CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM)
Financials · Mortgage REIT · NYSE
Chimera Investment Corporation is a mortgage REIT that manages a diversified portfolio of agency and non-agency residential and commercial mortgage assets.
What CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP does
Chimera Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in a portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and various types of mortgage loans. The company's investment strategy focuses on managing portfolios of agency and non-agency mortgage assets, including residential transition loans, re-performing loans, and home equity lines of credit, primarily funded through secured financing agreements and securitized debt.
Themes: mortgage finance, real estate investment trust (REIT), fixed income portfolio management, residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities
Fundamentals
- Price$9.01 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$754M as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-31.0% 2025-10-08 close $13.05 → 2026-10-08 close $9.01
- P/En/a negative earnings
- ROE+9.0% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity5.57 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)+5.2% as of 2026-09-03
- Beta0.83 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +8.7%; 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How CIM compares in its sector
- return on equitymiddle range 559 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 468 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, CIM's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 53%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout53% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable operating cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP looks technically
CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) is trading 28.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 42 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 57, with sellers in control. Momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 17, in oversold territory (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 2.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year).
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 28.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -28.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $11.15 | $11.15 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.64 | $12.64 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 37 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 37 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 12.88. It is the only labelling that fits, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 42 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 42 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 57, with sellers in control | 57.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 17, in oversold territory (below 30) | 16.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($8.81 to $11.22) — its "stochastic" reading is 8 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 8.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 12 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $14.18 | $14.18 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 36.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -36.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 2.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +2.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 36.5% below its highest point of the past year | 36.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $297.15 (set on 2008-01-22) | $297.15 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($8.96 to $14.08), and it has recovered essentially none of its fall from last year’s high — 1% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $12.12 to $12.29. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 1.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 97.0% below its all-time high | -97.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 25.0% below a resistance level at $11.26 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-09-01, most recently on 2026-09-22. Since 2024-10-08 it has 0 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +25.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $8.81 (set on 2026-10-08) | $8.81 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2.3% above its all-time low | +2.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 99% of the past ~6 months) | 99th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2747 between its high and its low — about 3.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.2747 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $8.63 and $11.81 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $8.63 – $10.22 – $11.81 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 13.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (28.7% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 13.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.48× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.5% below the previous close 6 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 10.2 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -3.5% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 23.3 percentage points (the stock lost 22.3% while the market gained 1.0%) | -23.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 34.5 percentage points (the stock lost 30.6% while the market gained 3.8%) | -34.5% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 48.4 percentage points (the stock lost 30.9% while the market gained 17.5%) | -48.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 45.9 percentage points (the stock lost 31.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | -45.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: its RSI momentum gauge is oversold (a beaten-down reading), near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 7 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 7 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 24% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.9% of the share price. | -23.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 27% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $12.29 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -26.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 16% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $10.74 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 46 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -16.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CIM last closed at $9.01 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 0 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $11.26 | Resistance | 25.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-22 |
| $11.73 | Resistance | 30.2% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-11-06 to 2026-09-04 |
| $12.32 | Resistance | 36.8% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-12-09 to 2026-07-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $12.88.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $11.88 and $12.53 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This reading has stood for 21 trading days, since 2026-09-10.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Oversold (14-day RSI below 30) · Near the 52-week low · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · Near the all-time low | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.60 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 3 analysts
- Mean price target$14.17 range $13.00 – $15.50; median $14.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-07. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CIM
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.4633 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-07
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.4633, on 2026-09-02, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant interest rate sensitivity and reliance on secured financing and securitized debt markets for liquidity.","Credit risk associated with non-agency mortgage assets and re-performing loans.","Regulatory changes affecting the mortgage and housing finance markets, including GSE and government policy shifts."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CIM's 10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the prior one filed 2026-05-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) identifies the company as "a diversified, internally managed REIT" whereas the older filing (2026-05-07) did not use this description in the Executive Summary.
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) states the HomeXpress Acquisition occurred in October 2025, while the older filing (2026-05-07) stated the HomeXpress Acquisition was in October 2025 but did not include "HomeXpress Mortgage Corp." spelled out in the Executive Summary section.
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) reports investment portfolio allocations as of June 30, 2026: 55.6% residential mortgage loans held for investment, 36.9% Agency MBS, 5.1% Non-Agency RMBS, 2.2% LHFS, and less than 1% interests in MSR financing receivables.
