Financial Performance - Net income attributable to common stockholders for Q1 2025 was 30,285,000,withearningspershareof0.33[3] - The company reported a net income attributable to common stockholders of 30,285thousandforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2025,comparedtoanetlossof68,340 thousand for the same period in 2024[28] - Net income attributable to the Company was 42.155million,asignificantrecoveryfromanetlossof31.389 million in the previous quarter[30] - GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders for Q1 2025 was 30.285million,comparedtoalossof41.828 million in Q4 2024[44] Interest Income and Expenses - Interest income for the quarter was 129,734,000,whileinterestexpensetotaled96,636,000, resulting in net interest income of 33,098,000[3]−Interestincomeroseto129,734 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 83,892thousandintheprioryear,markinganincreaseof54.7129.734 million, an increase from 118.253millioninthepreviousquarter[30]−Thenetinterestbenefitfrominterestrateswapswas5,840 in Q4 2024, compared to 8,453inQ32024,indicatingadecreaseofapproximately30.533,098 thousand, compared to 17,863thousandforthesameperiodin2024,reflectinganincreaseof85.133.098 million, compared to 26.711millioninthepriorquarter,reflectingagrowthofapproximately24.536.210 million, up from 33.098millioninthepreviousquarter[36]−GAAPtotalnetinterestincomeforQ42024was26,711, a decrease from 20,237inQ32024,reflectingadeclineofapproximately19.510,004,055 thousand as of March 31, 2025, up from 9,217,282thousandasofDecember31,2024,representinganincreaseofapproximately8.58,585,743 thousand as of March 31, 2025, from 7,806,148thousandasofDecember31,2024,anincreaseofapproximately9.98,270,581,000 as of March 31, 2025[11] - The company reported a Company Recourse Leverage Ratio of 3.4x and a Portfolio Recourse Leverage Ratio of 3.2x[12] Shareholder Returns and Dividends - The adjusted book value per common share at the end of the period was 10.43,withaneconomicreturnonadjustedbookvalueof2.711.5 million, averaging 6.50pershare[7]−Dividendsdeclaredpercommonshareremainedstableat0.20, consistent with the previous quarter[30] - Preferred stock dividends amounted to 11,870thousandforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2025,comparedto10,439 thousand for the same period in 2024[28] Strategic Initiatives - The company completed the issuance of 82.5millioninSeniorNotesdue2030,withnetproceedsofapproximately79.3 million[8] - Two securitizations of residential loans generated approximately 326.3millioninnetproceedsafterexpenses[8]−ThestrategicrepositioningincludedtheacquisitionofassetssuchasAgencyRMBSandbusinesspurposeloans,aimedatexpandinginterestincomelevels[40]−Thecompanyisrepositioningitsbusinessbyopportunisticallydisposingofjointventureequityinvestmentsinmulti−familyproperties[52]UnrealizedGainsandLosses−Thecompanyreportedunrealizedgainsof118,203 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to unrealized losses of (39,390)thousandinthesameperiodof2024[28]−Thecompanyrecordedunrealizedgains(losses)of(118.203) million in Q1 2025, compared to 131.576millioninQ42024[44]OtherFinancialMetrics−Theyieldonaverageinterestearningassetswas6.4722.989 million for Q1 2025, compared to $20.837 million for Q4 2024[50]