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.
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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| 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
