Exhibit 99.40
| TPR Firm: |
Report Date: | 5/7/2025 | ||
| Client Name: | Ellington Management Group | Report: | Rating Agency Grades | |
| Deal Name: | EFMT 2025-NQM2 | Loans in report: | 1 | |
| INITIAL CREDIT GRADES | INITIAL COMPLIANCE GRADES | INITIAL PROPERTY GRADES | INITIAL OVERALL LOAN GRADES | FINAL CREDIT GRADES | FINAL COMPLIANCE GRADES | FINAL PROPERTY GRADES | FINAL OVERALL LOAN GRADES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incenter Loan ID | Client Loan ID | Seller Loan ID | Investor Loan ID | Original Loan Amount | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P | DBRS | Fitch | Kroll | Moodys | S&P |
| XXX | 1975366 | XXX | XXX | C | C | C | C | C | D | D | D | D | D | A | A | A | A | A | D | D | D | D | D | B | B | B | B | B | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | B | B | B | B | B | |