OLD GREENWICH, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the “Company”) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Highlights
Second Quarter 2022 Results
“Similar to the previous quarter, the second quarter was marked by extreme volatility, rising interest rates, and weakness in both the fixed income and equity markets,” said Laurence Penn, Chief Executive Officer and President. “We had strong performance from our short-duration loan portfolios and non-QM interest only securities, and significant gains on our interest rate hedges and credit hedges, but these gains only partially offset net losses on our unsecuritized non-QM loans, loan originator investments, and Agency RMBS. As a result, Ellington Financial generated an economic loss of 6% for the second quarter.
“During the quarter, we deployed some of the dry powder that we held entering the quarter, capturing higher yields and wider spreads amid the market volatility. Our loan origination businesses provided much of our asset acquisition volume during the quarter, but we also took advantage of the market selloff through secondary market purchases of discounted non-QM loans and credit securities. At June 30, our credit portfolio stood at $2.66 billion,3 an increase of 29% from year end 2021, and we still had significant available capital and borrowing capacity to expand it further. While Adjusted Distributable Earnings1 did not cover our dividend for the quarter, we project that it will do so once we are fully invested and continue rotating the portfolio into the higher reinvestment yields available today. In addition, in July following quarter end, we completed our third non-QM securitization of the year.
“As of quarter end, our strategic investments in loan originators represented 9% of our total equity. We believe that these investments, while still a relatively small part of our overall diversified portfolio, are a powerful differentiator for the Ellington Financial franchise. Of note, only 2% of the aggregate value of our originator investments, or less than 0.2% of our total equity, relate to conventional mortgage originations. The vast majority of our originator investments are in the more specialized sectors of reverse mortgages, non-QM, specialty consumer finance, residential transition, and commercial bridge loans, where we project stronger growth and more durable profit margins over the long term.
“The recent market dislocations have caused many mortgage originators to severely scale back operations, or even exit the market altogether. While these market dislocations have created a drag on EFC’s book value in the near term, our strong balance sheet is enabling us to lean into the wider credit spreads, and together this presents the opportunity for us to grow market share at our origination platforms.”
Financial Results
The Company’s total long credit portfolio3 grew by approximately 16% in the second quarter, to $2.661 billion as of June 30, 2022. The majority of the growth occurred in the non-QM, residential transition, and small balance commercial mortgage loan strategies, while the Company’s non-Agency RMBS portfolio also expanded. These increases were partially offset by mark-to-market losses on investments in loan origination entities, and smaller consumer loan, CMBS, and CLO portfolios. Additionally, the Company’s total long Agency RMBS portfolio decreased by 11% to $1.335 billion, due to net sales, paydowns, and net losses.
The Company’s overall debt-to-equity ratio, adjusted for unsettled purchases and sales, increased to 3.7:1 as of June 30, 2022, as compared to 3.2:1 as of March 31, 2022, driven by increased borrowings on its larger credit portfolio and sequentially lower total equity. Similarly, the Company’s recourse debt-to-equity ratio, adjusted for unsettled purchases and sales, increased to 2.6:12 from 2.3:1 over the same period.
The Company’s credit strategy generated a gross loss of $(48.9) million, or $(0.80) per share, and its Agency strategy generated a gross loss of $(12.3) million or $(0.20) per share.
Credit Performance Summary
During the quarter, rapidly rising interest rates and widening yield spreads generated significant net unrealized losses on the Company’s unsecuritized non-QM loans, while also compressing gain-on-sale margins for the Company’s loan originator affiliates. Despite being profitable again during the second quarter, LendSure revised downward its earnings projections further for 2022. Meanwhile, Longbridge generated a net loss due to a reduction in the value of its MSR portfolio and losses on its pipeline of committed loans. The challenging market conditions also adversely affected performance of some of the Company’s other loan originator affiliates, most notably an Agency mortgage originator. As a result, the Company experienced a significant net loss for the quarter on its strategic investments in loan originators. In addition, yield spread widening also drove net losses on the Company’s credit securities.
A portion of these losses were offset by strong performance on the Company’s short-duration loan portfolios, specifically residential transition loans and small balance commercial mortgage loans, driven by net interest income4 as well as by net gains on the Company’s non-performing loan portfolios. In addition, the Company’s portfolio of retained non-QM tranches appreciated during the quarter, driven by appreciation of its non-QM interest only securities, as rising mortgage rates again led to lower actual and projected prepayment speeds. The Company also had significant net gains on its interest rate hedges and credit hedges during the quarter.
