DYNEX CAPITAL INC
For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed Apr 27, 2026.
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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed Apr 27, 2026
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Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-10-27.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-04-27.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
During the first quarter of 2026, financial markets experienced increased volatility as investors reassessed the outlook for inflation, monetary policy, and global growth amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty. While the U.S. economy continued to expand at a moderate pace, uncertainty around the inflation trajectory led market participants to reduce expectations for near‑term Federal Reserve policy easing. Funding markets remained orderly, and liquidity across the mortgage and repo markets continued to function effectively. Spreads across Agency MBS widened meaningfully, particularly late in the quarter, as periodic correlation with risky assets increased amid macroeconomic and geopolitical developments.
Current report
Against this backdrop, Agency MBS continues to offer attractive long‑term return potential relative to other high‑quality fixed‑income assets, particularly given muted new mortgage origination supply and the sector’s strong liquidity profile. We continue to monitor monetary policy, inflation trends, housing market activity, supply‑and‑demand dynamics, and geopolitical developments, as we assess their potential impact on interest rates, spreads, prepayment behavior, and financing conditions. We remain focused on disciplined portfolio construction, liquidity management, and risk positioning as market conditions continue to evolve.
Current report
For the first quarter of 2026, our total economic return of $(0.34) per common share was comprised of a decrease in book value of $(0.85) per common share offset by dividends declared of $0.51 per common share. The decrease in book value per common share was driven by a net loss of $(140) million on our investment portfolio, net of hedges, which resulted primarily from widening mortgage spreads late in the quarter. We grew our capital base by $442 million, using the proceeds to opportunistically add investments of $6 billion, net of sales. Our adjusted leverage increased to 8.6 times equity primarily due to our use of repurchase agreement borrowings to partially finance these purchases.
Current report
Our interest income continued to increase as a result of our deployment of capital into Agency MBS purchases over recent quarters. In addition, the Federal Reserve's rate cuts in 2025 continued to benefit our repurchase agreement financing costs, which declined 33 basis points for the first quarter of 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2026 included an increase of $3.4 million in share-based compensation expense, largely due to accelerated vesting conditions for equity grants associated with the departure of the Company's former chief financial officer.
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Net Interest Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the Three Months Ended December 31, 2025
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Net interest income and net interest spread for the three months ended March 31, 2026, increased compared to the three months ended December 31, 2025, due to our recent purchases of higher yielding Agency MBS. Though interest expense increased due to an increase in repurchase agreement borrowings used to finance these purchases, the average financing rate we paid declined 33 basis points over the comparative periods.
Current report
The impact of net periodic interest on our economic net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2026, decreased approximately $6 million, or 20 basis points as a percentage of average repurchase agreement borrowings, compared to the three months ended December 31, 2025. Our weighted average net receive rate declined 29 basis points to almost 0% for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
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Net Interest Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
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The impact of net periodic interest on our economic net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2026, decreased over $9 million, or 60 basis points as a percentage of average repurchase agreement borrowings, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025. Our weighted average net receive rate declined 68 basis points to almost 0% for the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Current report
For the three months ended December 31, 2025, we recorded net gains of $109 million on our investment portfolio due mostly to spread tightening on our assets. We also recorded net gains of $56 million on our interest rate hedging portfolio driven primarily from management of our interest rate swaps as rates increased during the
Current report
fourth quarter of 2025.
Current report
We hold long and short positions in TBA securities by executing a series of transactions, commonly referred to as “dollar roll” transactions, which effectively delay the settlement of a forward purchase (or sale) of a non-specified Agency RMBS by entering into an offsetting TBA position, net settling the paired-off positions in cash, and simultaneously entering into an identical TBA long (or short) position with a later settlement date. TBA securities purchased or sold for a forward settlement date are generally priced at a discount relative to TBA securities settling in the current month because the current month settlement will receive a coupon sooner than the TBA settling in a forward month. This price difference, often referred to as “drop income,” represents the economic equivalent of net interest income (interest income less implied financing cost) on the underlying Agency security from the trade date to the settlement date. We account for all TBAs (whether net long or net short positions, or collectively “TBA dollar roll positions”) as derivative instruments because we cannot assert that it is probable at inception and throughout the term of an individual TBA transaction that its settlement will result in physical delivery of the underlying Agency RMBS, or that the individual TBA transaction will settle in the shortest period possible.
