Ellington Financial Inc. Current Principal increased by 5.6% to $596.86M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 49.1%, from $1.17B to $596.86M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Current Principal shows a downward trend with a -16.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase suggests portfolio expansion and deployment of capital, while a decrease may indicate asset sales or market value depreciation.
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other_investment_owned_underlying_face_amount_at_market_value| 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 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.73B | $1.87B | $1.99B | $1.94B | $1.79B | $1.56B | $1.47B | $1.43B | $1.57B | $1.62B | $1.64B | $1.41B | $1.38B | $1.02B | $903.46M | $1.17B | $872.34M | $898.89M | $565.24M | $596.86M |
| QoQ Change | — | +8.0% | +6.4% | -2.7% | -7.6% | -12.8% | -6.1% | -2.5% | +9.8% | +3.0% | +1.5% | -13.9% | -1.9% | -26.2% | -11.6% | +29.7% | -25.6% | +3.0% | -37.1% | +5.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +3.3% | -16.6% | -26.4% | -26.3% | -12.5% | +3.4% | +11.9% | -1.2% | -11.7% | -36.8% | -44.9% | -17.0% | -37.0% | -12.0% | -37.4% | -49.1% |