Orchid Island Capital Announces December 2015 Monthly

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Orchid Island Capital Announces December 2015 Monthly Dividend and November 30, 2015 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics
  • December 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2015

VERO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 10, 2015 (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 December 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid December 30, 2015, to holders of record on December 24, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of December 22, 2015. 

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 certain percentages 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 December 10, 2015, the Company had 21,768,190 shares outstanding. At September 30, 2015, the Company had 21,892,773 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 2015 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, 2014.

                 
RMBS Valuation Characteristics                
($ in thousands)                
            Percentage Weighted Realized
    Current   Fair Current of Average Nov 2015 CPR
Asset Category   Face   Value (1) Price Portfolio Coupon (Reported in Dec)
As of November 30, 2015                
Adjustable Rate RMBS $ 2,800 $ 2,975 106.23   0.13 %   3.62 %   0.24 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS   52,085   53,137 102.02   2.41 %   2.55 %   13.96 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS   52,085   53,137 102.02   2.41 %   2.55 %   13.96 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   99,949   104,796 104.85   4.73 %   3.28 %   4.83 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   440,642   472,365 107.20   21.33 %   4.00 %   2.08 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   1,360,014   1,473,800 108.37   66.56 %   4.36 %   6.86 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS   1,900,605   2,050,961 107.91   92.62 %   4.23 %   5.64 %
Total Pass-through RMBS   1,955,490   2,107,073 107.75   95.16 %   4.18 %   5.86 %
Interest-Only Securities   514,336   63,384 12.32   2.86 %   3.58 %   11.74 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities   219,022   43,877 20.03   1.98 %   6.15 %   10.89 %
Structured RMBS   733,358   107,261 14.63   4.84 %   4.63 %   11.49 %
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,688,848 $ 2,214,334     100.00 %   4.20 %   7.39 %
                             
           
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 (1) Portfolio   Asset Category   Value (1) Portfolio
As of November 30, 2015         As of November 30, 2015      
Fannie Mae $ 1,801,363   81.4 %   Whole Pool Assets $ 1,701,279   76.8 %
Freddie Mac   395,913   17.8 %   Non Whole Pool Assets   513,055   23.2 %
Ginnie Mae   17,058   0.8 %   Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,214,334   100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,214,334   100.0 %          
                     

(1) Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $1.7 million purchased in November 2015 which settle in December 2015.

               
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty              
($ in thousands)              
            Weighted  
        % of   Average  
    Total   Total   Maturity Longest
As of November 30, 2015   Borrowings (1)   Debt   in Days Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc $ 185,653     9.4 %   37 1/25/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co   154,866     7.6 %   28 12/28/2015
RBC Capital Markets, LLC   140,151     6.9 %   37 1/22/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.   134,142     6.6 %   12 12/14/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co   129,790     6.4 %   14 12/18/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc   127,765     6.3 %   32 1/25/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc   125,769     6.2 %   18 1/4/2016
ICBC Financial Services LLC   115,519     5.7 %   43 1/12/2016
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc   111,249     5.5 %   49 1/29/2016
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC   108,424     5.3 %   44 2/2/2016
Daiwa Securities America Inc.   102,067     5.0 %   10 12/11/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P   100,278     4.9 %   11 12/18/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc.   95,480     4.7 %   19 12/23/2015
Natixis, New York Branch   88,826     4.4 %   12 12/23/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC   83,943     4.1 %   43 1/29/2016
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc   81,469     4.0 %   16 12/16/2015
South Street Securities, LLC   80,100     3.9 %   16 12/21/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co   48,351     2.4 %   10 12/10/2015
Barclays Capital Inc   9,968     0.5 %   11 12/11/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc   4,218     0.2 %   18 12/18/2015
Total Borrowings $ 2,028,028     100.0 %   26 2/2/2016
                   
                     
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 November 30, 2015                    
Adjustable Rate RMBS $ 2,975 5     10.04 %   2.00 % $   18   $   (18 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS   53,137 86     7.55 %   2.00 %     871       (1,027 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS   2,050,961 n/a   n/a n/a     31,907       (42,957 )
Total Pass-through RMBS   2,107,073 n/a   n/a n/a     32,796       (44,002 )
Interest-Only Securities   63,384 n/a   n/a n/a     (11,548 )     9,500  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities   43,877 1     6.36 % n/a     554       (1,612 )
Structured RMBS   107,261 n/a   n/a n/a     (10,994 )     7,888  
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,214,334 n/a   n/a n/a $   21,802   $   (36,114 )
                     
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 $   873,333   Mar-2019 $   (13,897 ) $   16,375  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions     185,000   Mar-2026     (7,677 )     7,057  
Receiver Swaption           100,000   May-2021     1,744       (838 )
Grand Total             $   1,972   $   (13,520 )
                             

(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 126.4375 at November 30, 2015.  The nominal value of the short position was $233.9 million.

Contact: Orchid Island Capital, Inc. Robert E. Cauley 3305 Flamingo Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963 Telephone: (772) 231-1400

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