Current report
Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP measures and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, other companies, including in our industry, may calculate comparable measures differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures. Investors should not rely on any single financial measure when evaluating our business. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for our operating results in accordance with GAAP.
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Previous report
Dynex Capital operates at the intersection of capital markets and the U.S. housing finance system, using our expertise to earn income from investing primarily in Agency residential and commercial mortgage backed securities. We generate dividend income and long term returns though our investment, financing and hedging strategies.
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Market Conditions and Outlook
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In the third quarter of 2025, the Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) decided to lower the target rate for the U.S. Federal Funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.0% to 4.25% in September 2025 in support of its goals and in light of the shift in the balance of risks. The FOMC seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. The Committee is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate and noted that uncertainty about the economic outlook and downside risks to employment have risen. This is the first rate cut in 2025 with further cuts expected this year and in 2026; however, as observed over the last 2 years, actual rate cuts have lagged expected rate cuts.
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We continue to monitor the activities of the FOMC as their actions to reduce the Federal Funds rate are expected to have a direct and positive impact on the cost of our repurchase borrowings. The swaps market and related positions continue to add to the interest spread that we are earning; however, if the yield curve steepens, new swap positions in the future could be at a net expense to our portfolio instead of a net positive today.
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Dynex continues to monitor monetary policy, housing policy, supply and demand dynamics, and other changes to U.S. policies including those impacting the GSEs. Mortgage rates are beginning to trend down and refinance activity increased at the end of the third quarter. We are monitoring the evolution of the markets, assessing the impact of prepayment speeds, new supply of mortgage production and the impact these factors will have on spreads. We are also watching public and private credit markets, global macroeconomic conditions, and large investment flows into and out of market sectors as well as the potential impacts from the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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Dynex continued to raise capital in the quarter and grew the portfolio. We expect to continue to raise and deploy capital primarily using our ATM program. Agency MBS remains an attractive asset class and continues to deliver returns that are accretive to our financial position. We are actively buying into this market to deliver value to our shareholders.
Previous report
The increase in book value of $0.72 per common share for the third quarter of 2025 was driven by two main factors, the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate fell this quarter and mortgage spreads tightened relative to equivalent U.S. Treasury securities. In addition, net interest income and net interest spreads continued to improve and expenses in the third quarter were lower than the second quarter. We continued to raise capital through our ATM program, deploying the proceeds into additional investments. Our leverage trended down since the second quarter, primarily from asset appreciation.
Previous report
We have added approximately $5.2 billion of Agency RMBS and $882 million of Agency CMBS during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, of which $263 million were pending settlement as of September 30, 2025. The Agency CMBS purchases have a different convexity profile compared to our Agency RMBS, which we believe adds diversification to our investment portfolio.
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Net Interest Income
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Net interest income and net interest spread improved for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025 due to a larger portfolio of Agency RMBS with higher yields. Financing costs held steady at 4.45% for each of the three months ended September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025.
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During the three months ended June 30, 2025, the fair value of our investment portfolio increased $45 million primarily due to purchases of new investments during the second quarter. These gains were offset by net losses on our hedging portfolio of $(66) million, which is net of periodic interest of $12 million we earned from our interest rate swaps. Our hedge losses were primarily the result of the decline in SOFR-based swap rates and U.S. Treasury rates as of June 30, 2025 as compared to March 31, 2025.
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Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2025, declined slightly compared to the three months ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to lower share-based compensation expenses.
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
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Net Interest Income
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, gains on our investment portfolio exceeded losses on our hedges by $114 million primarily because we purchased higher coupon investments during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 when spreads were wider as compared to September 30, 2024 when spreads were tighter.
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(2)Realized gain (loss) for interest rate swaps consists of net periodic interest benefit of $37.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
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Operating Expenses
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Non-GAAP financial measures are not a substitute for GAAP earnings and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs because they may not be calculated in the same manner. Furthermore, though EAD is one of several factors our management considers in determining the appropriate level of distributions to common shareholders, it should not be utilized in isolation, and it is not an accurate indication of the Company’s REIT taxable income, its distribution requirements in accordance with the Tax Code or total economic return.
