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Chimera Investment Corporation

Ticker CIMNEW YORK, NYFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $25.90Diluted shares 83.8M

Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) invests in, originates and manages primarily residential real estate assets. Its portfolio includes residential mortgage loans, Agency and Non-Agency mortgage-backed securities, mortgage servicing rights, business-purpose loans and other real estate-related investments;… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Chimera Investment Corporation reported net income of $230.50M. Operations used $248.88M in cash.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
—
0.00%FY2025
$230.50MFY2025
+30.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $-170.44M
8.96%FY2025
+2 percentage points
Last 12 mo -7.85%
Cash & financing
$-248.88MFY2025
−221.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $-649.01M
$-248.88MFY2025
−221.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $-649.01M
0.10FY2025
Was 0.05× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.12
83.9MFY2025
+2.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 83.8M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Chimera Investment Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) invests in, originates and manages primarily residential real estate assets. Its portfolio includes residential mortgage loans, Agency and Non-Agency mortgage-backed securities, mortgage servicing rights, business-purpose loans and other real estate-related investments; through its wholly owned HomeXpress Mortgage subsidiary, it also originates consumer non-qualified mortgage, investor business-purpose and other residential loans. Chimera operates two reportable segments: Investment Portfolio, covering its investments and third-party advisory services, and Residential Origination, comprising HomeXpress’s mortgage origination business. HomeXpress primarily serves borrowers through independent mortgage brokers and bankers, selling originated loans to institutional investors. Chimera also provides investment management and advisory services to third parties through Palisades Advisory Services. In 2025, it acquired HomeXpress, expanding its mortgage lending platform; HomeXpress originated and acquired approximately $3.4 billion in mortgage loans that year. Chimera’s investment portfolio primarily comprises residential mortgage loans, with Agency mortgage-backed securities also representing a substantial allocation at year-end 2025. Its website is www.chimerareit.com.

Company details
Sector
Financials
Industry (SIC)
REITs
Headquarters
NEW YORK, NY
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1409493
SIC
6798

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-631.38M$-276.43M$78.52M$433.48M$788.43M201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Chimera Investment Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

150
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$344.37M
held by funds, at market
30.7%
of shares held by funds
1
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Chimera Investment Corporation’s weight in each

Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund
TIBAX · THORNBURG INVESTMENT TRUST
0.31%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.04%of fund net assets
VANGUARD SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND
VB · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
PIMCO RAE US Small Fund
PMJIX · PIMCO Equity Series
0.52%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Chimera Investment Corporation’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 1 issues of Chimera Investment Corporation’s debt, $0.24M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 9.00%, maturing 2029 to 2029.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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