Orchid Island Capital Announces June 2015 Monthly Dividend and May 29, 2015 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics


  • June 2015 Monthly Dividend of $0.18 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of May 29, 2015

VERO BEACH, Fla., June 9, 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 June 2015. The dividend of $0.18 per share will be paid June 30, 2015, to holders of record on June 22, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of June 18, 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 June 9, 2015, the Company had 21,736,494 shares outstanding, including shares sold via the Company's at the market program through that date that have not yet settled. At March 31, 2015, the Company had 17,924,383 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of May 29, 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 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 May 2015 CPR
Asset Category Face Value(1) Price Portfolio Coupon (Reported in Jun)
As of May 29, 2015            
Adjustable Rate RMBS  $ 3,236  $ 3,461  106.94 0.18% 3.64% 0.24%
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS  55,655  57,210  102.79 2.89% 2.56% 1.18%
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS  55,655  57,210  102.79 2.89% 2.56% 1.18%
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  75,040  79,936  106.52 4.05% 3.40% 6.28%
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  325,741  351,107  107.79 17.80% 4.00% 4.71%
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS  1,273,231  1,384,011  108.70 70.16% 4.33% 15.25%
Total Fixed Rate RMBS  1,674,012  1,815,054  108.43 92.01% 4.23% 12.05%
Total Pass-through RMBS  1,732,903  1,875,725  108.24 95.08% 4.18% 11.55%
Interest-Only Securities  556,052  69,590  12.52 3.53% 3.65% 16.87%
Inverse Interest-Only Securities  142,558  27,412  19.23 1.39% 6.13% 22.32%
Structured RMBS  698,610  97,002  13.89 4.92% 4.35% 17.64%
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 2,431,513  $ 1,972,727   100.00% 4.19% 13.59%
             
         
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 May 29, 2015       As of May 29, 2015    
Fannie Mae  $ 1,575,230 79.9%   Whole Pool Assets  $ 1,549,108 78.5%
Freddie Mac  377,652 19.1%   Non Whole Pool Assets  423,619 21.5%
Ginnie Mae  19,845 1.0%   Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,972,727 100.0%
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,972,727 100.0%        
             
(1)  Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $88.1 million purchased in May 2015 which settle in June 2015.
         
Repurchase Agreement Exposure By Counterparty        
($ in thousands)        
      Weighted  
    % of Average  
  Total Total Maturity Longest
As of May 29, 2015 Borrowings(1) Debt in Days Maturity
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC  $ 247,483 14.2% 34 7/13/2015
RBC Capital Markets, LLC 154,266 8.8% 36 7/20/2015
Goldman, Sachs & Co 145,861 8.4% 16 6/17/2015
Citigroup Global Markets Inc 145,371 8.3% 22 8/26/2015
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc 124,878 7.2% 29 7/20/2015
ICBC Financial Services LLC 124,114 7.1% 40 7/13/2015
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc 107,279 6.1% 18 7/20/2015
CRT Capital Group, LLC 106,623 6.1% 24 6/26/2015
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P 77,519 4.4% 16 6/26/2015
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co 73,454 4.2% 43 7/17/2015
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc 71,761 4.1% 25 6/26/2015
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 67,304 3.9% 17 6/15/2015
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc 66,358 3.8% 53 8/14/2015
Morgan Stanley & Co 56,292 3.2% 21 6/19/2015
Guggenheim Securities, LLC 48,781 2.8% 30 7/17/2015
Daiwa Securities America Inc. 47,395 2.7% 14 6/15/2015
South Street Securities, LLC 36,176 2.1% 19 6/26/2015
Nomura Securities International, Inc. 30,535 1.7% 33 7/13/2015
Barclays Capital Inc 10,222 0.6% 14 6/12/2015
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc 4,500 0.3% 7 6/5/2015
Total Borrowings  $ 1,746,172 100.0% 28 8/26/2015
         
(1)  In May 2015, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $88.1 million which settle in June 2015 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 May 29, 2015            
Adjustable Rate RMBS  $ 3,461 1 10.07% 2.00%  $ 19  (20)
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS  57,210 92 7.56% 2.00%  899  (1,118)
Total Fixed Rate RMBS  1,815,054 n/a n/a n/a  27,653  (36,889)
Total Pass-through RMBS  1,875,725 n/a n/a n/a  28,571  (38,027)
Interest-Only Securities  69,590 n/a n/a n/a  (13,141)  11,804
Inverse Interest-Only Securities  27,412 1 6.31% n/a  (370)  (451)
Structured RMBS  97,002 n/a n/a n/a  (13,511)  11,353
Total Mortgage Assets  $ 1,972,727 n/a n/a n/a  $ 15,060 $ (26,674)
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    $ 820,000 Dec-2018  $ (15,445)  $ 17,625
Payer Swaption      275,000 Sep-2025  (67)  450
Grand Total         $ (452) $ (8,599)
             
(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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