Orchid Island Capital Announces December 2023 Monthly Dividend and November 30, 2023 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

In this article:
  • December 2023 Monthly Dividend of $0.12 Per Share of Common Stock

  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of November 30, 2023

  • Next Dividend Announcement Expected January 10, 2024

VERO BEACH, Fla., December 12, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of December 2023. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid January 29, 2024 to holders of record of the Company’s common stock on December 29, 2023, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2023. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on January 10, 2024.

The Company intends to make regular monthly cash distributions to its holders of common stock. 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 12, 2023, November 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023, the Company had 52,332,306 shares of common stock outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of November 30, 2023 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 on a leveraged basis in Agency RMBS. Our investment strategy focuses on, and our portfolio consists of, two categories of Agency RMBS: (i) traditional pass-through Agency RMBS, such as mortgage pass-through certificates and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae, and (ii) structured Agency RMBS. The Company is managed by Bimini Advisors, LLC, a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics

($ in thousands)

Realized

Realized

Sep-23 -

Nov-23

Nov-23

Net

Weighted

CPR

CPR

Weighted

Average

(1-Month)

(3-Month)

Modeled Interest

Current

Fair

% of

Current

Average

Maturity

(Reported

(Reported

Rate Sensitivity (1)

Type

Face

Value

Portfolio

Price

Coupon

GWAC

Age

(Months)

in Nov)

in Nov)

(-50 BPS)

(+50 BPS)

Fixed Rate RMBS

30yr 3.0

1,406,249

1,203,702

31.79

%

85.60

3.00

%

3.46

%

32

323

4.9

%

5.3

%

38,823

(39,097

)

30yr 3.5

195,791

175,349

4.63

%

89.56

3.50

%

4.03

%

45

305

6.9

%

7.6

%

5,077

(5,121

)

30yr 4.0

563,852

514,047

13.58

%

91.17

4.00

%

4.78

%

22

335

1.9

%

3.6

%

13,964

(14,805

)

30yr 4.5

342,843

322,187

8.51

%

93.98

4.50

%

5.45

%

17

341

3.8

%

6.4

%

7,113

(7,775

)

30yr 5.0

554,623

534,920

14.13

%

96.45

5.00

%

5.93

%

15

343

2.9

%

4.4

%

11,222

(12,489

)

30yr 5.5

272,801

270,165

7.14

%

99.03

5.50

%

6.43

%

8

351

4.6

%

4.7

%

4,970

(5,727

)

30yr 6.0

324,715

326,518

8.62

%

100.56

6.00

%

7.00

%

8

347

10.1

%

10.9

%

4,559

(5,480

)

30yr 6.5

337,358

343,696

9.08

%

101.88

6.50

%

7.39

%

4

353

5.4

%

10.8

%

3,584

(4,571

)

30yr 7.0

75,411

77,635

2.05

%

102.95

7.00

%

7.94

%

2

358

10.0

%

n/a

667

(852

)

Total Pass Through RMBS

4,073,643

3,768,219

99.52

%

92.50

4.33

%

5.06

%

21

335

4.8

%

6.0

%

89,979

(95,917

)

Structured RMBS

IO 20yr 4.0

8,934

942

0.02

%

10.54

4.00

%

4.57

%

143

90

9.5

%

8.8

%

5

(4

)

IO 30yr 3.0

2,973

360

0.01

%

12.10

3.00

%

3.64

%

106

243

0.9

%

0.8

%

-

(1

)

IO 30yr 4.0

82,108

15,515

0.41

%

18.90

4.00

%

4.60

%

111

240

5.2

%

5.7

%

(216

)

151

IO 30yr 4.5

3,511

666

0.02

%

18.97

4.50

%

4.99

%

161

186

3.3

%

6.9

%

(2

)

-

IO 30yr 5.0

1,903

385

0.01

%

20.26

5.00

%

5.36

%

161

187

1.0

%

8.4

%

(4

)

2

IO Total

99,429

17,868

0.47

%

17.97

4.01

%

4.60

%

117

224

5.3

%

5.9

%

(217

)

148

IIO 30yr 4.0

27,472

289

0.01

%

1.05

0.00

%

4.40

%

74

275

11.2

%

9.8

%

88

(73

)