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•uncertainty concerning the long-term fiscal health and stability of the United States;
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•the effect of the U.S. federal government shutdown on economic conditions;
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The charts below show the range of U.S. Treasury and SOFR-based swap rates for the third quarter of 2025 and information regarding market spreads as of and for the periods indicated:
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The charts below show the range of U.S. Treasury and Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”)-based swap rates for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and information regarding market spreads as of and for the periods indicated:
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Summary of Third Quarter 2025 Financial Performance
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Summary of First Quarter 2026 Financial Performance
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The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's financial position during the third quarter of 2025:
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The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's financial position during the three months ended March 31, 2026:
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(2)Net proceeds from common stock issuance include approximately $254 million from ATM issuances and approximately $2 million from amortization of share-based compensation, net of grants, during the three months ended September 30, 2025.
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(2)Net proceeds from common stock issuance include approximately $442 million from ATM issuances and approximately $5 million from amortization of share-based compensation, net of grants, during thethree months ended March 31, 2026.
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Our investment portfolio (including TBAs) as of September 30, 2025, has increased approximately 60% compared to December 31, 2024. The following charts compare the composition of our MBS portfolio (including TBAs) as of the dates indicated:
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Our investment portfolio, including TBAs, as of March 31, 2026, has increased $6 billion, or 27%, since December 31, 2025, net of sales. We added over $7 billion of Agency RMBS, net of sales of $608 million, during the three months ended March 31, 2026. We reduced our TBA securities by a net notional of $1.3 billion. The following charts compare the composition of our investment portfolio as of the dates indicated:
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The following tables compare our fixed-rate Agency RMBS investments, including TBA dollar roll positions, as of the dates indicated:
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The following tables compare our 30-year fixed-rate Agency RMBS investments, including TBA dollar roll positions, as of the dates indicated:
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(1)Includes $9 million of 4.5% 15-year Agency RMBS.
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(1)Includes a par value of $9 million of 4.5% 15-year Agency RMBS as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
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(2)Includes a notional amount of $690 million of 4.5% 15-year TBA securities.
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(2)Includes a notional amount of $540 million of 4.5% 15-year TBA securities as of March 31, 2026 and $690 million as of December 31, 2025.
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Our Agency CMBS consist of loans collateralized by multifamily properties. Though we expect our exposure to Agency CMBS to remain modest as a percentage of the total portfolio, we added selectively in the second and third quarters of 2025 where the risk-adjusted return profile aligned with our broader strategy. In addition to offering strong relative value, Agency CMBS help diversify and stabilize the portfolio's cash flow and total return profile, given their unique prepayment characteristics and underlying asset base.
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Our Agency CMBS consist of loans collateralized by multifamily properties. Though we expect our exposure to Agency CMBS to remain modest as a percentage of the total portfolio, we will add Agency CMBS from time to time whenever we believe the risk-adjusted return profile aligns with our investment strategy. In addition to offering strong relative value, Agency CMBS help diversify and stabilize the portfolio's cash flow and total return profile, given their unique prepayment characteristics and underlying asset base.
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Agency CMBS IO are backed by loans collateralized by multifamily properties. Our Agency CMBS IO are from Freddie Mac Series K deals from which interest continues to be advanced even in the event of an underlying default up until liquidation. According to Freddie Mac, 99.6% of the loans in K-deals are current as of June 30, 2025. Our non-Agency CMBS IO were all originated prior to 2018 and are backed by loans collateralized by a number of different property types, such as multifamily, office, retail, hotels, industrial, storage, and others. Our non-Agency CMBS IO investments are nearing maturity and have very little amortized cost remaining; any changes in actual payments may result in large swings in yield as shown below.
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Agency CMBS IO are backed by loans collateralized by multifamily properties. Our Agency CMBS IO are from Freddie Mac Series K deals from which interest continues to be advanced even in the event of an underlying default up until liquidation. Our non-Agency CMBS IO were all originated prior to 2018 and are backed by loans collateralized by a number of different property types, such as multifamily, office, retail, hotels, industrial, storage, and others. Our non-Agency CMBS IO investments are nearing maturity and have very little amortized cost remaining; any changes in actual payments may result in large swings in yield as shown below.
