Ellington Financial (EFC) Preferred Dividend Payments (2019 - 2026)
Ellington Financial's Preferred Dividend Payments came in at $4.21 million for Q2 2026, down 40.2% from $7.04 million a year earlier and down 28.5% from the prior quarter.
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Ellington Financial (EFC) Preferred Dividend Payments (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Ellington Financial reported Preferred Dividend Payments of $24.14 million, down 14.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $28.13 million, up 1.5% from FY2024.
- Preferred Dividend Payments has increased in each of the last six years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 29.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Preferred Dividend Payments was $27.7 million in FY2024 (+19.5%), $23.18 million in FY2023 (+51.6%), $15.29 million in FY2022 (+88.4%) and $8.12 million in FY2021 (+4.6%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Preferred Dividend Payments since Q4 2022.
- Year-over-year, Preferred Dividend Payments has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 1.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Preferred Dividend Payments over five years came in Q1 2022 (growth of 97.0%), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a decline of 40.2%).
- Business Quant data shows EFC's Preferred Dividend Payments at $5.88 million (Q1 2026), $6.98 million (Q4 2025) and $7.07 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Pref Dividends (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocket Companies | 43.90 Bn | 29.58 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Orix | 42.96 Bn | 43.46 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Royalty Pharma | 33.48 Bn | 33.39 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae | 23.94 Bn | 23.94 Bn | - | 3.83 Bn |
| 5 | Affirm Holdings | 23.37 Bn | 17.06 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Synchrony Financial | 23.31 Bn | -44.66 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Royal Gold | 20.23 Bn | 19.45 Bn | 390.45 Mn | - |
| 8 | Annaly Capital Management | 15.24 Bn | 6.34 Bn | - | 41.04 Mn |
| 9 | Ares Capital | 13.90 Bn | 11.34 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Ellington Financial | 1.56 Bn | 791.25 Mn | - | 4.21 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.21 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.88 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.07 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.04 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.04 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.39 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.11 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.98 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.12 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.82 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.82 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.82 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.30 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.94 Mn |
API Access
Ellington Financial Preferred Dividend Payments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=preferred-dividend-payments&ticker=EFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "preferred-dividend-payments", "ticker": "EFC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=preferred-dividend-payments&ticker=EFC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();