide range of mortgage-related and consumer credit assets and operates as a real estate investment trust externally managed by Ellington Financial Management LLC.
Ellington Financial Inc ownership filing: The Vanguard Group amended its Schedule 13G to report 0 shares beneficially owned, representing 0% of the common stock. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 under SEC Release No. 34-39538 that led certain Vanguard subsidiaries and business divisions to report separately.
The amendment is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/26/2026.
Ellington Financial Inc. announced an estimated book value per share of common stock of $13.47 as of February 28, 2026. This estimate already reflects the previously announced monthly cash dividend of $0.13 per common share, payable on March 31, 2026 to holders of record on February 27, 2026, with the same ex-dividend date.
The company cautions that this estimated book value may change once its month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures are completed and that the figure may not indicate results for the quarter ending March 31, 2026 or future periods.
Ellington Financial Inc. announced cash dividends on its common and preferred stock. The Board declared a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share on common stock, payable on April 30, 2026 to stockholders of record on March 31, 2026.
The company also declared quarterly dividends of $0.390625 per share on its 6.250% Series B preferred, $0.5390625 per share on its 8.625% Series C preferred, and $0.4375 per share on its 7.00% Series D preferred. The Series B and C dividends are payable on April 30, 2026 to holders of record on March 31, 2026, while the Series D dividend is payable on March 30, 2026 to holders of record on March 20, 2026.
Ellington Financial Inc. reported an estimated book value per share of common stock of $13.31 as of January 31, 2026. This figure already reflects the previously announced monthly cash dividend of $0.13 per common share, which was paid on February 27, 2026 to holders of record on January 30, 2026.
The estimate may change once the company completes its month-end and quarter-end valuation procedures on its investment portfolio, and it is not meant to predict results for the quarter ending March 31, 2026 or future periods.
Ellington Financial Inc. is a Delaware real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE under “EFC,” using a credit-focused strategy across a diversified portfolio of approximately $4.9 billion as of December 31, 2025. It invests in residential and commercial mortgage loans, RMBS, CMBS, CLOs, consumer ABS, MSRs and related derivatives.
The company is externally managed by Ellington Financial Management LLC, which relies on Ellington’s analytics, trading platform and over 170 employees managing about $20.1 billion of assets. Through Longbridge Financial LLC, it also originates, services and invests in reverse mortgages, including FHA-insured HECMs and Ginnie Mae HMBS.
Ellington Financial finances assets primarily with repurchase agreements and securitizations, uses active hedging for interest rate, credit and currency risks, and targets REIT tax treatment and Investment Company Act exclusions. A long-term management agreement sets base and incentive fees, with detailed termination and conflict-of-interest controls.
Ellington Financial Inc. notified the NYSE that its 6.750% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock has been removed from listing and/or registration on the New York Stock Exchange. The Exchange states it "has complied with its rules" under 17 CFR 240.12d2-2 and the issuer "has complied" with the Exchange's rules governing voluntary withdrawal.