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Our repurchase agreement borrowings increased to $12 billion as of September 30, 2025 from $7 billion as of December 31, 2024. These borrowings were used to partially finance our purchases of Agency MBS during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. We have not experienced any difficulty in securing financing with any of our counterparties, and our repurchase agreement counterparties have not indicated any concerns regarding leverage or credit. Please refer to Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” contained within this Item 2 for additional information relating to our repurchase agreement borrowings.
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Our repurchase agreement borrowings increased to $21 billion as of March 31, 2026 from $14 billion as of December 31, 2025. These borrowings were used to partially finance our purchases of Agency MBS during the three months ended March 31, 2026. We have not experienced any difficulty in securing financing with any of our counterparties, and our repurchase agreement counterparties have not indicated any concerns regarding leverage or credit. Please refer to Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” contained within this Item 2 for additional information relating to our repurchase agreement borrowings.
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Please refer to Note 5 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details on our interest rate hedging instruments as well as “Liquidity and Capital Resources” within Item 2 and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Please refer to Note 5 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details on our interest rate hedging instruments as well as “Liquidity and Capital Resources” within Item 2 and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” within Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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(6)Net periodic interest is the difference between the fixed interest rate we pay and the variable interest rate we receive on our interest rate swaps. It is a component of economic net interest income (expense), a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to the section below “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure.
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(6)Net periodic interest is the difference between the fixed interest rate we pay and the variable interest rate we receive on our interest rate swaps. It is a component of economic net interest income (expense), a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to the section below “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information.
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Net interest income and net interest spread improved for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 due to the purchases of higher yielding Agency RMBS over the past year. Though interest expense has increased due to an increase in repurchase agreement borrowings used to finance these purchases, financing costs as a percentage of the average balance of borrowings have declined due to the FOMC’s lowering of the Federal Funds rate by 75 basis points since September 30, 2024.
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Net interest income and net interest spread increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 due to the purchases of higher yielding Agency MBS over the past year. Though interest expense increased due to an increase in repurchase agreement borrowings used to finance these purchases, the average financing rate we paid declined 70 basis points over the comparative periods primarily as a result of the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts since first quarter of 2025.
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(3)Effective yield is calculated by dividing annualized interest income by the average balance of asset type outstanding during the reporting period. Unscheduled adjustments to premium/discount amortization/accretion, such as for prepayment compensation, are not annualized in this calculation.
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(3)Effective yield is calculated by dividing interest income by the average balance of asset type outstanding during the reporting period. Unscheduled adjustments to premium/discount amortization/accretion, such as for prepayment compensation, are not annualized in this calculation.
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(6)Net periodic interest is the difference between the fixed interest rate we pay and the variable interest rate we receive on our interest rate swaps. It is a component of economic net interest income (expense), a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to the section below “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure.
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(6)Net periodic interest is the difference between the fixed interest rate we pay and the variable interest rate we receive on our interest rate swaps. It is a component of economic net interest income (expense), a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to the section below “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, gains on our investment portfolio exceeded losses on our hedges by approximately $138 million, which includes $37 million in net periodic interest we earned from interest rate swaps. The fair value of our investment portfolio increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 primarily due to the tightening of mortgage spreads to U.S. Treasuries relative to wider spreads at the time we purchased investments this year. Interest and SOFR-based swap rates declined overall during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which resulted in losses on our hedging portfolio.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2026, losses on our investment portfolio exceeded gains on our hedges by approximately $(139) million, which includes $2 million in net periodic interest we earned from interest rate swaps. The fair value of our investment portfolio declined $(257) million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 primarily due to widening of mortgage spreads to U.S. Treasuries. The impact of higher U.S. Treasury rates on our investments was offset by net gains on our interest rate hedges of $119 million, which also benefited from higher SOFR-based swap rates during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
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During the three months ended September 30, 2025, the fair value of our investment portfolio increased $185 million primarily due to a decline in the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate and tighter mortgage spreads to U.S. Treasuries. These gains were offset by net losses on our hedging portfolio of $(38) million, which is net of periodic interest of $14 million we earned from our interest rate swaps. Losses in our hedging portfolio occur when SOFR-based swap rates and U.S. Treasury rates decline relative to the rates in effect at the time we enter into a hedge.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the fair value of our investment portfolio increased $171.6 million primarily due to a decline of 36 basis points in the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate. These gains were mostly offset by net losses on our hedging portfolio of $(171.1) million (excluding $10.9 million of net periodic interest we earned from our interest rate swaps), as a result of the decline in 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury rates as well as SOFR rates across the curve.
