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Chimera Investment Corp

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Chimera Investment Corp

CIM·NYSE·Real Estate & Construction·CIK 0001409493

Chimera Investment Corporation is a diversified real estate company that invests in, originates, and manages primarily residential real estate assets. The company, incorporated in Maryland on June 1, 2007, and trading on the NYSE since November 2007, is structured as an internally managed real estate investment trust (REIT) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Palisades Advisory Services LLC, the company invests in and manages assets for others, including residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS, business purpose loans (including RTLs) and investor loans, MSRs, and other real estate-related assets such as Agency CMBS, junior liens and HELOCs, equity appreciation rights, and reverse mortgages. Additionally, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, HomeXpress Mortgage Corp., the company originates consumer Non-QM and investor business purpose residential mortgage loans, as well as QM residential mortgage loans. The acquisition of HomeXpress was completed on October 1, 2025, for a total consideration of $272 million, comprising $124 million in cash (representing the Adjusted Book Value of HomeXpress as of September 30, 2025), a cash premium of $120 million, and the issuance of 2,077,151 shares of the company's common stock. This acquisition enabled the company to begin originating consumer Non-QM, investor business purpose, and other mortgage loan products through HomeXpress during the fourth quarter of 2025. The company reports two segments: Investment Portfolio and Residential Origination. The Investment Portfolio segment includes the company's investments and third-party advisory services. The Residential Origination segment encompasses the mortgage origination business of HomeXpress, which originates consumer Non-QM, investor business purpose, and other Non-Agency and Agency mortgage loan products.

Chimera Investment Corp (NYSE:CIM) is a publicly traded company in the Real Estate & Construction sector. Wiseek has independently scored 6 items for CIM at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-05, rated 7/10. Across its 6 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 4 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for CIM spans 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Chimera Q2 Earnings: $0.46 EAD Covers $0.45 Dividend, Origination Volume Up 30%
  • Chimera Investment Reports $65M Net Loss, 6.9% Book Value Decline in Q1 Amid Portfolio Reallocation
  • Q1 GAAP Loss Reported, But EAD Rises & Dividend Increased Amid Portfolio Repositioning
  • Chimera Reports Strong FY2025 Earnings, Details Transformative HomeXpress Acquisition & Strategic Diversification
  • Chimera Reports Strong Q4 & FY25 Results, Boosts Dividend to $0.45/Share

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Net Income
$230.5M
Diluted EPS
$1.72
Op. Cash Flow
-$248.88M
Cash & Equivalents
$278.58M
Total Debt
$251.53M
Debt / Equity
0.10×
Shares Outstanding
83.4M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-18 · accession 0001409493-26-000017

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.16 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 3,403,938 shares in CIM as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 41.0% increase from the prior period — about 3.2 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 62.7% of CIM volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)3,403,938 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 41.0%
Days to cover3.16 at avg daily volume of 1,076,427
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)62.7% of 462,783 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume63.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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52-week range · as of 2026-08-05 $9.33 – $14.88
Market cap
$775.17M
Volume
1.8M (1.4× avg)
3-mo avg 1.2M
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