CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION REPORTS 1ST QUARTER 2022 EARNINGS

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Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) reported a GAAP net loss of $281 million ($1.19 per diluted share) for Q1 2022, contrasting with a profit of $139 million in Q1 2021. However, earnings available for distribution stood at $94 million ($0.39 per diluted share), including $0.07 from called agency CMBS securities. The company executed a strategy to acquire $807 million in residential re-performing loans and initiated a $328 million securitization. Despite the losses, these actions are anticipated to enhance earnings moving forward.

Positive

• Earnings available for distribution of $94 million ($0.39 per diluted share).
• Acquisition of $807 million in residential re-performing loans.
• Initiated a $328 million securitization expected to boost future earnings.

Negative

• GAAP net loss of $281 million ($1.19 per diluted share) compared to a profit in the previous year.
• Increase in net unrealized losses of $370 million on financial instruments.

• 1ST QUARTER GAAP NET LOSS OF $1.19 PER DILUTED COMMON SHARE

• 1ST QUARTER EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION⁽¹⁾ OF $0.39 PER DILUTED COMMON SHARE WHICH INCLUDES $0.07 OF INCOME FROM AGENCY CMBS SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED

• GAAP BOOK VALUE OF $10.15 PER COMMON SHARE

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE:CIM) today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. The Company’s GAAP net loss for the first quarter was $281 million, or $1.19 per diluted common share. Earnings available for distribution⁽¹⁾ for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 was $94 million, or $0.39 per diluted common.

“We began to prepare for a higher rate environment in 2021 by maintaining low leverage and optimizing our liability structure which included the re-securitizing $6 billion of our loans with long-term fixed-rate coupons. As rates began to rise this year, we have begun implementation of the next leg our strategy; to acquire higher yielding residential loans while continuing to obtain long-term financing through securitization”, said Mohit Marria, CEO and Chief Investment Officer. “This quarter we committed to acquire $807 million of residential re-performing loans and sponsored our first securitization of 2022 with $328 million CIM 2022-R1. We expect these actions to be accretive to earnings immediately.”

(1) Earnings available for distribution per adjusted diluted common share is a non-GAAP measure. See additional discussion on page 5.
(2) Economic return on book value is based on the change in GAAP book value per common share plus the dividend declared per common share.

Other Information

Chimera Investment Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is primarily engaged in the business of investing directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries, on a leveraged basis, in a diversified portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency CMBS, Agency RMBS, and other real estate related securities.

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents	$	165,728		$	385,741
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value (net of allowance for credit losses of $453 thousand and $213 thousand, respectively)		1,458,887			1,810,208
Agency RMBS, at fair value		74,104			60,487
Agency CMBS, at fair value		503,231			761,208
Loans held for investment, at fair value		12,905,280			12,261,926
Accrued interest receivable		72,418			69,513
Other assets		61,531			58,320
Total assets (1)	$	15,241,179		$	15,407,403
Liabilities:
Secured financing agreements ($4.5 billion and $4.4 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)	$	3,424,405		$	3,261,613
Securitized debt, collateralized by Non-Agency RMBS ($337 million and $365 million pledged as collateral, respectively)		84,188			87,999
Securitized debt at fair value, collateralized by Loans held for investment ($11.4 billion and $11.0 billion pledged as collateral, respectively)		8,010,170			7,726,043
Payable for investments purchased		259,796			477,415
Accrued interest payable		21,422			20,416
Dividends payable		86,560			86,152
Accounts payable and other liabilities		17,910			11,574
Total liabilities (1)	$	11,904,451		$	11,671,212
Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized:
8.00% Series A cumulative redeemable: 5,800,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($145,000 liquidation preference)	$	58		$	58
8.00% Series B cumulative redeemable: 13,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($325,000 liquidation preference)		130			130
7.75% Series C cumulative redeemable: 10,400,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($260,000 liquidation preference)		104			104
8.00% Series D cumulative redeemable: 8,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively ($200,000 liquidation preference)		80			80
Common stock: par value $0.01 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized, 237,044,792 and 236,951,266 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		2,370			2,370
Additional paid-in-capital		4,360,340			4,359,045
Accumulated other comprehensive income		364,099			405,054
Cumulative earnings		4,289,214			4,552,008
Cumulative distributions to stockholders		(5,679,667	)		(5,582,658	)
Total stockholders' equity	$	3,336,728		$	3,736,191
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	15,241,179		$	15,407,403