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) adds that as of June 30, 2026, HomeXpress had approximately 6,300 approved wholesale brokers.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-05-07) described the company as "a diversified real estate company that invests in, originates, and manages primarily residential real estate assets" and listed assets managed through Palisades Advisory Services, LLC ("PAS") including residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS, RTLs, Investor Loans, MSRs and other real estate-related assets such as Agency CMBS, junior liens and HELOCs, equity appreciation rights, and reverse mortgages.
- Older filing (2026-05-07) stated HomeXpress primarily originates Non-QM residential mortgage loans as well as a smaller amount of QM residential mortgage loans.
- Older filing (2026-05-07) reported investment portfolio allocations as of March 31, 2026: 58% residential mortgage loans, 36.7% Agency MBS, 5.3% Non-Agency RMBS, and less than 1% interests in MSR financing receivables (excluding LHFS by HomeXpress).
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) changed the Executive Summary company description from "diversified real estate company that invests in, originates, and manages primarily residential real estate assets" to "diversified, internally managed REIT, that serves the U.S. residential real estate market."
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) describes the company's objective as "delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns to shareholders" and segments as acquiring, managing, financing and originating residential mortgage and real estate-related assets; older filing (2026-05-07) did not include this objective statement in the Executive Summary.
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) changed the HomeXpress Acquisition reference from "the acquisition of HomeXpress (the 'HomeXpress Acquisition') in October 2025" to "the acquisition of HomeXpress Mortgage Corp. ('HomeXpress') in October 2025 (the 'HomeXpress Acquisition')".
- Newer filing (2026-08-05) updated the Investment Portfolio allocation disclosure date from March 31, 2026 to June 30, 2026 and revised asset categories: residential mortgage loans held for investment (was residential mortgage loans), added 2.2% LHFS as a separate category, and removed the parenthetical "(excluding LHFS by HomeXpress)".
- Notes:
- The newer filing text is truncated at "HomeXpress had approximately 6,300 approved wholesale brokers and" and the older filing is truncated at "are included in this segm", so comparisons beyond these points are not possible.
- Both filings contain page break artifacts embedded in text (e.g., "65" and "60" in the middle of paragraphs) but these do not represent substantive changes.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- In the newer filing (filed 2026-08-05), Item 5 'Other Information' states 'None.'
- In the newer filing (filed 2026-08-05), 'The Company did not repurchase any of its common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2026.'
- Removed:
- In the older filing (filed 2026-05-07), Item 5 'Other Information' stated that during the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the Company updated the address of its Principal Executive Offices to One Rockefeller Plaza 32nd Floor, New York, New York, with no change to its telephone number.
- In the older filing (filed 2026-05-07), 'The Company did not repurchase any of its common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2026.'
- Reworded:
- The repurchase disclosure period changed from 'the quarter ended March 31, 2026' (older filing, filed 2026-05-07) to 'the six months ended June 30, 2026' (newer filing, filed 2026-08-05).
- The Risk Factors statement text is the same in both filings.
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at Exhibit 4.9, so changes after that point could not be compared.
- The provided section labeled 'Risk Factors' in both filings actually contains boilerplate risk factor language plus Item 2 through Item 6 content; comparison covers all text supplied.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for CIM — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CIM had 3,403,938 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CIM had 4.07% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.16 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,403,938
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.07%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,413,584
- Reported change 41.03%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.16
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Annaly Capital Management (NLY)
- AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC)
- Starwood Property Trust (STWD)
- Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT)
- Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI)
- PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) do?
Chimera Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in a portfolio of mortgage assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and various types of mortgage loans. The company's investment strategy focuses on managing portfolios of agency and non-agency mortgage assets, including residential transition loans, re-performing loans, and home equity lines of credit, primarily funded through secured…
What sector is CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) in?
CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Mortgage REIT. It trades on NYSE.
Does CIM pay a dividend?
Yes — CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 8.71% and 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP's (CIM) competitors?
Notable peers of CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) include Annaly Capital Management, AGNC Investment Corp., Starwood Property Trust, Blackstone Mortgage Trust and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) overbought or oversold right now?
CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM) is currently in oversold territory (its 14-day RSI is 17, below 30) (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CIM come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.