Ellington Credit Company · NYSE:EARN

Ellington Credit — Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT — Q4 2015 Earnings Presentation

23 slides from Ellington Credit's earnings presentation, Feb 11, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Fourth Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call

    Fourth Quarter 2015 Earnings Conference Call February 11, 2016

  2. Slide 2: Important Notice

    Important Notice Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ f

  3. Slide 3: Fourth Quarter 2015

    Fourth Quarter 2015

  4. Slide 4: Fourth Quarter Highlights

    Ellington Residential: Fourth Quarter Highlights Net income of $1.0 million, or $0.11 per share Overall Agency RMBS spreads widened relative to interest rate swaps and pay-ups on specified pools Results decreased Core Earnings of $4.5 million, or $0.49 per share Core Earnings adjusted for $1.1 milli

  5. Slide 5: Agency RMBS

    Ellington Residential: Agency RMBS Interest rates rose, with short-term rates increasing more than longer term rates, resulting in a flattening yield curve 2-year and 10-year swap rates were up 43 basis points and 18 basis points, respectively 10-year swap spread to U.S Treasury securities became mo

  6. Slide 6: Non-Agency RMBS

    Ellington Residential: Non-Agency RMBS Similar to the third quarter, Non-Agency RMBS credit spreads widened during the fourth quarter, but to a lesser extent than other, higher yielding fixed income sectors Overall Market Fundamentally, lower energy prices and moderate wage growth are supportive of

  7. Slide 7: Repo Lending Against Agency MBS Collateral Has Shrunk Dramatically

    Repo Lending Against Agency MBS Collateral Has Shrunk Dramatically Over the Past Few Years Dealer Lending Against Agency MBS Collateral, July 2001 – January 2016 $700 $650 $600 $550 Billions $500 $450 $400 $350 $300 $250 $200 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

  8. Slide 8: Portfolio

    Portfolio

  9. Slide 9: Portfolio Summary

    Ellington Residential: Portfolio Summary December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 Current Average Average Current Average Average Fair Value Cost Fair Value Cost Principal Price(1) Cost(1) Principal Price(1) Cost(1) (In thousands) Agency RMBS(2) 15-year fixed rate $ 162,546 $ 170,261 $ 104.75 $ 170,385

  10. Slide 10: Agency Long Portfolio

    Ellington Residential: Agency Long Portfolio Current Quarter Agency Long Portfolio Previous Quarter Agency Long Portfolio As of 12/31/15: $1.21BN(1) As of 9/30/15: $1.25BN(1) FNMA/FHLM GNMA RM FNMA/FHLM GNMA RM ARMS ARMS Fixed Fixed 3.1% GNMA/FNMA/ 3.2% GNMA/FNMA/ GNMA Fixed 4.8% 6.1% FHLM Fixed IOs

  11. Slide 11: Agency Long Portfolio

    Ellington Residential: Agency Long Portfolio Collateral Characteristics and Historical 3-month CPR Collateral Characteristics and Historical 3-month CPR Agency Fixed Rate Pool Portfolio 12/31/15: $1.09BN(1) Agency Fixed Rate Pool Portfolio 9/30/15: $1.15BN(1) Geography Geography <1% Other <1% Other

  12. Slide 12: Non-Agency Long Portfolio

    Ellington Residential: Non-Agency Long Portfolio Current Quarter Previous Quarter Non-Agency Long Portfolio 12/31/15: $31.4MM Non-Agency Long Portfolio 9/30/15: $28.9MM Sub Jumbo/ Alt-A Sub Jumbo/ 34.6% Alt-A 39.8% Senior Jumbo/ Alt-A/Alt-B Senior Jumbo/ 50.1% Alt-A/Alt-B 54.4% Seasoned Subprime Sea

  13. Slide 13: Borrowings and Hedges

    Borrowings and Hedges

  14. Slide 14: Repo Borrowings

    Ellington Residential: Repo Borrowings December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 Weighted Average Weighted Average Remaining Days Borrowings Remaining Days Borrowings Remaining Days to Maturity Outstanding Interest Rate to Maturity Outstanding Interest Rate to Maturity (In thousands) (In thousands) 30 da

  15. Slide 15: Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio

    Ellington Residential: Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio Current Quarter Previous Quarter Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio 12/31/15: Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio 9/30/15: Short $468.5MM 10-year equivalents Short $516.0MM 10-year equivalents >5 Yr Treasuries >5 Yr Treasuries Eurodollar

  16. Slide 16: Interest Rate Hedging

    Ellington Residential: Interest Rate Hedging Calculation of Exposure to Agency RMBS Based on Fair Value of TBA Portfolio: (In millions) 12/31/2015 9/30/2015 Agency-related Portfolio Long Agency RMBS $ 1,211 $ 1,252 (1) Net Short TBA Positions (365) (382) Net Long Exposure to Agency RMBS $ 846 $ 870

  17. Slide 17: Interest Rate Hedging (Continued)

    Ellington Residential: Interest Rate Hedging (Continued) December 31, 2015 Fixed Payer Interest Rate Swaps Weighted Average Weighted Average Weighted Average Maturity Notional Amount Fair Value Pay Rate Receive Rate Years to Maturity (In thousands) 2016 $ 48,000 $ (83) 0.80 % 0.39 % 0.77 2017 74,750

  18. Slide 18: Supplemental Information

    Supplemental Information

  19. Slide 19: Income Statement (Unaudited)

    Ellington Residential: Income Statement (Unaudited) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Three Month Period Ended Year Ended December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2015 (In thousands except share amounts) INTEREST INCOME (EXPENSE) Interest income $ 9,315 $ 11,315 $ 40,751 Interest expense

  20. Slide 20: Balance Sheet (Unaudited)

    Ellington Residential: Balance Sheet (Unaudited) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET As of Decem ber 31, 2015 Septem ber 30, 2015 Decem ber 31, 2014(1) (In thousands except share amounts) ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents $ 40,166 $ 40,482 $ 45,237 Mortgage-backed securities, at fair value 1,242,266 1,280,892

  21. Slide 21: Reconciliation of Core Earnings

    Reconciliation of Core Earnings(1) Three Month Period Ended Three Month Period Ended (In thousands except share amounts) December 31, 2015 September 30, 2015 Net Income (Loss) $ 980 $ (4,817) Less: Net realized gains (losses) on securities 817 596 Net realized gains (losses) on financial derivatives

  22. Slide 22: About Ellington

    About Ellington EARN is managed by Ellington Residential Mortgage Management LLC, an affiliate of Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (“EMG”) EMG was founded in 1994 by Michael Vranos and five partners; currently has over 160 employees, giving EARN access to time-tested infrastructure and industry-le

  23. Slide 23: Investor Contact

    Investor Contact: Media Contact: Ania Pritchard, Investor Relations or Steve Bruce or Taylor Ingraham Lisa Mumford, Chief Financial Officer ASC Advisors, for Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (203) 409-3773 (203) 992-1230 Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT 53 F

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