Ellington Financial Inc. · NYSE:EFC

Ellington Financial — Q2 2022 Earnings Presentation

35 slides from Ellington Financial's earnings presentation, Aug 4, 2022

  1. Slide 1: Earnings Conference Call Q2 2022

    Earnings Conference Call Q2 August 5, 2022 2022 Q 2 2 0 2 2 E A R N IN G S

  2. 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

  3. Slide 3: Second Quarter Highlights

    Second Quarter Highlights(1) • Net loss: $(64.9) million or $(1.08) per share Overall Results • Economic return:(2) (6.0)% for the quarter • Adjusted Distributable Earnings:(3) $24.9 million or $0.41 per share • Credit gross loss: $(48.9) million(4) or $(0.80) per share Credit Strategy • Long credit

  4. Slide 4: Portfolio Summary as of June 30, 2022

    Portfolio Summary as of June 30, 2022(1) Proprietary portfolio of high-yielding, short-duration loans, and opportunistic securities Allocated Fair Value Average Price WAVG Mkt Strategy Equity(2) ($ in $1,000s) (%) (3)(7) WAVG Life (5)(7) Yield(6)(7) Equity and Asset Allocation by Strategy Credit Res

  5. Slide 5: Operating Results by Strategy

    Operating Results by Strategy Three-Month Three-Month Period Ended Per Period Ended Per (In thousands, except per share amounts) June 30, 2022 Share March 31, 2022 Share Credit: Interest income and other income (1) 51,628 $ 0.85 $ 44,506 $ 0.76 Realized gain (loss), net 3,410 0.06 7,339 0.13 Unreali

  6. Slide 6: Long Credit Portfolio

    Long Credit Portfolio* G H G H F 1% 1% F 1% 1% E A D 4% A E 6% 1% 8% 22% A: CMBS & Commercial Loans & REO(3)(4) D 2% 8% 24% B: Consumer Loans & ABS(2) C: Residential Loans & REO(3) $2.66 bn 4% B D: CLOs(2) $2.30 bn 5% B E: Non-Agency RMBS F: Debt and Equity Investments in Loan Originators G: Non-Dol

  7. Slide 7: Long Agency Portfolio

    Long Agency Portfolio ARMs Fixed RM IOs RM ARMs 1% 1% Fixed IOs 15-Year Fixed Fixed Fixed 3% 2% 3% 2% 15-Year Fixed 13% 14% 20-Year 20-Year Fixed <1% Fixed 1% 1% $1.34 bn $1.50 bn 79% 81% 30-Year 30-Year Fixed Fixed As of 6/30/2022(1) As of 3/31/2022(1) Fair Value(1) Wtd. Avg. Fair Value(1) Wtd. Avg

  8. Slide 8: Summary of Borrowings

    Summary of Borrowings ($ in thousands) As of 6/30/2022 Three-Month Period Ended 6/30/22 Average Average Cost Outstanding Weighted Average Collateral Type Borrowings Borrowing Rate Borrowings of Funds Credit(1) $2,995,234 3.07% $ 2,713,209 2.80% Agency RMBS 1,339,362 0.87% 1,401,617 0.57% Borrowings

  9. Slide 9: Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail

    Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail(1)(2) Mobile Office Home FL Retail 9% 3% All Other 20% Mixed 5% States Use 3% <5% 36% Industrial 6% 6% NY Property Type Geography 6% 6% Hotel AZ 68% 13% Multifamily 19% GA TX Floating First Lien with floor Seniority Interest Rate Type 100% 10

  10. Slide 10: 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

  11. Slide 11: Stable Economic Return

    Stable Economic Return Standard Deviation of Quarterly Economic Returns of Hybrid REITs, Q1-2011 – Q1-2022(1)(2) Standard Company Deviation EFC 3.7% Hybrid REIT #02 5.9% Hybrid REIT #03 6.0% Hybrid REIT #04 6.3% Hybrid REIT #05 7.4% Hybrid REIT #06 9.6% Hybrid REIT #07 12.8% Hybrid REIT #08 13.4% Hy

