CIM
Chimera Investment
About: Chimera Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust engaged in investing in a portfolio of mortgage assets on a leveraged basis. These investments include a variety of government-sponsored agency residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS, non-agency RMBS, agency commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage loans, and other real estate-related securities. Agency mortgage-backed securities represent the share of this portfolio, while subprime residential mortgage loans and non-agency RMBS also make up substantial shares.
Employees: 77
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Funds holding %
of 7,312 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
106% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 33 | Existing positions closed: 16
86% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $608M [Q4 2024] → $1.13B (+$526M) [Q1 2025]
31% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 80 | Existing positions reduced: 61
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 206 [Q4 2024] → 219 (+13) [Q1 2025]
0.54% more ownership
Funds ownership: 53.65% [Q4 2024] → 54.19% (+0.54%) [Q1 2025]
21% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $6.53M | Put options by funds: $8.26M
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$15
7%
upside
Avg. target
$15.50
10%
upside
High target
$16
14%
upside
2 analyst ratings
1 positive
50%
1 neutral
50%
0 negative
0%
UBS Douglas Harter | 14%upside $16 | Buy Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Bose George | 7%upside $15 | Market Perform Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about CIM published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
4 days ago
Palisades Closes Multi-Originator Home Equity Investment Securitization
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palisades Group (“Palisades”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) and an alternative asset manager in the residential credit and real estate markets, today announced that on June 30, 2025, Solve Funding LLC had sponsored SOLVE 2025-HEC1, a $112.1 million securitization backed by home equity investment assets (HEI). This transaction marks a milestone in the evolution of the HEI sector as the securitization featured collateral a.
Positive
Benzinga
1 week ago
Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Financial Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields
During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Where Fat Yields Meet Lower Risk
Many investors go for big yield with bigger risk. Barf. This report was recently sent to our members. We picked up shares with a 9.5% yield.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
3 weeks ago
Get Paid 10%+ a Year? These Monthly Dividend Stocks Actually Deliver
Although double-digit yields were normal during the 1980s, lower interest rates and a robust stock market have rendered yields of 10% or higher obscure.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Chimera Investment: New Acquisition Is Transforming This mREIT
Chimera Investment Corporation is a mortgage REIT with that is being transformed by strategic acquisitions. The acquisition of HomeXpress Mortgage diversifies CIM's income streams, is well-received by Wall Street, and is expected to be accretive to earnings in 2026. CIM pays a quarterly dividend yielding 10.57%, which goes ex-dividend on June 30th.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
4 weeks ago
A Brief Lesson On Huge Yielders
Charts? Dog photos? Me? An Opportunity to learn? So many reasons to like this article. Beware of extremely high return on equity figures. It looks great today, but you need to evaluate the source of the income.
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
HomeXpress Mortgage Corp. Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Chimera Investment Corporation
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HomeXpress Mortgage Corp. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Chimera Investment Corporation.
Neutral
Business Wire
4 weeks ago
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) (“Chimera”) Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire HomeXpress Mortgage Corp.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) (“Chimera”) today announced that on June 11, 2025, it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire HomeXpress Mortgage Corp. (“HomeXpress”) from certain affiliates of Seer Capital Management's credit fund business (“Seer”) and certain management sellers (together with Seer, the “Sellers”). HomeXpress is a leading originator of consumer non-QM, investor business purpose, and other non-Agency mortgage loan products, as well a.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Chimera Declares Second Quarter 2025 Common Stock Dividend
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Chimera Investment Corporation announced the declaration of its second quarter cash dividend of $0.37 per common share. The dividend is payable on July 31, 2025 to common stockholders of record on June 30, 2025. The ex-dividend date is June 30, 2025. About Chimera Investment Corporation Chimera is a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is primarily engaged in the business of investing for itself and for unrelated third.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Big Dividend Yielders At A Glance
We all learn over time. Some of us more than others. The agency mortgage REIT price-to-book ratios are getting really high, except for the weaker ones. That doesn't make the weak ones a great bargain. Main Street Capital stands out among BDCs for superior management and NAV growth, but that valuation just refuses to come down.
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