Ellington Financial Inc. · NYSE:EFC
Ellington Financial — Q2 2025 Earnings Presentation
37 slides from Ellington Financial's earnings presentation, Aug 8, 2025
Slide 1: Earnings Conference Call Q2 2025
Earnings Conference Call Q2 August 8, 2025 2025 Q2 2025 EARNINGS
Slide 2: Important Notice
Important Notice Forward-Looking Statements This presentation 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. Our actual results may diff
Slide 3: Second Quarter Highlights
Second Quarter Highlights(1) • Net income: $42.9 million or $0.45 per share(2) Overall Results • Economic return:(3) 3.3% for the quarter, non-annualized • Adjusted Distributable Earnings:(4) $45.0 million or $0.47 per share(4) • Net income: $56.8 million or $0.60 per share • Adjustable Distributabl
Slide 4: Portfolio Summary as of June 30, 2025
Portfolio Summary as of June 30, 2025(1) Allocated Fair Value Average Price WAVG Mkt (2) Equity and Asset Credit Equity ($ in $1,000s) (%)(3)(7) WAVG Life(5)(7) Yield(6)(7) Allocation by Strategy Non-QM Loans and Retained RMBS(8)(9)(10) $ 905,973 95.1 4.0 7.6% 2% Residential Transition Loans and Oth
Slide 5: Operating Results by Strategy for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2025
Operating Results by Strategy for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2025 Investment Portfolio Investment Portfolio Corporate/ Total (In thousands, except per share amounts) Credit Agency Subtotal Longbridge Other Total Per Share (1) Interest income and other income $ 87,096 $ 2,840 $ 89,936 $ 28,842 $ 1,66
Slide 6: Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings
Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings(1) Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2025 Investment (in thousands, except per share amounts) Longbridge Corporate/Other Total Portfolio Net Income (Loss) $ 57,433 $ 10,681 $ (17,041) $ 51,073 Income tax expense (benefit) - - 1,4
Slide 7: Long Credit Portfolio
Long Credit Portfolio* H I H I J J G G 2% 1% 2% 1% 3% 4% 3% 3% F F A 3% A A: Non-QM Loans and Retained RMBS(2)(3) 6% 23% E 27% E 5% B: Residential Transition Loans and other Residential 5% Mortgage Loans(2) D C: Commercial Mortgage Loans & CMBS(2)(4) D 10% $3.32 bn D: Closed-End Second Lien Loans &
Slide 8: Long Agency Portfolio
Long Agency Portfolio 15- RM Fixed RM Fixed Year Fixed IOs 15- Fixed IOs Fixed <1% Year 1% 5% Fixed 5% 2% 3% $268.5 mm $256.1 mm 93% 91% 30-Year 30-Year Fixed Fixed As of 6/30/2025(1) As of 3/31/2025(1) Fair Value(1) Wtd. Avg. Fair Value(1) Wtd. Avg. (2) Category ($ in MMs) Coupon Category ($ in MMs
Slide 9: Longbridge Portfolio
Longbridge Portfolio* E E <1% <1% D D 5% 5% C C 19% A: Proprietary reverse mortgage loans 19% B: Unsecuritized HECM loans(2) C: HMBS MSR Equivalent (3) $545.6 mm A $549.0 mm A D: Reverse MSRs 52% 52% E: Other B B 24% 24% As of 6/30/2025(1) As of 3/31/2025(1) • Longbridge originates reverse mortgage
Slide 10: Summary of Borrowings
Summary of Borrowings Recourse Borrowings ($ in thousands) As of 6/30/25 Three-Month Period Ended 6/30/25 Average Average Cost Outstanding Weighted Average Collateral Type Borrowings Borrowing Rate Borrowings of Funds Credit(1) $ 2,024,410 6.15% $ 2,060,456 6.29% Agency RMBS 194,536 4.52% 197,526 4.