(1) The Company's consolidated statements of financial condition include assets of consolidated variable interest entities, or VIEs, that can only be used to settle obligations and liabilities of the VIE for which creditors do not have recourse to the primary beneficiary (Chimera Investment Corporation). As of March 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $11,025,170 and $10,666,591, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $7,564,121 and $7,223,655, respectively.

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2022			March 31, 2021
Net interest income:
Interest income (1)	$	202,175		$	243,127
Interest expense (2)		64,473			108,066
Net interest income		137,702			135,061
Increase/(decrease) in provision for credit losses		240			(126	)
Other investment gains (losses):
Net unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value		(370,167	)		270,012
Net realized gains (losses) on sales of investments		—			37,796
Gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt		—			(237,137	)
Total other gains (losses)		(370,167	)		70,671
Other expenses:
Compensation and benefits		11,353			13,439
General and administrative expenses		5,711			5,198
Servicing and asset manager fees		9,291			9,281
Transaction expenses		3,804			16,437
Total other expenses		30,159			44,355
Income (loss) before income taxes		(262,864	)		161,503
Income tax expense (benefit)		(70	)		3,912
Net income (loss)	$	(262,794	)	$	157,591
Dividends on preferred stock		18,408			18,438
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders	$	(281,202	)	$	139,153
Net income (loss) per share available to common shareholders:
Basic	$	(1.19	)	$	0.60
Diluted	$	(1.19	)	$	0.54
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		237,012,702			230,567,231
Diluted		237,012,702			261,435,081

(1) Includes interest income of consolidated VIEs of $131,066 and $158,100 for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(2) Includes interest expense of consolidated VIEs of $42,491 and $65,205 for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	For the Quarters Ended
	March 31, 2022			March 31, 2021
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)	$	(262,794	)	$	157,591
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net		(40,955	)		(38,652	)
Reclassification adjustment for net realized losses (gains) included in net income		—			(25,793	)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(40,955	)		(64,445	)
Comprehensive income (loss) before preferred stock dividends	$	(303,749	)	$	93,146
Dividends on preferred stock	$	18,408		$	18,438
Comprehensive income (loss) available to common stock shareholders	$	(322,157	)	$	74,708

Earnings available for distribution

Earnings available for distribution is a non-GAAP measure and is defined as GAAP net income excluding unrealized gains or losses on financial instruments carried at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings, realized gains or losses on the sales of investments, gains or losses on the extinguishment of debt, interest expense on long term debt, changes in the provision for credit losses, and transaction expenses incurred. In addition, stock compensation expense charges incurred on awards to retirement eligible employees is reflected as an expense over a vesting period (36 months) rather than reported as an immediate expense.

As defined, Earnings available for distribution is the Economic net interest income, as defined previously, reduced by compensation and benefits expenses (adjusted for awards to retirement eligible employees), general and administrative expenses, servicing and asset manager fees, income tax benefits or expenses incurred during the period, as well as the preferred dividend charges. We view Earnings available for distribution as a consistent measure of our investment portfolio's ability to generate income for distribution to common stockholders. Earnings available for distribution is one of the metrics, but not the exclusive metric, that our board of directors uses to determine the amount, if any, of dividends on our common stock. In addition, Earnings available for distribution is different than REIT taxable income and the determination of whether we have met the requirement to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (subject to certain adjustments) to our stockholders in order to maintain qualification as a REIT is not based on Earnings available for distribution. Therefore, Earnings available for distribution should not be considered as an indication of our REIT taxable income, a guaranty of our ability to pay dividends, or as a proxy for the amount of dividends we may pay, because Earnings available for distribution excludes certain items that impact our cash needs. We believe Earnings available for distribution as described above helps us and investors evaluate our financial performance period over period without the impact of certain transactions. Therefore, Earnings available for distribution should not be viewed in isolation and is not a substitute for net income or net income per basic share computed in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our methodology for calculating Earnings available for distribution may differ from the methodologies employed by other REITs to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our Earnings available for distribution may not be comparable to the Earnings available for distribution reported by other REITs.

