Discontinued — last reported Q3 '24
Ellington Financial Inc. Corporate and Other — Operating Expenses increased by 6.3% to $11.55M in Q3 2024 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 11.5%, from $10.36M to $11.55M. Over 2 years (FY 2021 to FY 2023), Corporate and Other — Operating Expenses shows an upward trend with a 26.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase may indicate rising administrative overhead or strategic investments in corporate infrastructure, while a decrease suggests improved cost management or reduced corporate-level activity.
This metric represents the aggregate costs incurred by the corporate headquarters and administrative functions that are...
Peers in the specialty finance and REIT sectors typically report these as 'General and Administrative' or 'Corporate Overhead' expenses, which are often benchmarked as a percentage of total assets under management or total revenue.
efc_segment_corporate_and_other_operating_expenses| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$10.95M | -$10.95M | -$10.95M | $11.82M | $7.79M | $7.34M | -$58.70M | $8.95M | $12.95M | $10.36M | $37.35M | $11.41M | $10.86M | $11.55M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +207.9% | -34.1% | -5.7% | -899.5% | +115.2% | +44.7% | -20.0% | +260.5% | -69.4% | -4.8% | +6.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +171.1% | +167.1% | -436.1% | -24.2% | +66.3% | +41.1% | +163.6% | +27.5% | -16.1% | +11.5% |