  12. Slide 12: Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis

    Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis(1) Estimated Change in Fair Value 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 $ 35,600 2.89% $ (37

  13. Slide 13: Commitment to ESG

    Commitment to ESG Ellington is committed to corporate social responsibility. We recognize the importance of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors, and believe that the implementation of ESG policies will benefit our employees, support long-term stockholder performance, and make a posi

  14. Slide 14: Supplemental Slides

    Supplemental Slides Q 2 2 0 2 2 E A R N IN G S 14

  15. Slide 15: Second Quarter Market Update

    Second Quarter Market Update Quarter Ended 6/30/2022 Q2/Q1 3/31/2022 Q1/Q4 12/31/2021 Q4/Q3 9/30/2021 Q3/Q2 6/30/2021 UST (%)(1) 3M UST 1.63 +1.14 0.48 +0.45 0.03 -0.00 0.03 -0.01 0.04 2Y UST 2.95 +0.62 2.33 +1.60 0.73 +0.46 0.28 +0.03 0.25 5Y UST 3.04 +0.58 2.46 +1.20 1.26 +0.30 0.96 +0.08 0.89 10Y

  16. Slide 16: Derivatives Summary as of June 30, 2022

    Derivatives Summary as of June 30, 2022(1) Short ($ in thousands) Long Notional Notional Net Notional Fair Value Mortgage-Related Derivatives: CDS on MBS and MBS Indices $ 519 $ (17,202) $ (16,683) $ 2,257 Total Net Mortgage-Related Derivatives $ 2,257 Corporate-Related Derivatives: CDS on Corporate

  17. Slide 17: Credit Hedging Portfolio

    Credit Hedging Portfolio(1)(2) Instrument Corporate CDS Indices/ Tranches/ Single Name ABS CDS European Category Options/ Single Names and ABX Indices Sovereign Debt CMBX Units HY CDX OTR Bond Equivalent Value(3)(4) Bond Equivalent Value(4) Market Value Bond Equivalent Value(4) • EFC’s dynamic credi

  18. Slide 18: Diversified Credit Portfolio

    Diversified Credit Portfolio Diversified sources of return to perform over market cycles Other 2% Commercial Mortgages • Bridge Loans • CMBS, B-Pieces & Credit Bonds Residential Mortgages • NPLs • Non-QM Loans • REO • Residential Transition Loans 28% • NPL / RPL • Non-Agency / Non-Conforming • Rever

  19. Slide 19: Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio

    Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio(1) We deploy a dynamic and adaptive hedging strategy to preserve book value F E F 10.2% <1% 1.1% E <1% 34.3% A: >5 Yr Interest Rate Swaps A A D 43.4% B: 2-5Yr Treasuries and Treasury Futures 41.1% $824.7mm C: >5 Yr Treasuries and Treasury Futures $801.5mm D: TB

  20. Slide 20: Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio (continued)

    Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio (continued) Net Agency Pool Exposure Based on Fair Value(1) As of 6/30/2022 As of 3/31/2022 $1,400 $1,600 $1,200 $1,400 Long Agency Pools Long Agency $1,000 $1,311 $1,200 Pools $1,476 $1,000 $800 $800 $600 Net Long ($ in millions) ($ in millions) $600 Net Long

  21. Slide 21: CPR Breakout of Agency Fixed Long Portfolio

    CPR Breakout of Agency Fixed Long Portfolio Average for Quarter Ended 6/30/2022(1) Average for Quarter Ended 3/31/2022(1) Other Other 25% 24% Loan Loan Balance 34% Balance 38% Jumbo Jumbo <1% <1% Geography 11% 12% Geography 9% 11% 2% 13% 2% 17% MHA MHA Non- Non- Low Owner Owner Low FICO FICO Collate

