- March 2018 Monthly Dividend of $0.09 Per Share
- RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 28, 2018
VERO BEACH, Fla., March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of March 2018. The dividend of $0.09 per share will be paid April 10, 2018, to holders of record on March 29, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of March 28, 2018.
The Company intends to make regular monthly cash distributions to its stockholders. In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), the Company must distribute annually to its stockholders an amount at least equal to 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain. The Company will be subject to income tax on taxable income that is not distributed and to an excise tax to the extent that a certain percentage of its taxable income is not distributed by specified dates. The Company has not established a minimum distribution payment level and is not assured of its ability to make distributions to stockholders in the future.
As of March 8, 2018, the Company had 53,065,790 shares outstanding. At December 31, 2017, the Company had 53,061,904 shares outstanding.
RMBS Portfolio Characteristics
Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 28, 2018 are presented below. These figures are preliminary and subject to change. The information contained herein is an intra-quarter update created by the Company based upon information that the Company believes is accurate:
- RMBS Valuation Characteristics
- RMBS Assets by Agency
- Investment Company Act of 1940 (Whole Pool) Test Results
- Repurchase Agreement Exposure by Counterparty
- RMBS Risk Measures
About Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests in Agency RMBS that are either traditional pass-through Agency RMBS or structured Agency RMBS. Orchid Island Capital, Inc. has elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the Company’s distributions. These forward-looking statements are based upon Orchid Island Capital, Inc.’s present expectations, but these statements are not guaranteed to occur. Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.
| RMBS Valuation Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Percentage | Weighted | Realized | ||||||||||
| Current | Fair | Current | of | Average | Feb 2018 CPR | |||||||
| Asset Category | Face | Value | Price | Portfolio | Coupon | (Reported in Mar) | ||||||
| As of February 28, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Adjustable Rate RMBS | $ | 1,649 | $ | 1,740 | $ | 105.53 | 0.05 | % | 3.95 | % | 0.02 | % |
| 10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS | 26,568 | 26,448 | 99.55 | 0.69 | % | 2.59 | % | 0.70 | % | |||
| Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS | 26,568 | 26,448 | 99.55 | 0.69 | % | 2.59 | % | 0.70 | % | |||
| 15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS | 38,111 | 38,944 | 102.19 | 1.02 | % | 3.50 | % | 10.69 | % | |||
| 20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS | 498,438 | 517,292 | 103.78 | 13.50 | % | 4.00 | % | 6.03 | % | |||
| 30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS | 2,965,939 | 3,109,311 | 104.83 | 81.16 | % | 4.32 | % | 5.71 | % | |||
| Total Fixed Rate RMBS | 3,502,488 | 3,665,547 | 104.66 | 95.68 | % | 4.26 | % | 5.81 | % | |||
| Total Pass-through RMBS | 3,530,705 | 3,693,735 | 104.62 | 96.41 | % | 4.25 | % | 5.77 | % | |||
| Interest-Only Securities | 735,979 | 108,333 | 14.72 | 2.83 | % | 3.80 | % | 11.36 | % | |||
| Inverse Interest-Only Securities | 259,670 | 29,024 | 11.18 | 0.76 | % | 4.04 | % | 11.68 | % | |||
| Structured RMBS | 995,649 | 137,357 | 13.80 | 3.59 | % | 3.85 | % | 11.44 | % | |||
| Total Mortgage Assets | $ | 4,526,354 | $ | 3,831,092 | 100.00 | % | 4.24 | % | 7.02 | % | ||
| RMBS Assets by Agency | Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test | |||||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ($ in thousands) | |||||||||
| Percentage | Percentage | |||||||||
| Fair | of | Fair | of | |||||||
| Asset Category | Value | Portfolio | Asset Category | Value | Portfolio | |||||
| As of February 28, 2018 | As of February 28, 2018 | |||||||||
| Fannie Mae | $ | 2,291,799 | 59.8 | % | Whole Pool Assets | $ | 3,129,859 | 81.7 | % | |
| Freddie Mac | 1,533,373 | 40.0 | % | Non-Whole Pool Assets | 701,233 | 18.3 | % | |||
| Ginnie Mae | 5,920 | 0.2 | % | Total Mortgage Assets | $ | 3,831,092 | 100.0 | % | ||
| Total Mortgage Assets | $ | 3,831,092 | 100.0 | % | ||||||
| Borrowings By Counterparty | ||||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ||||||||
| Weighted | ||||||||
| % of | Average | |||||||
| Total | Total | Maturity | Longest | |||||
| As of February 28, 2018 | Borrowings | Debt | in Days | Maturity | ||||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $ | 592,982 | 16.5 | % | 95 | 8/10/2018 | ||
| Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. | 393,335 | 10.8 | % | 50 | 8/10/2018 | |||
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 273,290 | 7.5 | % | 14 | 3/14/2018 | |||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc | 226,543 | 6.2 | % | 16 | 3/19/2018 | |||
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | 219,183 | 6.0 | % | 12 | 3/12/2018 | |||
| Guggenheim Securities, LLC | 207,991 | 5.7 | % | 15 | 3/27/2018 | |||
| Cantor Fitzgerald & Co | 196,124 | 5.4 | % | 16 | 3/16/2018 | |||
| ING Financial Markets LLC | 192,698 | 5.3 | % | 11 | 3/12/2018 | |||
| Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc | 173,432 | 4.8 | % | 19 | 3/23/2018 | |||
| Goldman, Sachs & Co | 154,046 | 4.2 | % | 16 | 3/29/2018 | |||
| ICBC Financial Services LLC | 151,117 | 4.1 | % | 2 | 3/2/2018 | |||
| Nomura Securities International, Inc. | 136,686 | 3.7 | % | 18 | 3/29/2018 | |||
| KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P | 124,525 | 3.4 | % | 43 | 8/14/2018 | |||
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | 111,128 | 3.0 | % | 9 | 3/14/2018 | |||
| Natixis, New York Branch | 103,550 | 2.8 | % | 20 | 3/26/2018 | |||
| FHLB-Cincinnati | 92,054 | 2.5 | % | 1 | 3/1/2018 | |||
| ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc | 86,115 | 2.4 | % | 17 | 3/22/2018 | |||
| Mizuho Securities USA, Inc | 73,769 | 2.0 | % | 17 | 3/22/2018 | |||
| Daiwa Securities America Inc. | 67,255 | 1.8 | % | 10 | 3/12/2018 | |||
| Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC | 40,111 | 1.1 | % | 13 | 3/13/2018 | |||
| J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC | 18,697 | 0.5 | % | 13 | 3/14/2018 | |||
| South Street Securities, LLC | 10,614 | 0.3 | % | 28 | 3/28/2018 | |||
| Total Borrowings | $ | 3,645,245 | 100.0 | % | 32 | 8/14/2018 | ||
| RMBS Risk Measures | ||||||||||||||
| ($ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
| Mortgage Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted | ||||||||||||||
| Average | Weighted | Weighted | Modeled | Modeled | ||||||||||
| Months | Average | Average | Interest | Interest | ||||||||||
| To Next | Lifetime | Periodic | Rate | Rate | ||||||||||
| Fair | Coupon Reset | Cap | Cap Per Year | Sensitivity | Sensitivity | |||||||||
| Asset Category | Value | (if applicable) | (if applicable) | (if applicable) | (-50 BPS)(1) | (+50 BPS)(1) | ||||||||
| As of February 28, 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Adjustable Rate RMBS | $ | 1,740 | 4 | 10.05% | 2.00% | $ | 8 | $ | (6 | ) | ||||
| Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS | 26,448 | 58 | 7.59% | 2.00% | 386 | (406 | ) | |||||||
| Total Fixed Rate RMBS | 3,665,547 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 74,508 | (93,300 | ) | |||||||
| Total Pass-through RMBS | 3,693,735 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 74,902 | (93,712 | ) | |||||||
| Interest-Only Securities | 108,333 | n/a | n/a | n/a | (12,083 | ) | 8,526 | |||||||
| Inverse Interest-Only Securities | 29,024 | 1 | 5.28% | n/a | 3,050 | (3,647 | ) | |||||||
| Structured RMBS | 137,357 | n/a | n/a | n/a | (9,033 | ) | 4,879 | |||||||
| Total Mortgage Assets | $ | 3,831,092 | n/a | n/a | n/a | $ | 65,869 | $ | (88,833 | ) | ||||
| Funding Hedges | ||||||||||||||
| Modeled | Modeled | |||||||||||||
| Interest | Interest | |||||||||||||
| Average | Hedge | Rate | Rate | |||||||||||
| Notional | Period | Sensitivity | Sensitivity | |||||||||||
| Balance(2) | End Date | (-50 BPS)(1) | (+50 BPS)(1) | |||||||||||
| Eurodollar Futures Contracts – Short Positions | $ | 1,454,545 | Dec-2020 | $ | (20,000 | ) | $ | 20,000 | ||||||
| Treasury Futures Contracts – Short Positions | 165,000 | Jun-2018 | (4,374 | ) | 4,308 | |||||||||
| Payer Swaps | 1,010,000 | Aug-2022 | (12,175 | ) | 12,175 | |||||||||
| Payer Swaption | 750,000 | Aug-2028 | (5,462 | ) | 13,106 | |||||||||
| Receiver Swaption | 100,000 | Feb-2024 | 1,141 | (478 | ) | |||||||||
| TBA Short Positions | 400,000 | Mar-2018 | (11,708 | ) | 13,640 | |||||||||
| Total Hedges | (52,578 | ) | 62,751 | |||||||||||
| Grand Total | $ | 13,291 | $ | (26,082 | ) | |||||||||
(1) Modeled results from Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Yield Book. Interest rate shocks assume instantaneous parallel shifts and horizon prices are calculated assuming constant LIBOR option-adjusted spreads. These results are for illustrative purposes only and actual results may differ materially
(2) Five year treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $113.93 at February 28, 2018. The notional contract value of the short position was $188.0 million.
Contact:
Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
Robert E. Cauley
3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963
Telephone: (772) 231-1400