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(2)Realized gain (loss) for interest rate swaps consists of net periodic interest benefit of $14.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and $12.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025.
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(2)Realized gain for interest rate swaps consists of net periodic interest benefit of $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, $7.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2025, and $10.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
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Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 increased $9 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 due to higher salary, bonus, and share-based compensation expenses, primarily resulting from an increase in performance based compensation expenses and from the hiring of new employees. Audit and legal expenses have also increased in 2025 compared to 2024.
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Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased $5 million compared to the three months ended December 31, 2025 and $9 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025. In addition to higher salary and share-based compensation expenses resulting from new employees, operating expenses also increased due to accelerated vesting of equity grants and other severance expenses associated with the departure of the Company's former chief financial officer.
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In evaluating the Company’s financial and operating performance, management considers book value per common share, total economic return (loss) to common shareholders, and other operating results presented in accordance with GAAP as well as certain non-GAAP financial measures, which include earnings available for distribution (“EAD”) to common shareholders (including per common share) and economic net interest income and the related metric economic net interest spread. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures may be useful to investors because they are viewed by management as a measure of the investment portfolio’s return based on the effective yield of its investments, net of financing costs and, with respect to EAD, net of other normal recurring operating income/expenses.
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In addition to reporting the Company’s financial results determined in accordance with GAAP, management of the Company believes that investors’ understanding of our operating results may be enhanced by the use of non-GAAP financial measures, which are used by management internally, along with GAAP measures, to evaluate our performance. Our non-GAAP financial measures include earnings available for distribution (“EAD”) to common shareholders (including per common share) and economic net interest income and the related metric economic net interest spread. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures may be useful to investors because they are viewed by management as additional measures of the investment portfolio’s return.
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Drop income generated by TBA dollar roll positions, which is included in "gain (loss) on derivatives instruments, net" on the Company's consolidated statements of comprehensive income, is included in EAD because management views drop income as the economic equivalent of net interest income (interest income less implied financing cost) on the underlying Agency security from trade date to settlement date. However, drop income/loss doesnot represent the total realized gain/loss from the Company’s investments in TBA securities.
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Drop income generated by TBA dollar roll positions, which is included in "gain (loss) on derivatives instruments, net" on the Company's consolidated statements of comprehensive income, is included in EAD because management views drop income as the economic equivalent of net interest income (interest income less implied
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used by the Company to economically hedge the impact of changing interest rates on its borrowing costs from repurchase agreements, and including net periodic interest from interest rate swaps is a helpful indicator of the Company’s total financing cost in addition to GAAP interest expense.
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Management also includes net periodic interest from its interest rate swaps, which is included in "gain (loss) on derivatives instruments, net," in EAD and economic net interest income because interest rate swaps are used by the Company to economically hedge the impact of changing interest rates on its borrowing costs from repurchase agreements, and including net periodic interest from interest rate swaps is a helpful indicator of the Company’s total financing cost in addition to GAAP interest expense.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we issued 61,025,405 shares of common stock through our ATM program, resulting in proceeds of $776 million, net of broker commissions and fees. We partially deployed these proceeds into Agency RMBS and to post initial margin requirements related to a larger hedge portfolio including interest rate swaps, swaptions, and U.S. Treasury futures.
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During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we issued 32,101,365 shares of common stock through our ATM program, resulting in proceeds of $0.4 billion, net of broker commissions and fees. We deployed these proceeds into purchases of Agency RMBS.
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Our liquidity fluctuates based on our investment activities, leverage, capital raising activities, and changes in the fair value of our investments and derivative instruments. Our measurement of liquidity includes unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and unencumbered Agency MBS, which are recognized as assets on our consolidated balance sheet. In our measure of liquidity, we also include the fair value of noncash collateral pledged to us by our counterparties, which we typically receive when the fair value of our pledged collateral exceeds our current margin requirement. Our liquidity as of September 30, 2025, was over $1 billion, which consisted of unrestricted cash of $491 million, unencumbered Agency MBS with a fair value of $584 million, and noncash collateral pledged by our counterparties of $10 million. Our liquidity as of December 31, 2024, was $658 million.
