Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.

Unless otherwise indicated, the terms “Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.,” “we,” “us,”“our,” “our company,” and “the Company” refer to Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. and its subsidiaries including Angel Oak Mortgage Operating Partnership, LP (our “operating partnership”), through which we hold substantially all of our assets and conduct our operations. Unless otherwise indicated, the term “Angel Oak” refers collectively to Angel Oak Capital Advisors, LLC (“Angel Oak Capital”) and its affiliates, including Falcons I, LLC, our external manager (our “Manager”), Angel Oak Companies, LP (“Angel Oak Companies”), and the proprietary mortgage lending platform of affiliate Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions LLC (together with other non-operational affiliated originators, “Angel Oak Mortgage Lending”).

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (this “Annual Report on Form 10-K”) 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. Our actual results may differ from our beliefs, expectations, estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan” and similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, or intentions. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, those described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other risks, uncertainties, and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected may be described from time to time in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Factors that could have a material adverse effect on future results and performance relative to those set forth in or implied by the related forward-looking statements, as well as on our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects, include, but are not limited to:

•the effects of adverse conditions or developments in the financial markets and the economy upon our ability to acquire target assets such as non-qualified residential mortgage (“non-QM”) loans, including those sourced from Angel Oak’s proprietary mortgage lending platform, Angel Oak Mortgage Lending;

•the level and volatility of prevailing interest rates and credit spreads;

•changes in our industry, inflation, interest rates, business strategies, target assets, the debt or equity markets, the general economy (or in specific regions) or the residential real estate finance and real estate markets specifically;

•general volatility of the markets in which we invest;

•changes in the availability of attractive loans and other investment opportunities, including non-QM loans sourced from Angel Oak Mortgage Lending;

•the ability of our Manager to locate suitable investments for us, manage our portfolio, and implement our strategy;

•our ability to profitably execute securitization transactions;

•our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements on favorable terms, or at all;

•the adequacy of collateral securing our investments and a decline in the fair value of our investments;

•the timing of cash flows, if any, from our investments;

•the operating performance, liquidity, and financial condition of borrowers;

•increased rates of default and/or decreased recovery rates on our investments;

•changes in prepayment rates on our investments;

•the departure of any of the members of senior management of our company, our Manager, or Angel Oak;

•the availability of qualified personnel;

•conflicts with Angel Oak, including our Manager and its personnel, including our officers, and entities managed by Angel Oak;

•events, contemplated or otherwise, such as acts of God, including hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and other natural disasters, including those resulting from global climate change, pandemics, acts of war or terrorism, the initiation or escalation of military conflicts, and others that may cause unanticipated and uninsured performance declines, disruptions in markets, and/or losses to us or the owners and operators of the real estate securing our investments;

•the occurrence of certain geo-political events (including global trade disputes related to tariffs) that affect the normal and peaceful

course of international relations;

•impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax laws and rates, accounting principles and policies and similar matters;

•the level of governmental involvement in the U.S. mortgage market;

•future changes with respect to the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac” and together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”) in the mortgage market and related events, including the lack of certainty as to the future roles of these entities and the U.S. Government in the mortgage market and changes to legislation and regulations affecting these entities;

•effects of hedging instruments on our target assets and our returns, and the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;

•our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future at the level contemplated by our stockholders or the market generally, or at all;

•our ability to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

•our ability to maintain our exclusion from regulation as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the other reports we file with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management's views only as of the date such statements are made. The risks described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K could cause actual results and performance to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by our forward-looking statements. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible for us to predict those events or how they may affect us.