Ellington Financial Inc. · EFC · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 11, 2026
$11.24 -0.97% on the day, -$0.11
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.56·13.88%
$0.13 monthly x 12 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.13/mo
pays ~Dec 26 (est.) ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 30est.
ex in 19 days ⓘ
Years without a cut
2 yrs
since the 2023 cut (-60.0%) ⓘ
Paying since
2010
128 payments on file
Yield vs history ⓘ
81
Well above its usual yield
EFC share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
EFC Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y 0.0%3Y -4.7%5Y -2.8%10Y -1.4%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). The enlarge button shows all 128 payments since 2010.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 declared and not yet paid; 1 estimated from the current $0.13 rate), not a promise. Years with an extra or a missing payment (dates sliding across New Year) are compared per payment.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: 0% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Today's $1.56 a year would stay $1.56 by 2031 - 13.88% on today's $11.24 price.

How Many EFC Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.56 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 3,847 EFC shares, about $43,240 at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $11.24. $1,000 a month takes about 7,693 shares, about $86,469. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

Ellington Financial (EFC) pays $0.13 a share monthly, $1.56 a year, a 13.88% run-rate yield at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $11.24. It has made 128 dividend payments since 2010.

At today’s rate of $0.13 monthly and the last close of $11.24, this is what EFC pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.13$0.13$1.56
100 shares$13.00$13.00$156.00
$10,000 invested (889.7 shares)$115.66$115.66$1,387.90
3,847 shares ($500/mo)$500.11$500.11$6,001.32
7,693 shares ($1,000/mo)$1,000.09$1,000.09$12,001.08

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 EFC shares reinvest into 1.16 new shares each payment, about 14.8 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 87 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with EFC’s own history in the EFC DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (cash flow): does cash from the business cover the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history

EFC Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

81/100Well above its usual yieldvs its 2-yr history
  • EFC yields 13.88% today, at the Nov 11, 2026 close of $11.24.
  • Its own 2-year median is 12.22%, so today’s yield is well above its usual level.
  • No steady norm: a cut in 2023 skews its yield history. So this reads today’s yield against its own 2-year history as it is.
Since Jan 2024: lowest to highest month-end yield
10.87% low15.89% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 2-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 2 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is EFC’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After November 2026

EFC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 31 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 26, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.13 a share, went ex on Oct 30, 2026 and pays around November 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 31 days (monthly)
  • Payment: usually about 26 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does EFC Pay?

EFC pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 31 days, and the cash usually lands about 26 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$1.56 a share, in 12 payments.
-7.7% against the 12 months before ($1.69 in 13 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays every month.
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last change: cut Dec 7, 2023 - $0.15 to $0.06 (-60.00%)
  • Last raise: Apr 29, 2021 - $0.10 to $0.14 (+$0.04, +40.00%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.01 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • FFO payout (approx.): 86.7% - $1.56 paid / $1.80 FFO per share (net income + depreciation & amortization, 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026)
  • Cash-flow payout: n/a (operating cash flow per share negative) - $1.56 paid / -$5.78 operating cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 300.0% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • GAAP EPS payout (context): 94.0% - $1.56 paid / $1.66 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 139.8% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
REITs pay from funds from operations; GAAP EPS understates coverage.

EFC vs Similar Dividend Stocks (IIPR, GNL...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Real Estate companies closest to EFC in market value, EFC’s 13.88% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 6.18%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 7th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating No cut ⓘ
EFC $11.24Ellington Financial $0.13/mo$1.56/yr fwd 13.88% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 2 yrsno raise streak
IIPR $55.03Innovative Industrial Properties $1.90/qtr$7.60/yr fwd 13.81% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 8+ yrsraised 8+ yrs in a row
GNL $6.85Global Net Lease $0.19/qtr$0.76/yr fwd 11.09% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 0 yrsno raise streak
CBL $52.54CBL & Associates Properties $0.625/qtr$2.50/yr fwd 4.76% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 3+ yrsraised 3+ yrs in a row
PMREF $16.25Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust $0.052/mo$0.62/yr fwd 3.84% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 1+ yrraised 1+ yr in a row
AAT $21.55American Assets Trust $0.34/qtr$1.36/yr fwd 6.31% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 5 yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
EQR $58.72Equity Residential $0.7025/qtr$2.81/yr fwd 4.79% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 9 yrsraised 4 yrs in a row
ALX $249.95Alexander's $4.50/qtr$18.00/yr fwd 7.20% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 12 yrsno raise streak
UMH $14.90UMH Properties $0.225/qtr$0.90/yr fwd 6.04% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 17 yrsraised 5 yrs in a row
DEI $10.00Douglas Emmett $0.19/qtr$0.76/yr fwd 7.60% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 3 yrsno raise streak
DHC $7.40Diversified Healthcare Trust $0.01/qtr$0.04/yr fwd 0.54% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only 5 yrsno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: EFC vs IIPR, EFC vs GNL, EFC vs CBL.

EFC Dividend History: Every Payment Since 2010

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Oct 30, 2026Nov 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Sep 30, 2026Oct 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Aug 31, 2026Sep 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Jul 31, 2026Aug 3, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Jun 30, 2026Jul 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
May 29, 2026Jun 1, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Apr 30, 2026May 4, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Mar 31, 2026Apr 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Feb 27, 2026Mar 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
Jan 30, 2026Feb 2, 2026$0.13MonthlyRegular
The other 118 EFC payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 128 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for EFC

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EFC Dividend Questions

How often does EFC pay dividends?

EFC pays monthly, 12 times a year. The ex-date comes about every 31 days, and the cash usually lands about 26 days later.

Does EFC pay dividends monthly?

Yes. EFC pays monthly, 12 times a year.

When is the next EFC dividend?

EFC has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual rhythm of about 31 days between ex-dates, the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 26, 2026. An estimate, not a promise: only the declaration makes it final. The latest one, $0.13 a share, went ex on Oct 30, 2026 and pays around November 2026. The current rate is $0.13 per share, $1.56 a year.

Does EFC pay a dividend in December 2026?

Not declared yet. By its usual rhythm the next ex-date falls around Nov 30, 2026, with the cash around Dec 26, 2026, so a payment in December 2026 is likely. Only the company’s declaration makes it final.

How much does EFC pay per share?

EFC pays $0.13 a share monthly, $1.56 a year. At the Nov 11, 2026 close of $11.24 that is a 13.88% run-rate yield, well above its usual level: its own 2-year median is 12.22%.

Has EFC raised its dividend?

EFC has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Apr 29, 2021, took the rate from $0.10 to $0.14 (+40.00%). Since then the rate was cut on Dec 7, 2023, from $0.15 to $0.06. Over five years the dividend grew -2.8% a year.

Is EFC’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. It has gone 2 years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 7-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my EFC dividends?

Add EFC to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run EFC in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 11, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 7 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.