  22. Slide 22: Repo Borrowings

    Repo Borrowings(1) Borrowings by Days to Maturity ($ in thousands) Repo Borrowings as of June 30, 2022 % of Total Remaining Days to Maturity Credit Agency U.S. Treasury Total >364 30 Days or Borrowings Days, 10% Less, 11% 30 Days or Less $ 7,379 $ 277,526 $ 24,263 $ 309,168 10.8% 181-364 Days, 28% 3

  23. Slide 23: Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles

    Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles(1) COVID Six-Month Period Pandemic Ended June 30 ($ in thousands) Years Ended 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Long: Credit (56,411) -4.4% $188,562 18.1% $53,736 6.2% $73,919 11.1% $61,201 10.0% $61,136 9.6% $36,203 5.3% Credit Hedge and Other 6,686 0

  24. Slide 24: 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 2022 is approximately 250%, or 8.8% annualized(1) Diluted BVP

  25. Slide 25: Capital, Leverage & Portfolio Composition

    Capital, Leverage & Portfolio Composition Capital Usage Across Entire Portfolio(1) Leverage by Strategy (Debt-to-Equity)(1) Credit and Agency Portfolios by Fair Value(7) Average Price – Credit and Agency(6)(7) $ in Millions Q 2 2 0 2 2 E A R N IN G S 25

  26. Slide 26: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)

    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) June 30, 2022 March 31, 2022 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 224,451 $ 363,529 Restricted cash - 175 Securities, at fair value 1,757,513 1,877,529 Loans, at fair value 3,490,820 2,884,627 Investmen

  27. Slide 27: Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

    Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited) Three-Month Period Ended (In thousands, except per share amounts) June 30, 2022 March 31, 2022 Net Interest Income Interest income $ 62,722 $ 51,074 Interest expense (26,024) (14,017) Total net interest income $ 36,698 $ 37,057 Other Income

  28. Slide 28: Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings

    Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings(1) Three-Month Period Ended (in thousands, except per share amounts) June 30, 2022 March 31, 2022(2) Net Income (Loss) $ (61,451) $ (6,498) Income tax expense (benefit) (7,825) (6,960) Net income (loss) before income tax expense

  29. Slide 29: About Ellington Management Group

    About Ellington Management Group Ellington and its Affiliated Management Companies Ellington Profile As of 6/30/2022 • Our external manager Ellington Financial Management LLC is part of the Ellington family of SEC-registered investment advisors(4) Founded: 1994 Employees: >170 • Ellington Management

  30. 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

  31. Slide 31: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 3 – Second Quarter Highlights (1) Holdings, leverage, equity and book value amounts are as of June 30, 2022. (2) Economic return is based on book value per share. (3) Adjusted Distributable Earnings, previously referred to as Core Earnings, is a non-GAAP financial measure. See slide 2

  32. Slide 32: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 6 – Long Credit Portfolio (1) See endnote (5) on slide 3. For our consolidated non-QM securitization trusts, excludes tranches that were sold to third parties, but that are consolidated for GAAP purposes. Including such tranches, the Company’s total long credit portfolio was $4.102 bi

  33. Slide 33: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 16– Derivatives Summary (1) In the table, fair value of certain derivative transactions are shown on a net basis. The accompanying financial statements separate derivative transactions as either assets or liabilities. As of June 30, 2022, derivative assets and derivative liabilities w

  34. Slide 34: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 24 – Total Return Since Inception (1) Total return is based on $18.61 net diluted book value per share at inception in August 2007 and is calculated assuming the reinvestment of dividends at diluted book value per share and assumes all convertible units were converted into common shar

  35. Slide 35: Investors and Media Contacts

    Investors: Investor Relations Ellington Financial Inc. (203) 409-3575 Info@ellingtonfinancial.com Media: Amanda Klein or Kevin FitzGerald Gasthalter & Co. for Ellington Financial Inc. (212) 257-4170 Ellington@gasthalter.com Ellington Financial Inc. 53 Forest Ave Old Greenwich, CT 06870 www.ellington

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