Total Structured RMBS

126,901

18,157

0.48

%

14.31

3.14

%

4.55

%

107

235

6.6

%

6.8

%

(129

)

75

Total Mortgage Assets

$

4,200,544

$

3,786,376

100.00

%

4.30

%

5.05

%

24

332

4.8

%

6.1

%

$

89,850

$

(95,842

)

Average

Hedge

Modeled Interest

Notional

Period

Rate Sensitivity (1)

Hedge

Balance

End

(-50 BPS)

(+50 BPS)

5-Year Treasury Future(2)

$

(471,500

)

Mar-24

$

(9,696

)

$

9,475

10-Year Treasury Future(3)

(470,000

)

Mar-24

(14,740

)

14,083

Swaps

(2,326,500

)

Nov-29

(58,280

)

56,177

TBA

(620,700

)

Jan-24

(17,657

)

18,176

Swaptions

(800,000

)

Nov-24

(533

)

1,022

Hedge Total

$

(4,688,700

)

$

(100,906

)

$

98,933

Rate Shock Grand Total

$

(11,056

)

$

3,091

(1)

Modeled results from Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Yield Book. Interest rate shocks assume instantaneous parallel shifts and horizon prices are calculated assuming constant SOFR option-adjusted spreads. These results are for illustrative purposes only and actual results may differ materially.

(2)

Five-year Treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $106.85 at November 30, 2023. The market value of the short position was $503.8 million.

(3)

Ten-year Treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $109.80 at November 30, 2023. The market value of the short position was $516.1 million.

RMBS Assets by Agency

($ in thousands)

Percentage

Fair

of

Asset Category

Value

Portfolio

As of November 30, 2023

Fannie Mae

$

2,639,012

69.7

%

Freddie Mac

1,147,364

30.3

%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,786,376

100.0

%

Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test

($ in thousands)

Percentage

Fair

of

Asset Category

Value

Portfolio

As of November 30, 2023

Non-Whole Pool Assets

$

140,129

3.7

%

Whole Pool Assets

3,646,247

96.3

%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,786,376

100.0

%

Borrowings By Counterparty

($ in thousands)

Weighted

Weighted

% of

Average

Average

Total

Total

Repo

Maturity

Longest

As of November 30, 2023

Borrowings

Debt

Rate

in Days

Maturity

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co

$

298,439

8.3

%

5.47%

14

12/15/2023

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

291,389

8.1

%

5.48%

14

12/15/2023

Citigroup Global Markets Inc

289,160

8.0

%

5.47%

26

12/26/2023

ASL Capital Markets Inc.

285,076

7.9

%

5.46%

19

12/29/2023

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc

276,607

7.7

%

5.52%

22

12/29/2023

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

256,809

7.1

%

5.48%

18

12/18/2023

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

216,952

6.0

%

5.48%

27

12/27/2023

Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.

194,537

5.4

%

5.48%

15

12/22/2023

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

187,386

5.2

%

5.48%

14

12/26/2023

Daiwa Securities America Inc.

173,199

4.8

%

5.47%

18

12/18/2023

Bank of Montreal

166,801

4.6

%

5.47%

13

12/13/2023

StoneX Financial Inc.

165,081

4.6

%

5.53%

14

12/15/2023

Goldman, Sachs & Co

158,445

4.4

%

5.48%

17

12/27/2023

Banco Santander SA

148,771

4.1

%

5.48%

20

12/22/2023

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

127,077

3.5

%

5.47%

14

12/14/2023

ING Financial Markets LLC

126,856

3.5

%

5.48%

14

12/14/2023

Marex Capital Markets Inc.

111,043

3.1

%

5.47%

8

12/13/2023

South Street Securities, LLC

78,402

2.2

%

5.47%

29

12/29/2023

DV Securities, LLC Repo

40,010

1.1

%

5.48%

22

12/29/2023

Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC

9,845

0.3

%

5.47%

14

12/14/2023

Lucid Prime Fund, LLC

8,019

0.2

%

5.47%

14

12/14/2023

Total Borrowings

$

3,609,904

100.0

%

5.48%

18

12/29/2023

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Contacts

Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
Robert E. Cauley
Telephone: (772) 231-1400

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