EFCEllington Financial Inc.
+0.3% today · −1.1% over a year
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Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 13.29%.
Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) dividends: trailing yield 13.29%, next ex-dividend date 30 Oct 2026, 5-year growth 1.1% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom
- Last 12 months
- 13.29% → 10.94%
- Forward
- 13.29% → 10.94%
Of every 100 paid out
- Withheld at source (United States)
- 15.00%
- Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
- 0.00%
- Cyprus GeSY health contribution
- 2.65%
- You keep
- 82.35%
- Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
- US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
- US REIT dividends are assumed to get the treaty rate of 15 %; check your Form 1042-S.
- GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.
Cyprus resident, domiciled: 10.94%
Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax
Next payment
- Ex-dividend date
- 30 Oct 2026
- Payment date
- 30 Nov 2026
- Amount per share
- $0.13
- Status
- Announced
Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +1.1%
- Years of dividend growth
- 0
- Years without a cut
- 1
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
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Serious warning. Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high. More in the glossary →Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high.
Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary →Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
Unverified dividendA high yield reported by a single source only, not yet cross-checked.
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | 30 Nov 2026 | $0.13 | Regular | Announced | 1 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Oct 2026 | $0.13 | Regular | Verified | 2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | — | $0.13 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | — | $0.13 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
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