During the quarter, the Company’s cost of funds on credit investments increased significantly, primarily driven by higher interest rates. In addition, a larger proportion of the Company’s credit borrowings in the second quarter were on the small balance commercial mortgage loan portfolio, which has a higher cost of funds relative to most of the Company’s other credit strategies. At the same time, the blended asset yield of the credit portfolio declined slightly quarter over quarter, as average asset yields on the Company’s existing investments do not yet reflect the higher reinvestment yields available in the market, most notably on non-QM and residential transition loans. Overall for the credit portfolio, the net interest margin5 declined to 2.75% from 3.62% sequentially, and net interest income declined, despite the larger portfolio size.
Agency Performance Summary
Agency RMBS continued to face headwinds in the second quarter, as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive response to persistently high inflation continued to roil markets. During the quarter, the Federal Reserve twice increased its target range for the federal funds rate, including a 75 basis-point hike in June that was its largest since 1994, and initiated the runoff of its balance sheet. Geopolitical uncertainty and concerns over economic growth further contributed to elevated market volatility. In mid-June, the MOVE index, which measures interest rate volatility, reached its highest level since the 2020 COVID liquidity crisis, and interest rates rose significantly.
Agency RMBS durations extended in response to the higher interest rates, while the elevated volatility contributed to yield spread widening during the quarter. Agency RMBS prices declined sharply, with the largest declines on lower coupon RMBS, and Agency RMBS significantly underperformed U.S. Treasury securities and interest rate swaps. The Company experienced net losses on its Agency RMBS, concentrated in lower coupons, and these losses exceeded net interest income and net gains on its interest rate hedges. The Company’s performance was also negatively impacted by costs associated with rebalancing certain of its interest rate hedges in response to the volatility. As a result, the Company had a significant net loss for the quarter in its Agency strategy.
Pay-ups on the Company’s specified pools increased modestly to 0.70% as of June 30, 2022, as compared to 0.59% as of March 31, 2022.
During the quarter, the Company continued to hedge interest rate risk through the use of interest rate swaps and short positions in TBAs, U.S. Treasury securities, and futures. Additionally, the Company’s continued to maintain a long TBA portfolio.
During the quarter, the Company’s cost of funds on Agency RMBS increased significantly, driven by higher interest rates. The Company’s asset yields on Agency RMBS also increased over the same period, though by a lesser amount. As a result, the Company’s net interest margin on its Agency RMBS, excluding the Catch-up Premium Amortization Adjustment, declined quarter over quarter to 1.76% from 1.98%.
Adjusted Distributable Earnings
Because of lower net interest margins on the credit and Agency portfolios, a full quarter of interest expense on the 5.875% senior notes issued by the Company on the final day of the prior quarter, and the undeployed capital associated with that senior note issuance, the Company’s Adjusted Distributable Earnings did not increase proportionally with the growth of the overall investment portfolio.
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1 Adjusted Distributable Earnings (previously referred to as Core Earnings) is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings” below for an explanation regarding the renaming and calculation of Adjusted Distributable Earnings.
2 Excludes repo borrowings at certain unconsolidated entities that are recourse to us. Including such borrowings, the Company’s debt-to-equity ratio based on total recourse borrowings was 2.8:1 as of June 30, 2022.
3 Includes REO at the lower of cost or fair value. Excludes hedges and other derivative positions, as well as tranches of the Company’s consolidated non-QM securitization trusts that were sold to third parties, but that are consolidated for U.S. GAAP reporting purposes. Including such tranches, the Company’s total long credit portfolio was $4.1 billion as of June 30, 2022.
4 Excludes any interest income and interest expense items from interest rate hedges, net Credit hedges and other activities, net.