The following table provides GAAP measures of net income and net income per diluted share available to common stockholders for the periods presented and details with respect to reconciling the line items to Earnings available for distribution and related per average diluted common share amounts. Earnings available for distribution is presented on an adjusted dilutive shares basis. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.

		For the Quarters Ended
		March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021				September 30, 2021				June 30, 2021				March 31, 2021
		(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
GAAP Net income (loss) available to common stockholders		$	(281,202	)		$	(718	)		$	313,030			$	144,883			$	139,153
Adjustments:
Net unrealized (gains) losses on financial instruments at fair value			370,167				108,286				(239,524	)			(36,108	)			(270,012	)
Net realized (gains) losses on sales of investments			—				—				—				(7,517	)			(37,796	)
(Gains) losses on extinguishment of debt			—				(980	)			25,622				21,777				237,137
Interest expense on long term debt			—				—				238				959				1,076
Increase (decrease) in provision for credit losses			240				92				(386	)			453				(126	)
Transaction expenses			3,804				4,241				3,432				5,745				16,437
Stock Compensation expense for retirement eligible awards			723				(363	)			(365	)			(361	)			661
Earnings available for distribution		$	93,732			$	110,558			$	102,047			$	129,831			$	86,530
GAAP net income (loss) per diluted common share		$	(1.19	)		$	(0.00	)		$	1.30			$	0.60			$	0.54
Earnings available for distribution per adjusted diluted common share		$	0.39			$	0.46			$	0.42			$	0.54			$	0.36

(1) We note that earnings available for distribution and taxable earnings will typically differ, and may materially differ, due to differences on realized gains and losses on investments and related hedges, credit loss recognition, timing differences in premium amortization, accretion of discounts, equity compensation and other items.

The following tables provide a summary of the Company’s MBS portfolio at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

		March 31, 2022
		Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)			Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis			Weighted Average Fair Value		Weighted Average Coupon			Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior		$	1,250,785		$	47.25		74.28		4.5	%		17.7	%
Subordinated			512,981			67.98		76.88		4.6	%		7.1	%
Interest-only			3,644,165			4.97		3.72		1.7	%		12.2	%
Agency RMBS
Interest-only			1,501,720			8.13		4.93		1.1	%		1.3	%
Agency CMBS
Project loans			329,515			102.01		108.10		4.4	%		4.2	%
Interest-only			2,779,083			5.55		5.29		0.7	%		4.0	%

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period end.

		December 31, 2021
		Principal or Notional Value at Period-End (dollars in thousands)			Weighted Average Amortized Cost Basis			Weighted Average Fair Value			Weighted Average Coupon			Weighted Average Yield at Period-End (1)
Non-Agency RMBS
Senior		$	1,283,788		$	48.02		$	76.78		4.5	%		18.0	%
Subordinated			845,432			68.10			77.12		3.8	%		7.1	%
Interest-only			3,904,665			4.90			4.42		1.7	%		13.2	%
Agency RMBS
Interest-only			992,978			10.37			6.09		1.3	%		0.3	%
Agency CMBS
Project loans			560,565			101.77			109.61		4.3	%		4.1	%
Interest-only			2,578,640			5.70			5.69		0.7	%		4.6	%

(1) Bond Equivalent Yield at period end.

At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the secured financing agreements collateralized by MBS and Loans held for investment had the following remaining maturities and borrowing rates.