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Our liquidity fluctuates based on our investment activities, leverage, capital raising activities, and changes in the fair value of our investments and derivative instruments. Our measurement of liquidity includes unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and unpledged Agency MBS, which are recognized as assets on our consolidated balance sheet. In our measure of liquidity, we also include the fair value of noncash collateral pledged to us by our counterparties, which we typically receive when the fair value of our pledged collateral exceeds our current margin requirement. Our liquidity as of March 31, 2026, was approximately $1.3 billion, which consisted of unrestricted cash of $773 million and unpledged Agency MBS with a fair value of $478 million. Our liquidity was $1.4 billion as of December 31, 2025.
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Our perception of the liquidity of our investments and market conditions significantly influences our targeted leverage. In general, our leverage will increase if we view the risk-reward opportunity of higher leverage on our capital outweighs the risk to our liquidity and book value. Our leverage, which we calculate using total liabilities plus the cost basis of TBA long positions, was 7.5 times shareholders’ equity as of September 30, 2025. We include 100% of the cost basis of our TBA securities in evaluating our leverage because it is possible under certain market conditions that it may be uneconomical for us to roll a TBA long position into future months, which may result in us having to take physical delivery of the underlying securities and use cash or other financing sources to fund our total purchase commitment.
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our capital outweighs the risk to our liquidity and book value. Our leverage, which we calculate using total liabilities plus the cost basis of TBA long positions, was 8.6 times shareholders’ equity as of March 31, 2026. We include 100% of the cost basis of our TBA securities in evaluating our leverage because it is possible under certain market conditions that it may be uneconomical for us to roll a TBA long position into future months, which may result in us having to take physical delivery of the underlying securities and use cash or other financing sources to fund our total purchase commitment.
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Leverage based solely on repurchase agreement amounts outstanding was 6.0 times shareholders’ equity as of September 30, 2025. Our repurchase agreement borrowings are uncommitted with terms renewable at the discretion of our lenders and generally have original terms to maturity of overnight to six months, though in some instances, we may enter into longer-dated maturities depending on market conditions. We seek to maintain unused capacity under our existing repurchase agreement credit lines with multiple counterparties, which helps protect us in
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Leverage based solely on repurchase agreement amounts outstanding was 7.7 times shareholders’ equity as of March 31, 2026. Our repurchase agreement borrowings are uncommitted with terms renewable at the discretion of our lenders and generally have original terms to maturity of overnight to six months, though in some instances, we may enter into longer-dated maturities depending on market conditions. We seek to maintain unused capacity under our existing repurchase agreement credit lines with multiple counterparties, which helps protect us in the event of a counterparty's failure to renew existing repurchase agreements. As part of our continuous evaluation of counterparty risk, we maintain our highest counterparty exposures with broker-dealer subsidiaries of regulated financial institutions or primary dealers.
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For our repurchase agreement borrowings, we are required to post and maintain margin to the lender (i.e., collateral in excess of the repurchase agreement borrowing) in order to support the amount of the financing. This excess collateral is often referred to as a “haircut” and is intended to provide the lender protection against fluctuations in the fair value of the collateral and/or the failure by us to repay the borrowing at maturity. Lenders have the right to change haircut requirements at maturity of the repurchase agreement and may change their haircuts based on market conditions and the perceived riskiness of the collateral pledged. If the fair value of the collateral falls below the amount required by the lender, the lender has the right to demand additional margin or collateral. These demands are referred to as “margin calls,” and if we fail to meet any margin call, our lenders have the right to terminate the repurchase agreement and sell any collateral pledged. The weighted average haircut for our borrowings as of September 30, 2025, was consistent with prior periods, typically averaging less than 5% for borrowings collateralized with Agency RMBS and CMBS and between 10-14% for borrowings collateralized with CMBS IO.
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For our repurchase agreement borrowings, we are required to post and maintain margin to the lender (i.e., collateral in excess of the repurchase agreement borrowing) in order to support the amount of the financing. This excess collateral is often referred to as a “haircut” and is intended to provide the lender protection against fluctuations in the fair value of the collateral and/or the failure by us to repay the borrowing at maturity. Lenders have the right to change haircut requirements at maturity of the repurchase agreement and may change their haircuts based on market conditions and the perceived riskiness of the collateral pledged. If the fair value of the collateral falls below the amount required by the lender, the lender has the right to demand additional margin or collateral. If we fail to meet any margin call, our lenders have the right to terminate the repurchase agreement and sell any collateral pledged. The weighted average haircut for our borrowings as of March 31, 2026, was consistent with prior periods, typically averaging less than 5% for borrowings collateralized with Agency RMBS and CMBS and between 10-14% for borrowings collateralized with CMBS IO.