5 Net interest margin represents the weighted average asset yield less weighted average secured financing cost of funds.
Credit Portfolio(1)
The following table summarizes the Company’s credit portfolio holdings as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022:
|
|
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
||||||||
|
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair Value |
|
% |
|
Fair Value |
|
% |
||||
|
Dollar Denominated: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
CLOs(2) |
|
$ |
34,478 |
|
0.8 |
% |
|
$ |
45,549 |
|
1.3 |
% |
|
CMBS |
|
|
28,625 |
|
0.7 |
% |
|
|
31,111 |
|
0.9 |
% |
|
Commercial mortgage loans and REO(4)(5) |
|
|
562,154 |
|
13.7 |
% |
|
|
516,810 |
|
14.8 |
% |
|
Consumer loans and ABS backed by consumer loans(2) |
|
|
99,922 |
|
2.4 |
% |
|
|
110,167 |
|
3.1 |
% |
|
Corporate debt and equity and corporate loans |
|
|
18,336 |
|
0.5 |
% |
|
|
16,651 |
|
0.5 |
% |
|
Debt and equity investments in loan origination entities(3) |
|
|
115,415 |
|
2.8 |
% |
|
|
135,420 |
|
3.9 |
% |
|
Non-Agency RMBS |
|
|
221,725 |
|
5.4 |
% |
|
|
186,452 |
|
5.3 |
% |
|
Residential mortgage loans and REO(4) |
|
|
2,996,700 |
|
73.1 |
% |
|
|
2,434,367 |
|
69.4 |
% |
|
Non-Dollar Denominated: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
CLOs(2) |
|
|
1,627 |
|
— |
% |
|
|
1,939 |
|
0.1 |
% |
|
Consumer loans and ABS backed by consumer loans |
|
|
— |
|
— |
% |
|
|
5 |
|
— |
% |
|
Corporate debt and equity |
|
|
430 |
|
— |
% |
|
|
487 |
|
— |
% |
|
RMBS(6) |
|
|
22,387 |
|
0.6 |
% |
|
|
24,543 |
|
0.7 |
% |
|
Total Long Credit Portfolio |
|
$ |
4,101,799 |
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
3,503,501 |
|
100.0 |
% |
|
Less: Non-retained tranches of consolidated securitization trusts |
|
|
1,441,165 |
|
|
|
|
1,202,644 |
|
|
||
|
Total Long Credit Portfolio excluding non-retained tranches of consolidated securitization trusts |
|
$ |
2,660,634 |
|
|
|
$ |
2,300,857 |
|
|
||
|
(1) |
This information does not include U.S. Treasury securities, securities sold short, or financial derivatives. |
|
|
(2) |
Includes equity investments in securitization-related vehicles. |
|
|
(3) |
Includes corporate loans to certain loan origination entities in which the Company holds an equity investment. |
|
|
(4) |
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, REO is not considered a financial instrument and as a result is included at the lower of cost or fair value. |
|
|
(5) |
Includes equity investments in unconsolidated entities holding small balance commercial mortgage loans and REO. |
|
|
(6) |
Includes an equity investment in an unconsolidated entity holding European RMBS. |
Agency RMBS Portfolio
The following table summarizes the Company’s Agency RMBS portfolio holdings as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022:
|
|
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
||||||||
|
($ in thousands) |
|
Fair Value |
|
% |
|
Fair Value |
|
% |
||||
|
Long Agency RMBS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Fixed Rate |
|
$ |
1,267,183 |
|
94.8 |
% |
|
$ |
1,417,717 |
|
94.3 |
% |
|
Floating Rate |
|
|
7,489 |
|
0.6 |
% |
|
|
8,938 |
|
0.6 |
% |
|
Reverse Mortgages |
|
|
35,933 |
|
2.7 |
% |
|
|
49,216 |
|
3.3 |
% |
|
IOs |
|
|
24,773 |
|
1.9 |
% |
|
|
26,620 |
|
1.8 |
% |
|
Total Long Agency RMBS |
|
$ |
1,335,378 |
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
1,502,491 |
|
100.0 |
% |
The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding borrowings and debt-to-equity ratios as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
|
|
|
June 30, 2022 |
|
March 31, 2022 |
||||||
|
|
|
Outstanding |
|
Debt-to- |
|
Outstanding |
|
Debt-to- |
||
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|
||
|
Recourse borrowings(3)(4) |
|
$ |
3,206,677 |
|
2.6:1 |
|
$ |
3,061,579 |
|
2.3:1 |
|
Non-recourse borrowings(4) |
|
|
1,448,182 |
|
1.2:1 |
|
|
1,216,542 |
|
0.9:1 |
|
Total Borrowings |
|
$ |
4,654,859 |
|
3.8:1 |
|
$ |
4,278,121 |
|
3.2:1 |
|
Total Equity |
|
$ |
1,234,455 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,322,938 |
|
|
|
Recourse borrowings net of unsettled purchases and sales |
|
|
|
2.6:1 |
|
|
|
2.3:1 |
||
|
Total borrowings net of unsettled purchases and sales |
|
|
|
3.7:1 |
|
|
|
3.2:1 |
||
|
(1) |
Includes borrowings under repurchase agreements, other secured borrowings, other secured borrowings, at fair value, and senior unsecured notes, at par. |
|
|
(2) |
Overall debt-to-equity ratio is computed by dividing outstanding borrowings by total equity. The debt-to-equity ratio does not account for liabilities other than debt financings. |
|
|
(3) |
Excludes repo borrowings at certain unconsolidated entities that are recourse to the Company. Including such borrowings, the Company’s debt-to-equity ratio based on total recourse borrowings is 2.8:1 and 2.5:1 as of June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. |
|
|
(4) |
All of the Company’s non-recourse borrowings are secured by collateral. In the event of default under a non-recourse borrowing, the lender has a claim against the collateral but not any of the other assets held by the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries. In the event of default under a recourse borrowing, the lender’s claim is not limited to the collateral (if any). |