Slide 11: Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail as of 6/30/25
Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail as of 6/30/25 (1)(2) Mobile Home 1% Self-Storage Mixed Office 1% Use 4% 6% FL Retail All Other 23% 7% States <5% 41% Industrial 7% Property Type Geography 10% 64% NY Hotel 21% Multifamily TX NJ 6% 9% Fixed First Lien 100% 6% Seniority Floating Interest Rat
Slide 12: Proprietary Loan Origination Businesses
Proprietary Loan Origination Businesses Ellington Financial’s vertically integrated, proprietary loan origination businesses are designed to: • Lock in a steady flow of high-quality loan originations • Leverage Ellington’s core strengths of data analysis and modeling to help shape the underwriting c
Slide 13: Stable Economic Return
Stable Economic Return Standard Deviation of Quarterly Economic Returns of Hybrid REITs, Q1-2011 – Q1-2025(1)(2) Standard 16.0% Company Deviation EFC 3.6% 14.0% Hybrid REIT #02 6.2% 12.0% Hybrid REIT #03 6.3% Hybrid REIT #04 6.8% 10.0% Hybrid REIT #05 9.1% 8.0% Hybrid REIT #06 13.0% 6.0% Hybrid REIT
Slide 14: Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis
Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis(1) Estimated Change in Fair Value As of 6/30/2025 50 Basis Point Decline in Interest Rates 50 Basis Point Increase in Interest Rates ($ in thousands) ∆ Fair Value % of Total Equity ∆ Fair Value % of Total Equity Agency RMBS – Fixed Pools and IOs excluding TBAs $ 6,
Slide 15: Supplemental Slides
Supplemental Slides Q2 2025 EARNINGS 15
Slide 16: Commitment to ESG
Commitment to ESG Environmental Social Governance • Our offices are conveniently located near • We invest in home mortgage loans, which support • We operate under a Code of Business mass transportation. homeownership and stability within communities. Conduct and Ethics. • We provide financial suppor
Slide 17: Second Quarter Market Update
Second Quarter Market Update Quarter Ended 6/30/2025 Q2/Q1 3/31/2025 Q1/Q4 12/31/2024 Q4/Q3 9/30/2024 (1) UST (%) 3M UST 4.29 -0.00 4.29 -0.02 4.31 -0.30 4.62 2Y UST 3.72 -0.16 3.88 -0.36 4.24 +0.60 3.64 5Y UST 3.80 -0.15 3.95 -0.43 4.38 +0.82 3.56 10Y UST 4.23 +0.02 4.21 -0.36 4.57 +0.79 3.78 30Y U
Slide 18: Derivatives Summary as of June 30, 2025
Derivatives Summary as of June 30, 2025(1) ($ in thousands) Long Notional Short Notional Net Notional Fair Value Mortgage-Related Derivatives: CDS on MBS and MBS Indices $ 199 $ (28,511) $ (28,312) $ 2,250 Total Net Mortgage-Related Derivatives $ 2,250 Corporate-Related Derivatives: CDS on Corporate
Slide 19: Credit Hedging Portfolio
Credit Hedging Portfolio(1)(2) Instrument Category Corporate CDS Indices/ Tranches/ Options/ Single Names CMBX Units HY CDX OTR Bond Equivalent Value(3)(4) Bond Equivalent Value(4) - (100.00) (200.00) (300.00) (400.00) (500.00) (600.00) 3/31/2025 6/30/2025 • EFC’s dynamic credit hedging strategy see
Slide 20: Diversified Credit Portfolio
Diversified Credit Portfolio Diversified sources of return to perform over market cycles Other Commercial Mortgages • Bridge Loans 3% • CMBS, B-Pieces & Credit Bonds • NPLs • REO Residential Mortgages 25% • Non-QM Loans • Residential Transition Loans • MSR-Related Investments • HELOCs • Closed-End S
Slide 21: Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio
Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio(1) We deploy a dynamic and adaptive hedging strategy to preserve book value C C 5.0% 4.8% A A: >5 Yr Interest Rate Swaps 38.1% B: 2-5Yr Interest Rate Swaps $200.6mm C: <2 Yr Interest Rate Swaps B 43.3% $294.2mm A 51.9% B 56.9% As of 6/30/2025 As of 3/31/2025 Sh
Slide 22: CPR Breakout of Agency Fixed Long Portfolio
CPR Breakout of Agency Fixed Long Portfolio Average for Quarter Ended 6/30/2025(1) Average for Quarter Ended 3/31/2025(1) Geography Other Other Geography 25% 21% 26% 21% Jumbo Jumbo <1% <1% Non- 6% Owner 21% Non- 6% 20% Loan Owner 8% 8% Balance Loan Balance High High LTV 19% LTV 19% Low Low FICO FIC
Slide 23: Repo Borrowings
Repo Borrowings(1) Borrowings by Days to Maturity ($ in thousands) Repo Borrowings as of June 30, 2025 Remaining Days to Reverse % of Total >364 Days 30 Days Credit Agency U.S. Treasury Total Maturity Mortgage Loans Borrowings 6% or Less 181-364 14% 30 Days or Less $ 28,014 $ 185,338 $ 120,210 $ - $
Slide 24: Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles
Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles(1)(2) Six-Month Period COVID Pandemic Ended June 30 Years Ended ($ in thousands) 2025 2024 2023(3) 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Long: Credit $ 125,972 7.7% $ 156,663 9.9% $ 103,239 7.7% $ (74,934) -6.0% $188,562 18.1% $53,736 6.2% $73,919 11.1% $61,201
