What is Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense?

Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) reported interest expense of $88.25M in Q1 2026.

How has Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense changed year-over-year?

Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense increased by 21.5% year-over-year, from $72.66M to $88.25M.

What is the long-term trend for Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense has grown at a 62.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $44.03M to $304.53M.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Ellington Financial Inc. EFC Interest Expense

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Segments

By segment

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Investment Portfolio Segment$48.08M-6.8%

Longbridge Segment$28.78M+73.2%

Corporate Segment and Other Operating Segment$11.39M+154%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$149.5M+29.0%

Net income$95.5M+202%

EPS (diluted)$0.58+441%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$191.5M-11.9%

Total debt$643.0M+155%

Total equity$1.9B+18.9%

Total assets$20.2B+21.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$10.0M+92.1%

CapEx-$168.0K—

Free cash flow-$10.1M+92.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.72B+37.4%

Enterprise value$2.17B+70.3%

P/E9.4×-1.6×

P/S3.3×+0.4×

Profitability

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Operating margin32.9%—

Net margin34.6%+6.1pp

FCF margin-115.6%+364pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.3%+2.5pp

Debt / equity0.3×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Ellington Financial Inc. in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpenseOperating.

The official record: Ellington Financial Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense?: Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) reported interest expense of $88.25M in Q1 2026.
How has Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense changed year-over-year?: Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense increased by 21.5% year-over-year, from $72.66M to $88.25M.
What is the long-term trend for Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Ellington Financial Inc.'s interest expense has grown at a 62.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $44.03M to $304.53M.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.