The following table summarizes the Company’s operating results for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022 and the six-month period ended June 30, 2022:
|
|
|
Three-Month |
|
Per |
|
Three-Month |
|
Per |
|
Six-Month |
|
Per |
||||||||||||
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Credit: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest income and other income(1) |
|
$ |
51,628 |
|
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
44,506 |
|
|
$ |
0.76 |
|
|
$ |
96,134 |
|
|
$ |
1.61 |
|
|
Realized gain (loss), net |
|
|
3,410 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
7,339 |
|
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
10,749 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
|
Unrealized gain (loss), net (2) |
|
|
(61,795 |
) |
|
|
(1.02 |
) |
|
|
(23,832 |
) |
|
|
(0.41 |
) |
|
|
(85,627 |
) |
|
|
(1.44 |
) |
|
Interest rate hedges, net(3) |
|
|
3,424 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
13,930 |
|
|
|
0.24 |
|
|
|
17,354 |
|
|
|
0.29 |
|
|
Credit hedges and other activities, net(4) |
|
|
5,266 |
|
|
|
0.09 |
|
|
|
1,420 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
6,686 |
|
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
Interest expense(5) |
|
|
(22,757 |
) |
|
|
(0.38 |
) |
|
|
(12,245 |
) |
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
(35,002 |
) |
|
|
(0.59 |
) |
|
Other investment related expenses |
|
|
(4,821 |
) |
|
|
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
(9,073 |
) |
|
|
(0.16 |
) |
|
|
(13,894 |
) |
|
|
(0.23 |
) |
|
Earnings (losses) from investments in unconsolidated entities |
|
|
(23,265 |
) |
|
|
(0.38 |
) |
|
|
(5,506 |
) |
|
|
(0.09 |
) |
|
|
(28,771 |
) |
|
|
(0.48 |
) |
|
Total Credit profit (loss) |
|
|
(48,910 |
) |
|
|
(0.80 |
) |
|
|
16,539 |
|
|
|
0.28 |
|
|
|
(32,371 |
) |
|
|
(0.54 |
) |
|
Agency RMBS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest income |
|
|
11,049 |
|
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
|
8,198 |
|
|
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
19,247 |
|
|
|
0.32 |
|
|
Realized gain (loss), net |
|
|
(22,040 |
) |
|
|
(0.36 |
) |
|
|
(12,398 |
) |
|
|
(0.21 |
) |
|
|
(34,438 |
) |
|
|
(0.58 |
) |
|
Unrealized gain (loss), net |
|
|
(39,982 |
) |
|
|
(0.66 |
) |
|
|
(75,283 |
) |
|
|
(1.29 |
) |
|
|
(115,265 |
) |
|
|
(1.94 |
) |
|
Interest rate hedges and other activities, net(3) |
|
|
41,215 |
|
|
|
0.68 |
|
|
|
61,172 |
|
|
|
1.05 |
|
|
|
102,387 |
|
|
|
1.72 |
|
|
Interest expense(5) |
|
|
(2,583 |
) |
|
|
(0.04 |
) |
|
|
(1,176 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
(3,759 |
) |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
Other investment related expenses |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(610 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(610 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
Total Agency RMBS profit (loss) |
|
|
(12,341 |
) |
|
|
(0.20 |
) |
|
|
(20,097 |
) |
|
|
(0.34 |
) |
|
|
(32,438 |
) |
|
|
(0.55 |
) |
|
Total Credit and Agency RMBS profit (loss) |
|
|
(61,251 |
) |
|
|
(1.00 |
) |
|
|
(3,558 |
) |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
(64,809 |
) |
|
|
(1.09 |
) |
|
Other interest income (expense), net |
|
|
256 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
240 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Income tax (expense) benefit |
|
|
7,825 |
|
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
6,960 |
|
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
14,785 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
Other expenses |
|
|
(8,281 |
) |
|
|
(0.14 |
) |
|
|
(9,884 |
) |
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
(18,165 |
) |
|
|
(0.30 |
) |
|
Net income (loss) (before incentive fee) |
|
|
(61,451 |
) |
|
|
(1.01 |
) |
|
|
(6,498 |
) |
|
|
(0.11 |
) |
|
|
(67,949 |
) |
|
|
(1.14 |
) |
|
Incentive fee |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net income (loss) |
|
|
(61,451 |
) |
|
|
(1.01 |
) |
|
|
(6,498 |
) |
|
|
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(67,949 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.14 |
) |
|
Less: Dividends on preferred stock |
|
|
3,821 |
|
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
|
3,824 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
7,645 |
|
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-participating non-controlling interests |
|
|
433 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
(294 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
139 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders and participating non-controlling interests |
|
|
(65,705 |
) |
|
|
(1.08 |
) |
|
|
(10,028 |
) |
|
|
(0.17 |
) |
|
|
(75,733 |
) |
|
|
(1.27 |
) |
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to participating non-controlling interests |
|
|
(824 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(126 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(950 |
) |
|
|
||||||
|
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
|
$ |