Slide 25: Total Return Since Inception
Total Return Since Inception EFC has successfully preserved book value over market cycles, while producing strong results for investors • EFC life-to-date diluted net asset value-based total return from inception in August 2007 through Q2 2025 is approximately 315.2%, or 8.3% annualized(1) Diluted B
Slide 26: Capital, Leverage & Portfolio Composition
Capital, Leverage & Portfolio Composition Capital Usage By Strategy(1) Leverage by Strategy (Debt-to-Equity)(1) 10.0 6/30/2025 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.4 8.8 8.3 8.7 8.7 3/31/2025 8.0 12/31/2024 6.7 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.4 9/30/2024 4.0 9/30/2024 12/31/2024 3/31/2025 6/30/2025 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 10
Slide 27: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) June 30, 2025 March 31, 2025 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 211,013 $ 203,288 Restricted cash 19,617 14,027 Securities, at fair value 938,454 943,281 Loans, at fair value 14,668,365 14,274,158 Loa
Slide 28: Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited) Three-Month Period Ended (In thousands, except per share amounts) June 30, 2025 March 31, 2025 Net Interest Income Interest income $ 115,471 $ 115,913 Interest expense (72,128) (72,656) Total net interest income $ 43,343 $ 43,257 Other Incom
Slide 29: About Ellington Management Group
About Ellington Management Group Ellington and its Affiliated Management Companies Ellington Profile • Our external manager Ellington Financial Management LLC is part of the As of 6/30/2025 Ellington family of SEC-registered investment advisors(3) Founded: 1994 Employees: >160 • Ellington Management
Slide 30: Investment Highlights of EFC
Investment Highlights of EFC Diversified investment Proprietary portfolio of high- Dynamic interest-rate and portfolio across residential yielding, short-duration loans credit hedging designed to mortgage, commercial reduce volatility of book value mortgage, consumer loan, and earnings and corporate
Slide 31: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 3 – Second Quarter Highlights (1) Holdings, leverage, equity and book value amounts are as of June 30, 2025. (2) Represents $67.6 million of aggregate net income from the investment portfolio and Longbridge segments, less net of $24.6 million of preferred dividends accrued and certain
Slide 32: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 5 – Operating Results by Strategy for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2025 (1) Other income primarily consists of rental income on real estate owned, loan origination fees, and servicing income. (2) Includes U.S. Treasury securities, if applicable. (3) Other activities include certain equi
Slide 33: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 7 – Long Credit Portfolio (1) Includes REO at the lower of cost or fair value. Excludes hedges and other derivative positions. For our consolidated securitization trusts, excludes tranches that were sold to third parties, but that are consolidated for GAAP purposes. Including such tra
Slide 34: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 13 – Stable Economic Return (1) Source: Company filings. (2) Economic return is computed by adding back dividends to ending book value per share and comparing that amount to book value per share as of the beginning of the quarter. Slide 14 – Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis (1) The
Slide 35: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 21 – Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio (1) Agency interest rate hedges are shown in normalized units of risk, with each group of positions measured in “10-year equivalents; “10-year equivalents” for a group of positions represent the amount of 10-year U.S. Treasury securities tha
Slide 36: Endnotes
Endnotes Slide 29– About Ellington Management Group (1) Does not include partners formerly employed by Ellington who may have residual capital balances but who no longer have voting rights in the partnership. (2) Management and directors’ ownership includes common shares, operating partnership units
Slide 37: Investor Relations Contact
Investors: Investor Relations Ellington Financial Inc. (203) 409-3575 Info@ellingtonfinancial.com Media: Amanda Shpiner or Sara Widmann Gasthalter & Co. for Ellington Financial Inc. (212) 257-4170 Ellington@gasthalter.com Ellington Financial Inc. 53 Forest Ave Old Greenwich, CT 06870 www.ellingtonfi