Orchid Island Capital Announces September 2014 Monthly Dividend and August 29, 2014 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics


  • September 2014 Monthly Dividend of $0.18 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of August 29, 2014

VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE MKT:ORC) announced that today the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of September 2014. The dividend of $0.18 per share will be paid September 30, 2014, to holders of record on September 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of September 23, 2014.

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 September 5, 2014, the Company had 11,862,097 shares outstanding, including shares sold via the Company's At-The-Market program through that date that had not yet settled. At June 30, 2014, the Company had 9,632,108 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of August 29, 2014 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. intends to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust 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 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, 2013.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics            
($ in thousands)            
        Percentage Weighted Realized
  Current Fair Current of Average Aug 2014 CPR
Asset Category Face Value Price Portfolio Coupon (Reported in Sep)
As of August 29, 2014            
Adjustable Rate RMBS  $ 3,578  $ 3,854  107.70 0.35% 3.80% 0.13%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS  71,762  72,314  100.77 6.61% 2.55% 10.77%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS  71,762  72,314  100.77 6.61% 2.55% 10.77%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  81,742  86,484  105.80 7.90% 3.40% 3.85%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  129,296  138,319  106.98 12.64% 4.00% 9.35%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  670,617  730,807  108.98 66.75% 4.55% 9.09%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS  881,655  955,610  108.39 87.29% 4.36% 8.50%
Total Pass-through RMBS  956,995  1,031,778  107.81 94.25% 4.24% 8.68%
Interest-Only Securities  334,386  44,806  13.40 4.09% 4.11% 19.77%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities  112,812  18,136  16.08 1.66% 6.23% 13.41%
Structured RMBS  447,198  62,942  14.07 5.75% 4.72% 18.47%
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,404,193  $ 1,094,720   100.00% 4.26% 11.67%
   
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 August 29, 2014     As of August 29, 2014    
Fannie Mae  $ 663,365 60.6% Whole Pool Assets  $ 916,183 83.7%
Freddie Mac  421,507 38.5% Non Whole Pool Assets  178,537 16.3%
Ginnie Mae  9,848 0.9% Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,094,720 100.0%
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,094,720 100.0%      
 
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty
($ in thousands)
      Weighted  
    % of Average  
  Total Total Maturity Longest
As of August 29, 2014 Borrowings Debt in Days Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc  $ 164,729 16.7% 20 11/6/2014
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC 148,539 15.0% 99 2/13/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co 91,526 9.3% 80 11/17/2014
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P 85,016 8.6% 36 11/24/2014
Daiwa Securities America Inc. 84,056 8.5% 59 11/24/2014
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co 78,841 8.0% 27 10/21/2014
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc 58,818 5.9% 44 11/25/2014
Goldman, Sachs & Co 55,722 5.6% 50 10/27/2014
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc 52,719 5.3% 84 2/2/2015
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc 42,769 4.3% 16 9/22/2014
South Street Securities, LLC 38,798 3.9% 18 9/26/2014
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc 32,474 3.3% 4 9/2/2014
CRT Capital Group, LLC 21,400 2.2% 14 9/12/2014
Guggenheim Securities, LLC 19,793 2.0% 46 10/24/2014
Other 13,839 1.4% 14 9/12/2014
Total Borrowings  $ 989,039 100.0% 49 2/13/2015
 
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 August 29, 2014            
Adjustable Rate RMBS  $ 3,854 6 10.05% 2.00%  $ 9  $ (16)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS  72,314 102 7.54% 2.00%  1,624  (1,938)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS  955,610 n/a n/a n/a  15,280  (22,206)
Total Pass-through RMBS  1,031,778 n/a n/a n/a  16,913  (24,160)
Interest-Only Securities  44,806 n/a n/a n/a  (7,145)  7,064
Inverse Interest-Only Securities  18,136 1 6.39% n/a  (1,215)  171
Structured RMBS  62,942 n/a n/a n/a  (8,360)  7,235
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,094,720 n/a n/a n/a  $ 8,553  $ (16,925)
Funding Hedges            
          Modeled Modeled
          Interest Interest
      Average Hedge Rate Rate
      Notional Period Sensitivity Sensitivity
      Balance End Date (-50 BPS)(1) (+50 BPS)(1)
Eurodollar Futures Contracts - Short Positions  $ 500,000 Dec-2018  $ (8,912)  $ 10,212
Payer Swaption      250,000 Aug-2025  (2,326)  4,537
Grand Total          $ (2,685)  $ (2,176)
             
(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 OAS. These results are for illustrative purposes only and actual results may differ materially. 


            

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