(64,881 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.08 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,902 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.17 |
) |
|
$ |
(74,783 |
) |
|
$ |
(1.27 |
) |
|
Weighted average shares of common stock and convertible units(6) outstanding |
|
|
60,791 |
|
|
|
|
|
58,347 |
|
|
|
|
|
59,576 |
|
|
|
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|
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding |
|
|
60,028 |
|
|
|
|
|
57,614 |
|
|
|
|
|
58,828 |
|
|
|
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(1) |
Other income primarily consists of rental income on real estate owned and loan origination fees. |
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(2) |
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2022, consists of $(95.8) million of net unrealized losses on securitized non-QM loans, $67.3 million of net unrealized gains on the related other secured borrowings, at fair value, $7.4 million of unrealized gains on senior notes, at fair value, and $(40.7) million of other net unrealized losses. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, consists of $(47.3) million of net unrealized losses on securitized non-QM loans, $55.6 million of net unrealized gains on the related other secured borrowings, at fair value, and $(32.1) million of other net unrealized losses. For the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, consists of $(143.2) million of net unrealized losses on securitized non-QM loans, $122.9 million of net unrealized gains on the related other secured borrowings, at fair value, $7.4 million of unrealized gains on senior notes, at fair value, and $(72.7) million of other net unrealized losses. |
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(3) |
Includes U.S. Treasury securities, if applicable. |
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(4) |
Other activities include certain equity and other trading strategies and related hedges, and net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency. |
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(5) |
Includes allocable portion of interest expense on the Company’s senior unsecured notes. |
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(6) |
Convertible units include Operating Partnership units attributable to participating non-controlling interests. |
About Ellington Financial
Ellington Financial invests in a diverse array of financial assets, including residential and commercial mortgage loans, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, consumer loans and asset-backed securities backed by consumer loans, collateralized loan obligations, non-mortgage and mortgage-related derivatives, debt and equity investments in loan origination companies, and other strategic investments. Ellington Financial is externally managed and advised by Ellington Financial Management LLC, an affiliate of Ellington Management Group, L.L.C.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 5, 2022, to discuss its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (800) 225-9448 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and reference the conference ID EFCQ222. International callers should dial (203) 518-9708 and reference the same conference ID. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the “For Our Shareholders” section of the Company’s web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com. To listen to the live webcast, please visit www.ellingtonfinancial.com at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install necessary audio software. In connection with the release of these financial results, the Company also posted an investor presentation, that will accompany the conference call, on its website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com under “For Our Shareholders—Presentations.”
A dial-in replay of the conference call will be available on Friday, August 5, 2022, at approximately 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time through Friday, August 12, 2022 at approximately 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. To access this replay, please dial (800) 839-5637. International callers should dial (402) 220-2562. A replay of the conference call will also be archived on the Company’s web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from the Company’s beliefs, expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “goal,” “objective,” “will,” “may,” “seek,” or similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, or intentions. Examples of forward-looking statements in this press release include without limitation management’s beliefs regarding the current economic and investment environment and the Company’s ability to implement its investment and hedging strategies, performance of the Company’s investment and hedging strategies, the Company’s exposure to prepayment risk in its Agency portfolio, and statements regarding the drivers of the Company’s returns.
Contacts
Investors:
Ellington Financial Inc.
Investor Relations
(203) 409-3575
info@ellingtonfinancial.com
or
Media:
Amanda Shpiner/Sara Widmann
Gasthalter & Co.
for Ellington Financial
(212) 257-4170
Ellington@gasthalter.com
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