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Orchid Island Capital Announces March 2016 Monthly Dividend and February 29, 2016 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

  • March 2016 Monthly Dividend of $0.14 Per Share
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 29, 2016
  • 1,216,243 cumulative shares repurchased through stock repurchase program

VERO BEACH, Fla., March 09, 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 March 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid March 31, 2016, to holders of record on March 28, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of March 23, 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 March 9, 2016, the Company had 21,752,510 shares outstanding. At December 31, 2015, the Company had 21,749,490 shares outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 29, 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. 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 Feb 2016 CPR
Asset Category   Face         Value(1)       Price Portfolio Coupon (Reported in Mar)
As of February 29, 2016                            
Adjustable Rate RMBS $ 2,771       $ 2,937       105.96       0.14 %           3.63 %   0.46 %
10-1 Hybrid Rate RMBS   50,900         52,347       102.84       2.58 %           2.55 %   4.36 %
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS   50,900         52,347       102.84       2.58 %           2.55 %   4.36 %
15 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   97,103         102,804       105.87       5.04 %           3.28 %   5.14 %
20 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   424,307         457,087       107.73       22.42 %           4.00 %   4.53 %
30 Year Fixed Rate RMBS   1,208,486         1,328,464       109.93       65.16 %           4.44 %   5.12 %
Total Fixed Rate RMBS   1,729,896         1,888,355       109.16       92.62 %           4.27 %   4.97 %
Total Pass-through RMBS   1,783,567         1,943,639       108.97       95.34 %           4.23 %   4.94 %
Interest-Only Securities   530,221         55,125       10.40       2.70 %           3.64 %   12.39 %
Inverse Interest-Only Securities   209,000         39,978       19.13       1.96 %           5.92 %   12.72 %
Structured RMBS   739,221         95,103       12.87       4.66 %           4.59 %   12.48 %
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,522,788       $ 2,038,742               100.00 %           4.24 %   7.23 %


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 February 29, 2016         As of February 29, 2016      
Fannie Mae $ 1,711,894   84.0 %   Whole Pool Assets $ 1,533,756   75.2 %
Freddie Mac   315,232   15.4 %   Non Whole Pool Assets   504,986   24.8 %
Ginnie Mae   11,616   0.6 %   Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,038,742   100.0 %
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,038,742   100.0 %          

(1) Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $99.3 million purchased in February 2016 which settle in March 2016, and exclude assets with a fair value of $95.3 million sold in February 2016 which settle in March 2016.

Borrowings By Counterparty              
($ in thousands)              
            Weighted  
        % of   Average  
    Total   Total   Maturity Longest
As of February 29, 2016   Borrowings(1)   Debt   in Days Maturity
Citigroup Global Markets Inc $ 277,935     14.7 %   32 4/25/2016
South Street Securities, LLC   178,648     9.4 %   30 4/1/2016
ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc   148,286     7.8 %   22 4/19/2016
Goldman, Sachs & Co   119,082     6.3 %   16 3/16/2016
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co   118,571     6.3 %   40 4/26/2016
Guggenheim Securities, LLC   118,380     6.2 %   41 5/4/2016
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC   108,444     5.7 %   17 5/2/2016
Daiwa Securities America Inc.   107,374     5.7 %   39 4/11/2016
Natixis, New York Branch   104,443     5.5 %   12 3/23/2016
KGS-Alpha Capital Markets, L.P   90,523     4.8 %   19 3/23/2016
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc   90,077     4.8 %   42 4/29/2016
Nomura Securities International, Inc.   86,970     4.6 %   15 3/28/2016
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc   85,509     4.5 %   16 3/16/2016
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.   74,461     3.9 %   11 3/14/2016
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc   69,190     3.7 %   39 4/25/2016
ICBC Financial Services LLC   68,971     3.6 %   11 3/11/2016
RBC Capital Markets, LLC   44,076     2.3 %   14 3/22/2016
Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc   4,208     0.2 %   11 3/11/2016
Total Borrowings $ 1,895,148     100.0 %   26 5/4/2016

(1) In February 2016, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $99.3 million which settle in March 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 February 29, 2016                    
Adjustable Rate RMBS $ 2,937 3     10.04 %   2.00 % $   17   $   (17 )
Hybrid Adjustable Rate RMBS   52,347 83     7.55 %   2.00 %     669       (839 )
Total Fixed Rate RMBS   1,888,355 n/a     n/a   n/a     25,591       (31,951 )
Total Pass-through RMBS   1,943,639 n/a     n/a   n/a     26,277       (32,807 )
Interest-Only Securities   55,125 n/a     n/a   n/a     (10,620 )     9,986  
Inverse Interest-Only Securities   39,978 1     6.35 % n/a     51       (891 )
Structured RMBS   95,103 n/a     n/a   n/a     (10,569 )     9,095  
Total Mortgage Assets $ 2,038,742 n/a     n/a   n/a $   15,708   $   (23,712 )
                     
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 $   173,333   Mar-2019 $   (2,075 ) $   3,250  
Treasury Futures Contracts - Short Positions     185,000   Jun-2026     (7,040 )     7,719  
Payer Swaps           600,000   Feb-2020     (11,839 )     11,839  
Grand Total             $   (5,246 ) $   (904 )

(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 $130.52 at February 29, 2016.  The nominal value of the short position was $241.5 million.

Contact:

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

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