		March 31, 2022								December 31, 2021
		(dollars in thousands)
		Principal (1)			Weighted Average Borrowing Rates			Range of Borrowing Rates		Principal (1)			Weighted Average Borrowing Rates			Range of Borrowing Rates
Overnight		$	—		NA			NA		$	—		NA			NA
1 to 29 days			1,561,598		1.57	%		0.30% - 2.35%			1,018,670		0.73	%		0.11% - 1.95%
30 to 59 days			162,097		1.44	%		0.95% - 1.67%			379,031		1.66	%		1.55% - 1.70%
60 to 89 days			146,974		2.48	%		1.49% - 2.71%			342,790		1.86	%		0.90% - 2.35%
90 to 119 days			78,400		1.50	%		1.50% - 1.50%			67,840		1.66	%		1.66% - 1.66%
120 to 180 days			847,135		3.64	%		1.73% - 4.38%			157,944		1.38	%		0.95% - 1.45%
180 days to 1 year			406,705		2.95	%		0.94% - 3.45%			895,210		3.70	%		1.95% - 4.38%
1 to 2 years			—		NA			NA			143,239		3.05	%		3.05% - 3.05%
Greater than 3 years			221,496		5.56	%		5.56% - 5.56%			256,889		5.56	%		5.56% - 5.56%
Total		$	3,424,405		2.53	%				$	3,261,613		2.30	%

(1) The principal balance for secured financing agreements in the table above is net of $3 million of deferred financing cost as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

The following table summarizes certain characteristics of our portfolio at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
GAAP Leverage at period-end		3.5:1		3.0:1
GAAP Leverage at period-end (recourse)		1.0:1		0.9:1

		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Portfolio Composition		Amortized Cost				Fair Value
Non-Agency RMBS		7.8 %		10.1 %		9.7 %		12.1 %
Senior		4.1 %		4.5 %		6.2 %		6.5 %
Subordinated		2.4 %		4.2 %		2.6 %		4.4 %
Interest-only		1.3 %		1.4 %		0.9 %		1.2 %
Agency RMBS		0.8 %		0.8 %		0.5 %		0.4 %
Pass-through		— %		— %		— %		— %
Interest-only		0.8 %		0.8 %		0.5 %		0.4 %
Agency CMBS		3.4 %		5.3 %		3.4 %		5.2 %
Project loans		2.3 %		4.2 %		2.4 %		4.2 %
Interest-only		1.1 %		1.1 %		1.0 %		1.0 %
Loans held for investment		88.0 %		83.8 %		86.4 %		82.3 %
Fixed-rate percentage of portfolio		95.8 %		95.4 %		94.9 %		94.4 %
Adjustable-rate percentage of portfolio		4.2 %		4.6 %		5.1 %		5.6 %

Economic Net Interest Income

Our Economic net interest income is a non-GAAP financial measure that equals GAAP net interest income adjusted for interest expense on long term debt and any interest earned on cash. We believe this presentation is useful to investors because it depicts the economic value of our investment strategy by showing all components of interest expense and net interest income of our investment portfolio. However, Economic net interest income should not be viewed in isolation and is not a substitute for net interest income computed in accordance with GAAP. Where indicated, interest expense, adjusting for interest payments on long term debt and any interest earned on cash, is referred to as Economic interest expense. Where indicated, net interest income reflecting interest payments on long term debt and any interest earned on cash, is referred to as Economic net interest income.

The following table reconciles the Economic net interest income to GAAP net interest income and Economic interest expense to GAAP interest expense for the periods presented.

		GAAP Interest Income			GAAP Interest Expense			Interest Expense on Long Term Debt				Economic Interest Expense			GAAP Net Interest Income			Other (1)				Economic Net Interest Income
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022		$	202,175		$	64,473		$	—			$	64,473		$	137,702		$	(18	)		$	137,684
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2021		$	221,162		$	66,598		$	—			$	66,598		$	154,564		$	(12	)		$	154,552
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2021		$	220,579		$	71,353		$	(239	)		$	71,114		$	149,226		$	220			$	149,446
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2021		$	252,677		$	80,610		$	(959	)		$	79,651		$	172,067		$	936			$	173,003
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2021		$	243,127		$	108,066		$	(1,076	)		$	106,990		$	135,061		$	1,065			$	136,126

(1) Primarily interest expense on Long term debt and interest income on cash and cash equivalents.

The table below shows our average earning assets held, interest earned on assets, yield on average interest earning assets, average debt balance, economic interest expense, economic average cost of funds, economic net interest income, and net interest rate spread for the periods presented.

