Orchid Island Capital Announces December 2016 Monthly

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Orchid Island Capital Announces December 2016 Monthly Dividend and November 30, 2016 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics
  • December 2016 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2016

VERO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 08, 2016 (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 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid January 10, 2017, to holders of record on December 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2016. 

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 December 8, 2016, the Company had 31,963,790 shares outstanding, including shares sold through the Company’s at the market program through that date that have not yet settled. At September 30, 2016, the Company had 26,252,193 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 2016 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, 2015.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics                      
($ in thousands)                      
                    Percentage   Weighted   Realized
      Current     Fair   Current   of   Average   Nov 2016 CPR
Asset Category     Face     Value (1)   Price   Portfolio   Coupon   (Reported in Dec)
As of November 30, 2016                                  
Adjustable Rate RMBS   $ 1,938   $ 2,057   106.13   0.08 %   3.50 %   0.69 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS     44,831     45,924   102.44   1.81 %   2.55 %   6.42 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS     44,831     45,924   102.44   1.81 %   2.55 %   6.42 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS     86,213     89,932   104.31   3.54 %   3.28 %   14.70 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS     410,784     439,804   107.06   17.33 %   4.00 %   8.78 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS     1,681,902     1,817,048   108.04   71.61 %   4.33 %   8.67 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS     2,178,899     2,346,784   107.71   92.48 %   4.22 %   8.93 %
Total Pass-through RMBS     2,225,668     2,394,765   107.60   94.37 %   4.19 %   8.87 %
Interest-Only Securities     534,146     61,345   11.48   2.42 %   3.56 %   18.81 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities     385,436     81,472   21.14   3.21 %   5.58 %   14.48 %
Structured RMBS     919,582     142,817   15.53   5.63 %   4.71 %   17.00 %
Total Mortgage Assets   $ 3,145,250   $ 2,537,582       100.00 %   4.22 %   11.25 %
                                   
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, 2016               As of November 30, 2016            
Fannie Mae   $ 1,890,375   74.5 %   Whole Pool Assets   $ 1,986,336   78.3 %
Freddie Mac     637,529   25.1 %   Non Whole Pool Assets     551,246   21.7 %
Ginnie Mae     9,678   0.4 %   Total Mortgage Assets   $ 2,537,582   100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets   $ 2,537,582   100.0 %            
                         

(1) Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $5.1 million purchased in November 2016 which settle in December 2016.

Borrowings By Counterparty                  
($ in thousands)                  
                Weighted    
          % of   Average    
      Total   Total   Maturity   Longest
As of November 30, 2016     Borrowings (1)   Debt   in Days   Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc   $ 276,506   11.6 %   10   1/5/2017
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc     190,922   8.1 %   29   2/14/2017
South Street Securities, LLC     178,406   7.6 %   6   12/21/2016
RBC Capital Markets, LLC     168,792   7.1 %   13   12/13/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co     167,675   7.1 %   15   1/23/2017
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC     160,239   6.8 %   23   1/10/2017
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc     159,388   6.8 %   60   2/13/2017
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co     149,977   6.4 %   50   1/23/2017
ICBC Financial Services LLC     140,196   5.9 %   19   12/30/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.     138,922   5.9 %   9   12/9/2016
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P.     132,172   5.6 %   24   2/24/2017
Daiwa Securities America Inc.     111,201   4.7 %   11   12/14/2016
Guggenheim Securities, LLC     94,674   4.0 %   38   1/30/2017
Natixis, New York Branch     94,100   4.0 %   10   12/21/2016
Nomura Securities International, Inc.     83,928   3.6 %   16   12/29/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc     57,491   2.4 %   7   12/7/2016
FHLB-Cincinnati     52,731   2.2 %   1   12/1/2016
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc     3,976   0.2 %   9   12/9/2016
Total Borrowings   $ 2,361,296   100.0 %   21   2/24/2017
                     

(1) In November 2016, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $5.1 million which settle in December 2016 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   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, 2016                            
Adjustable Rate RMBS   $ 2,057   6     10.05 %       2.00 %   $   11     $   (11 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS     45,924   74     7.55 %       2.00 %       757         (839 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS     2,346,784   n/a   n/a n/a       52,222         (60,457 )
Total Pass-through RMBS     2,394,765   n/a   n/a n/a       52,990         (61,307 )
Interest-Only Securities     61,345   n/a   n/a n/a       (5,990 )       4,442  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities     81,472   1     6.14 % n/a       4,963         (6,373 )
Structured RMBS     142,817   n/a   n/a n/a       (1,027 )       (1,931 )
Total Mortgage Assets   $ 2,537,582   n/a   n/a n/a   $   51,963     $   (63,238 )
                             
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 $   453,846   Dec-2019   $   (5,677 )   $   7,375  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions     185,000   Dec-2026       (7,262 )       7,016  
Payer Swaps               600,000   Feb-2020       (8,837 )       8,837  
TBA Short Positions               200,000   Dec-2016       (3,672 )       4,758  
Grand Total                   $   26,515     $   (35,252 )
                                     

(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 $125.23 at November 30, 2016.  The nominal value of the short position was $231.7 million.

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

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