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The collateral we post in excess of our repurchase agreement borrowing with any counterparty is also typically referred to by us as “equity at risk,” which represents the potential loss to the Company if the counterparty is unable or unwilling to return collateral securing the repurchase agreement borrowing at its maturity. The counterparties with whom we have the greatest amounts of equity at risk may vary significantly during any given period due to the short-term and uncommitted nature of the repurchase agreement borrowings. As of September 30, 2025, we had amounts outstanding under 28 different repurchase agreements and did not have more than 10% of equity at risk with any counterparty or group of related counterparties.
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The collateral we post in excess of our repurchase agreement borrowing with any counterparty is also typically referred to by us as “equity at risk,” which represents the potential loss to the Company if the counterparty is unable or unwilling to return collateral securing the repurchase agreement borrowing at its maturity. The counterparties with whom we have the greatest amounts of equity at risk may vary significantly during any given period due to the short-term and uncommitted nature of the repurchase agreement borrowings. As of March 31, 2026, we had amounts outstanding with over 25 counterparties and did not have more than 10% of equity at risk with any counterparty or group of related counterparties.
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Derivative instruments we enter into may require us to post initial margin at inception and daily variation margin based on subsequent changes in their fair value. Daily variation margin requirements also entitle us to receive collateral from our counterparties if the value of amounts owed to us under the derivative agreement exceeds
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Derivative instruments we enter into may require us to post initial margin at inception and daily variation margin based on subsequent changes in their fair value. Daily variation margin requirements also entitle us to receive collateral from our counterparties if the value of amounts owed to us under the derivative agreement exceeds the minimum margin requirement. The collateral posted as margin by us is typically in cash. As of March 31, 2026, we had cash collateral posted to our counterparties of $517 million under these agreements.
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The following table provides details on the “net receipts (payments) on derivative instruments” shown on our consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods indicated:
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The following table provides details on the “net (payments) receipts on derivative instruments” shown on our consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods indicated:
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We set our dividend based on many factors, including our view on long-term returns, yield on comparable investments, liquidity and market risk, and levels of taxable income. Among these factors, we focus on economic returns and taxable income within the context of the distribution requirements. As a REIT, we are required to distribute to our shareholders amounts equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income for each taxable year after certain deductions, including the separate dividend requirements of the Series C Preferred Stock.
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We set our dividend based on many factors, including our view on long-term returns, yield on comparable investments, liquidity and market risk, and taxable income. Among these factors, we focus on economic returns and taxable income within the context of the distribution requirements. As a REIT, we are required to distribute to our shareholders amounts equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income for each taxable year after certain deductions, including the separate dividend requirements of the Series C Preferred Stock.
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designated derivative instruments are included in GAAP earnings in the same reporting period in which the derivative instrument matures or is terminated by the Company but are generally not recognized in REIT taxable income until future periods. Non-designated derivative instruments are included in GAAP earning and REIT taxable income in the same period the derivative instrument matures or is terminated by the Company. The table below provides the projected amortization of the Company's net deferred tax hedge gains that may be recognized as taxable income over the periods indicated, given conditions known as of September 30, 2025; however, uncertainty inherent in the forward interest rate curve makes future realized gains and losses difficult to estimate, and as such, these projections are subject to change for any given period.
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We designate certain derivative instruments as interest rate hedges for tax purposes. Realized gains (losses) resulting from the difference in fair value and the amount of cash received or paid upon termination or maturity of designated derivative instruments are included in GAAP earnings in the same reporting period in which the derivative instrument matures or is terminated by the Company but are generally not recognized in REIT taxable income until future periods. Non-designated derivative instruments are included in GAAP earnings and REIT taxable income in the same period the derivative instrument matures or is terminated by the Company. The table below provides the projected amortization of the Company's net deferred tax hedge gains that may be recognized as taxable income over the periods indicated, given conditions known as of March 31, 2026; however, uncertainty inherent in the forward interest rate curve makes future realized gains and losses difficult to estimate, and as such, these projections are subject to change for any given period.
