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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. reported fourth-quarter 2025 net income attributable to common stockholders of $14.7 million, or $0.14 per share. Adjusted Distributable Earnings were $51.4 million, or $0.47 per share, comfortably above common dividends of $0.39 per share for the quarter.
Book value per common share was $13.16 as of December 31, 2025. The adjusted long credit portfolio grew to $4.11 billion, while the Longbridge reverse-mortgage segment earned $16.4 million and originated $529.7 million of new loans. Recourse debt-to-equity was 1.9:1, with total debt-to-equity of 9.0:1.
Ellington Financial Inc. disclosed 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 March 31, 2026 to common stockholders who are on record as of February 27, 2026. The company also furnished a press release with the same details and included standard cautionary language about forward-looking statements, noting that future results and dividend levels can be affected by interest rates, market conditions, mortgage performance, and its ability to maintain REIT status.
Ellington Financial Inc. filed a current report describing an information update under Regulation FD. The company issued a press release on February 2, 2026 announcing its estimated book value per share of common stock as of December 31, 2025.
The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1, meaning it is provided for disclosure purposes but is not considered filed under the Exchange Act or incorporated into other securities filings unless specifically referenced. The report is signed on behalf of the company by Chief Financial Officer JR Herlihy.
Ellington Financial Inc. has elected to redeem all outstanding shares of its 6.750% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The redemption is being made pursuant to the terms of the Series A certificate of designation.
The redemption will occur on February 27, 2026, at a price equal to the $25.00 liquidation preference per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the redemption date. Details were announced in a press release that is included as an exhibit to this report.
Ellington Financial Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement to issue 8,775,000 shares of its common stock, with a 30‑day option for underwriters to buy up to an additional 1,316,250 shares on the same terms. The closing of the main share offering is expected on January 28, 2026, subject to customary conditions.
The shares are being offered under an effective shelf registration statement on Form S‑3. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as representatives of the underwriters. Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. provided a legal opinion on the validity of the shares.
Ellington Financial Inc. is offering 8,775,000 shares of common stock at $13.50 per share, for gross proceeds of $118,462,500 and net proceeds estimated at about $117.2 million, or $134.9 million if underwriters fully exercise their 1,316,250‑share option.
The company plans to use most of the cash to redeem all 4,600,000 outstanding shares of its Series A preferred stock at $25.00 per share plus unpaid dividends, lowering its exposure to this floating‑rate security. Any remaining funds may support general corporate purposes, including acquiring targeted mortgage and credit assets. Management also estimates preliminary book value per common share between $13.14 and $13.18 as of December 31, 2025, including a previously announced $0.13 dividend.
Ellington Financial Inc. is offering 8,775,000 shares of common stock in a primary underwritten offering, with an option for underwriters to buy up to 1,316,250 additional shares. Based on 115,874,023 shares outstanding as of January 23, 2026, total common shares would rise to 124,649,023, or 125,965,273 if the option is fully exercised. The company plans to use the net proceeds mainly to redeem all 4,600,000 outstanding shares of its Series A preferred stock at $25.00 per share plus accrued dividends, and to deploy any remaining funds for general corporate purposes, including targeted mortgage and credit investments. Management also preliminarily estimates book value per common share at December 31, 2025 in a range of $13.14 to $13.18, which already reflects a declared $0.13 dividend.
BlackRock, Inc. filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 16,450,177 shares of Ellington Financial Inc. common stock, representing 15.3% of the class as of 12/31/2025. BlackRock has sole power to vote 16,262,412 shares and sole power to dispose of 16,450,177 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
The filing states that the shares were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Ellington Financial. It also notes that one underlying holder, iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, has an interest in more than five percent of Ellington Financial’s outstanding common stock.
Ellington Financial Inc. disclosed 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 February 27, 2026 to common stockholders who are on record as of January 30, 2026.
The company also noted that it issued a press release on January 8, 2026 with further details, which is included as an exhibit to this report.
Ellington Financial Inc. director Lisa Mumford reported an equity award conversion. On December 31, 2025, she converted 7,657 OP LTIP Units, originally granted on December 14, 2023 under the company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, into 7,657 shares of common stock at a stated price of $0 per share. After this transaction, she beneficially owned 88,773 common shares directly.
The OP LTIP Units were a separate non‑voting class of limited liability company interests in Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC that vested on September 12, 2024. According to the filing, the conversion of OP LTIP Units into common units and the redemption of those units for common shares did not represent or involve a disposition for value and the related conversion and redemption rights do not have expiration dates.