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Chimera Investment Corporation CIM
$9.26 -1.17% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $774.6M
Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.76, down 159.7% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 21.8% from 40.6% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $676.4M, up 62.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 47.7% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 5%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginTop 46%
- Operating marginBottom 45%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 4%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 9%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 21%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 47.7% | 62.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -135.8% | -159.7% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 70.1% | 52.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 40.6% | 21.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 29.0% | -21.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 62.2% | 47.7% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -159.7% | -135.8% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 52.1% | 70.1% | ↓ | Top 46% |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 40.6% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 46.2% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -21.1% | 29.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.1% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- -2.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.9%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -161.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 76.80×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 21.21%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 21.21%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -8.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.75
- Target vs current price
- +16.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 16
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 13%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -14.5% | -6.4% | -6.0% | -10.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +4.2% | -0.7% | -2.3% | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +5.0% | +6.4% | +12.0% | +8.8% | +10.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -26.7% | -9.6% | -6.8% | -1.0% | -4.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -11.8% | -2.6% | -0.4% | +4.6% | -6.2% |
| May 8, 2025 | -14.6% | +6.6% | +12.7% | +12.8% | +13.8% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | -21.3% | -7.8% | -9.1% | -11.2% | -15.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -2.7% | +0.0% | -1.4% | -1.3% | +1.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.54 | -14.5% | $70.5M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.54 | $0.52 | +4.2% | $75.0M |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.53 | $0.51 | +5.0% | $66.2M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.51 | -26.7% | $33.8M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.44 | -11.8% | $198.3M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.48 | -14.6% | $196.9M |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.47 | -21.3% | $191.5M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.36 | $0.37 | -2.7% | $190.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 4.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 81.4× | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| EV / Sales | 20.38× | — | — | Bottom 9% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -18.44% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Earnings yield | -8.18% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.5× – 20.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -31.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -159.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +51.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -19.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -27.2%
- RSI (14)
- 16.2
- Relative volume
- 1.23×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 26.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -81.6% | 1230 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -10.2% | 27 days | 66 days (Oct 20, 2021) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Jan 5, 2021 | -10.0% | 18 days | 22 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $774.6M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.76
- Revenue (TTM)
- $676.4M
- Dividend yield
- 18.57%
- 52-week range
- $9.13 – $14.18
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.06B | -$415.2M | $204.8M | $257.9M | $820.8M |
| Gross profit | $1.06B | -$415.2M | $204.8M | $257.9M | $778.7M |
| Operating income | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $764.7M |
| Net income | $670.1M | -$513.1M | $126.1M | $176.1M | $230.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.32 | -$7.53 | $0.54 | $1.10 | $2.75 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $152.0M | -$113.5M | $318.3M | $60.1M | $177.9M | $209.3M | $188.6M | $100.5M |
| Net income | $136.5M | -$146.5M | $167.3M | $35.5M | -$580,000 | $28.3M | -$43.9M | $17.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.39 | -$2.06 | $1.77 | $0.17 | -$0.27 | $0.34 | -$0.78 | -$0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $519.2M | $325.7M | $213.3M | $205.7M | -$248.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $519.2M | $325.7M | $213.3M | $205.7M | -$248.9M |
| Dividends paid | -$298.6M | -$287.7M | -$195.2M | -$119.1M | -$122.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.8M | -$48.9M | $40.7M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $444.0M
- Total assets
- $16.05B
- Total liabilities
- $13.63B
- Total debt
- $13.45B
- Net debt
- $13.01B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.42B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.45 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.45 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.45 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.37 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.37 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.37 | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.37 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.37 | Jan 31, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,403,938
- Days to cover
- 3.16
- Change vs previous report
- +41.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 22, 2024
- 1-for-3
- Apr 7, 2015
- 1-for-5