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As of September 30, 2025, we also had $500 million in capital loss carryforwards, the majority of which will expire by December 31, 2028. Due to these amounts and other temporary and permanent differences between GAAP net income and REIT taxable income, coupled with the degree of uncertainty about the trajectory of interest rates, we cannot reasonably estimate how much the deferred tax hedge gains to be recognized will impact our dividend declarations during 2025 or in any given year.
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As of March 31, 2026, we also had $487 million in capital loss carryforwards, $305 million of which will expire by December 31, 2027 and the remainder by December 31, 2028. Due to these amounts and other temporary and permanent differences between GAAP net income and REIT taxable income, coupled with the uncertainty inherent in the forward interest rate curve, we cannot reasonably estimate how much the deferred tax hedge gains to be recognized will impact our dividend declarations during 2026 or in any given period.
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We generally fund dividend distributions through portfolio cash flows. If we make dividend distributions in excess of our portfolio cash flows during the period, whether for purposes of meeting our REIT distribution requirements or other reasons, those distributions are generally funded either through our existing cash balances or through the return of principal from our investments (either through repayment or sale). Please refer to "Operating and Regulatory Structure" within Part I, Item 1, "Business," as well as Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K for additional important information regarding dividends declared on our taxable income.
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We fund dividend distributions through portfolio cash flows, existing cash balances, or through the return of principal from our investments (either through repayment or sale). Please refer to "Operating and Regulatory Structure" within Part I, Item 1, "Business," as well as Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our 2025 Form 10-K for additional important information regarding our deferred tax hedge gains and dividends declared on our taxable income.
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Please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained within Part II, Item 8 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
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Please refer to Note 1 of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained within Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.
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Critical accounting estimates are defined as those that require management's most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, and which may result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. Our critical accounting estimates are discussed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2024 Form 10-K under “Critical Accounting Estimates.” There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended September 30, 2025
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Our critical accounting estimates are discussed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our 2025 Form 10-K under “Critical Accounting Estimates.” There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
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•geopolitical events, such as terrorism, war, or other military conflict, including the war between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East, and the related impact on macroeconomic conditions as a result of such conflict;
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•geopolitical events and instability and the related impact on macroeconomic conditions as a result of such related uncertainty;
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•global government policy changes and the ability or inability to react to rapidly changing global economic policies;
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•global and domestic government policy changes and the ability or inability to react to rapidly changing economic policies;
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•changes in government regulations affecting our business;
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•changes in government policies or regulations affecting our business;
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financing cost) on the underlying Agency security from trade date to settlement date. However, drop income does not represent the total realized gain/loss from the Company’s investments in TBA securities.
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Our perception of the liquidity of our investments and market conditions significantly influences our targeted leverage. In general, our leverage will increase if we view the risk-reward opportunity of higher leverage on
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Critical accounting estimates are defined as those that require management's most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments, and which may result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions.
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
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The following table presents information regarding the performance of our TBA dollar roll transactions for the periods indicated:
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(1)Implied net interest income (expense) is also referred to as “drop income (loss)” and represents a portion of the total realized gain (loss) from our TBA dollar roll transactions recorded within “gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net.”
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Gains (Losses) on Investments and Derivative Instruments
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The following tables provide details on realized and unrealized gains and losses within our investment and interest rate hedging portfolios for the periods indicated:
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(1)Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on TBA securities are recorded within “gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net” on the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
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Management also includes net periodic interest from its interest rate swaps, which is included in "gain (loss) on derivatives instruments, net," in EAD and economic net interest income because interest rate swaps are
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the event of a counterparty's failure to renew existing repurchase agreements. As part of our continuous evaluation of counterparty risk, we maintain our highest counterparty exposures with broker-dealer subsidiaries of regulated financial institutions or primary dealers.
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the minimum margin requirement. The collateral posted as margin by us is typically in cash. As of September 30, 2025, we had cash collateral posted to our counterparties of $333 million under these agreements.
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We designate certain derivative instruments as interest rate hedges for tax purposes. Realized gains (losses) resulting from the difference in fair value and the amount of cash received or paid upon termination or maturity of