Orchid Island Capital Announces June 2017 Monthly Dividend and May 31, 2017 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics


  • June 2017 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of May 31, 2017

VERO BEACH, Fla., June 13, 2017 (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 June 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid July 10, 2017, to holders of record on June 30, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of June 28, 2017. 

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 June 13, 2017, the Company had 41,529,272 shares outstanding, including shares sold via the Company’s at the market program through that date that have not yet settled. At March 31, 2017, the Company had 34,270,126 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of May 31, 2017 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 and the expected funding of purchased assets and anticipated borrowings. 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, 2016.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics         
($ in thousands)         
        Percentage 
WeightedRealized
  Current Fair Current of 
AverageMay 2017 CPR
Asset Category Face Value(1) Price Portfolio
Coupon(Reported in June)
As of May 31, 2017              
Adjustable Rate RMBS$1,820  $1,935 106.33 0.06%3.52%0.07%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS 41,905 42,969 102.54 1.24%2.55%0.59%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS 41,905 42,969 102.54 1.24%2.55%0.59%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS 43,600 46,098 105.73 1.33%3.50%10.52%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS 174,754 186,938 106.97 5.39%4.00%3.53%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS 2,811,977 3,044,449 108.27 87.77%4.45%7.60%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS 3,030,331 3,277,485 108.16 94.49%4.41%7.49%
Total Pass-through RMBS 3,074,056 3,322,389 108.08 95.78%4.39%7.39%
Interest-Only Securities 815,688 100,404 12.31 2.89%3.74%14.38%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities 236,227 45,857 19.41 1.32%5.20%11.61%
Structured RMBS 1,051,915 146,261 13.90 4.22%4.20%13.76%
Total Mortgage Assets$4,125,971  $3,468,650   100.00%4.38%9.04%


RMBS Assets by Agency    Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test
($ in thousands)    ($ in thousands)   
   Percentage    Percentage
  Fairof   Fairof
Asset Category Value(1)Portfolio Asset Category Value(1)Portfolio
As of May 31, 2017    As of May 31, 2017   
Fannie Mae$2,748,58979.2% Whole Pool Assets$2,937,71384.7%
Freddie Mac 712,23620.6% Non Whole Pool Assets 530,93715.3%
Ginnie Mae 7,8250.2% Total Mortgage Assets$3,468,650100.0%
Total Mortgage Assets$3,468,650100.0%     
           
(1)  Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $69.4 million purchased in May 2017
       which settle in June 2017, and excludes assets with a fair value of $57.0 million sold in May 2017 which settle in June
       2017.


Borrowings By Counterparty       
($ in thousands)       
      Weighted 
    % of Average 
  Total Total MaturityLongest
As of May 31, 2017 Borrowings(1) Debt in DaysMaturity
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$457,601 14.0% 126/23/2017
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 323,946 9.9% 116/12/2017
Citigroup Global Markets Inc 263,389 8.1% 106/29/2017
ICBC Financial Services LLC 242,783 7.5% 126/13/2017
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co 232,042 7.1% 186/21/2017
RBC Capital Markets, LLC 230,413 7.1% 136/13/2017
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc 201,965 6.2% 457/17/2017
South Street Securities, LLC 174,853 5.4% 96/22/2017
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 167,230 5.1% 106/13/2017
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc 154,051 4.7% 156/23/2017
Goldman, Sachs & Co 137,375 4.2% 106/13/2017
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P 129,653 4.0% 126/14/2017
Daiwa Securities America Inc. 107,208 3.3% 136/16/2017
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. 86,600 2.7% 126/12/2017
Guggenheim Securities, LLC 81,432 2.5% 176/29/2017
FHLB-Cincinnati 81,381 2.5% 16/1/2017
Natixis, New York Branch 77,512 2.4% 96/22/2017
Nomura Securities International, Inc. 64,599 2.0% 698/17/2017
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc 43,692 1.3% 266/26/2017
Total Borrowings$3,257,725 100.0% 158/17/2017
 
(1)  In May 2017, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $69.4 million which settle in June 2017
       that are expected to be funded by repurchase agreements.  These anticipated borrowings are not included in the table
       above.


RMBS Risk Measures          
($ in thousands)          
Mortgage Assets          
   Weighted       
   Average WeightedWeighted Modeled Modeled
   Months AverageAverage Interest Interest
   To Next LifetimePeriodic Rate Rate
  FairCoupon Reset CapCap Per Year Sensitivity Sensitivity
Asset Category Value(if applicable) (if applicable)(if applicable) (-50 BPS)(1) (+50 BPS)(1)
As of May 31, 2017          
Adjustable Rate RMBS$1,9352 10.04%2.00%$5 $(3)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS 42,96968 7.55%2.00% 541  (651)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS 3,277,485n/a n/an/a 36,209  (56,515)
Total Pass-through RMBS 3,322,389n/a n/an/a 36,755  (57,169)
Interest-Only Securities 100,404n/a n/an/a (18,077) 16,848 
Inverse Interest-Only Securities 45,8571 6.22%n/a 252  (1,778)
Structured RMBS 146,261n/a n/an/a (17,825) 15,070 
Total Mortgage Assets$3,468,650n/a n/an/a$18,930 $(42,099)
           
Funding Hedges          
        Modeled Modeled
        Interest Interest
     AverageHedge Rate Rate
     NotionalPeriod Sensitivity Sensitivity
     Balance(2)End Date (-50 BPS)(1) (+50 BPS)(1)
Eurodollar Futures Contracts - Short Positions$953,333 Dec-2020$(14,235)$17,875 
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions 465,000 Sep-2027 (18,201) 17,869 
Payer Swaps 950,000 May-2022 (11,955) 11,955 
TBA Short Positions 250,000 Jun-2017 (6,513) 8,116 
Total Hedges    (50,904) 55,815 
        
Grand Total   $(31,974)$13,716 
 
(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)  Treasury futures contracts were valued at a price of $126.30 at May 31, 2017.  The nominal contract value of the short
       position was $587.3 million.

            

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