		For the Quarter Ended
		March 31, 2022									December 31, 2021
		(dollars in thousands)									(dollars in thousands)
		Average Balance			Interest			Average Yield/Cost			Average Balance			Interest			Average Yield/Cost
Assets:
Interest-earning assets (1):
Agency RMBS		$	113,723		$	253		0.9	%		$	104,684		$	71		0.3	%
Agency CMBS			559,478			22,870		16.4	%			851,886			27,711		13.0	%
Non-Agency RMBS			1,310,359			45,675		13.9	%			1,406,876			51,644		14.7	%
Loans held for investment			11,599,206			133,359		4.6	%			11,498,173			141,724		4.9	%
Total		$	13,582,766		$	202,157		6.0	%		$	13,861,619		$	221,150		6.4	%
Liabilities and stockholders' equity:
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Secured financing agreements collateralized by:
Agency RMBS		$	20,342		$	31		0.6	%		$	23,824		$	40		0.7	%
Agency CMBS			435,545			270		0.2	%			731,577			346		0.2	%
Non-Agency RMBS			817,261			5,448		2.7	%			839,898			5,837		2.8	%
Loans held for investment			1,948,974			12,839		2.6	%			1,872,915			13,281		2.8	%
Securitized debt			7,870,127			45,885		2.3	%			8,009,117			47,094		2.4	%
Total		$	11,092,249		$	64,473		2.3	%		$	11,477,331		$	66,598		2.3	%
Economic net interest income/net interest rate spread					$	137,684		3.7	%					$	154,552		4.1	%
Net interest-earning assets/net interest margin		$	2,490,517					4.1	%		$	2,384,288					4.5	%
Ratio of interest-earning assets to interest bearing liabilities			1.22									1.21
(1) Interest-earning assets at amortized cost

The table below shows our Net Income and Economic net interest income as a percentage of average stockholders' equity and Earnings available for distribution as a percentage of average common stockholders' equity. Return on average equity is defined as our GAAP net income (loss) as a percentage of average equity. Average equity is defined as the average of our beginning and ending stockholders' equity balance for the period reported. Economic Net Interest Income and Earnings available for distribution are non-GAAP measures as defined in previous sections.

		Return on Average Equity		Economic Net Interest Income/Average Equity *		Earnings available for distribution/Average Common Equity
		(Ratios have been annualized)
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2022		(29.72) %		15.57 %		14.38 %
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2021		1.87 %		16.30 %		15.45 %
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2021		35.47 %		15.99 %		14.54 %
For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2021		18.16 %		19.24 %		19.47 %
For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2021		17.16 %		14.82 %		12.62 %

* Excludes long term debt expense.

The following table presents changes to Accretable Discount (net of premiums) as it pertains to our Non-Agency RMBS portfolio, excluding premiums on IOs, during the previous five quarters.

		For the Quarters Ended
		(dollars in thousands)
Accretable Discount (Net of Premiums)		March 31, 2022				December 31, 2021				September 30, 2021				June 30, 2021				March 31, 2021
Balance, beginning of period		$	333,546			$	352,545			$	338,024			$	358,562			$	409,690
Accretion of discount			(19,470	)			(22,172	)			(21,820	)			(37,986	)			(24,023	)
Purchases			—				—				1,995				(3,453	)			—
Sales			—				—				—				(17,123	)			(41,651	)
Elimination in consolidation			(60,361	)			—				—				—				—
Transfers from/(to) credit reserve, net			4,779				3,173				34,346				38,024				14,546
Balance, end of period		$	258,494			$	333,546			$	352,545			$	338,024			$	358,562

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FAQ

What were Chimera Investment Corporation's Q1 2022 earnings results?

Chimera reported a GAAP net loss of $281 million and earnings available for distribution of $94 million.

What is the stock symbol for Chimera Investment Corporation?

The stock symbol for Chimera Investment Corporation is CIM.

What strategies is Chimera implementing in 2022?

Chimera is focusing on acquiring higher yielding residential loans and optimizing its funding through securitization.

How much did Chimera lose per share in Q1 2022?

Chimera reported a loss of $1.19 per diluted common share in Q1 2022.

What is the expected impact of Chimera's recent acquisitions?

Acquisitions are expected to be accretive to earnings immediately.