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Orchid Island Capital Announces March 2024 Monthly Dividend and February 29, 2024 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

ORC

  • March 2024 Monthly Dividend of $0.12 Per Share of Common Stock
  • RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of February 29, 2024
  • Next Dividend Announcement Expected April 10, 2024

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 March 2024. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid April 26, 2024 to holders of record of the Company’s common stock on March 28, 2024, with an ex-dividend date of March 27, 2024. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on April 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 March 13, 2024, the Company had 51,358,301 shares of common stock outstanding. As of February 29, 2024, the Company had 51,303,301 shares of common stock outstanding. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had 51,636,074 shares of common stock outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of February 29, 2024 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, 2023.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics

($ in thousands)

Realized

Realized

Dec-23 -

Feb-24

Feb-24

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 Mar)

in Mar)

(-50 BPS)

(+50 BPS)

Fixed Rate RMBS

15yr 5.0 TBA

$

50,000

$

49,695

1.25

%

99.39

5.00

%

5.80

%

9

166

n/a

n/a

$

648

$

(749

)

15yr 5.5 TBA

50,000

50,137

1.26

%

100.27

5.50

%

6.26

%

8

167

n/a

n/a

534

(646

)

15yr Total

100,000

99,832

2.51

%

99.83

5.25

%

6.03

%

9

167

n/a

n/a

1,182

(1,395

)

30yr 3.0

1,379,958

1,195,575

30.07

%

86.64

3.00

%

3.46

%

35

319

6.3

%

5.1

%

37,519

(37,915

)

30yr 3.5

191,733

173,898

4.37

%

90.70

3.50

%

4.04

%

48

301

6.0

%

5.8

%

4,909

(4,962

)

30yr 4.0

558,154

515,043

12.96

%

92.28

4.00

%

4.78

%

25

332

2.7

%

2.3

%

13,385

(14,249

)

30yr 4.5

336,108

319,163

8.03

%

94.96

4.50

%

5.45

%

20

338

7.4

%

6.2

%

6,670

(7,308

)

30yr 5.0

547,247

531,880

13.38

%

97.19

5.00

%

5.93

%

18

339

3.4

%

3.8

%

10,510

(11,802

)

30yr 5.5

269,605

268,567

6.76

%

99.61

5.50

%

6.43

%

11

347

5.1

%

3.5

%

4,609

(5,389

)

30yr 6.0

438,333

441,729

11.11

%

100.77

6.00

%

7.00

%

9

348

5.4

%

8.6

%

5,722

(6,991

)

30yr 6.5

328,935

335,782

8.45

%

102.08

6.50

%

7.39

%

7

350

10.9

%

8.7

%

3,200

(4,137

)

30yr 7.0

74,392

76,799

1.93

%

103.23

7.00

%

7.94

%

5

351

2.4

%

4.5

%

564

(750

)

30yr Total

4,124,465

3,858,436

97.05

%

93.55

4.38

%

5.12

%

24

332

5.6

%

5.1

%

87,088

(93,503

)

Total Pass Through RMBS

4,224,465

3,958,268

99.57

%

93.70

4.40

%

5.14

%

23

328

5.6

%

5.1

%

88,270

(94,898

)

Structured RMBS

IO 20yr 4.0

8,456

866

0.02

%

10.24

4.00

%

4.57

%

146

87

10.0

%

10.2

%

5

(4

)

IO 30yr 3.0

2,876

345

0.01

%

11.99

3.00

%

3.63

%

109

241

24.3

%

9.4

%

-

(1

)

IO 30yr 4.0

79,341

14,790

0.37

%

18.64

4.00

%

4.60

%

114

237

6.2

%

8.4

%

(205

)

155

IO 30yr 4.5

3,412

636

0.02

%

18.65

4.50

%

4.99

%

164

182

4.4

%

5.5

%

(2

)

-

IO 30yr 5.0

1,859

372

0.01

%

20.01

5.00

%

5.36

%

164

184

3.7

%

5.0

%

(4

)

2

IO Total

95,944

17,009

0.43

%

17.73

4.01

%

4.60

%

119

221

7.0

%

8.5

%

(206

)

152

IIO 30yr 4.0

25,989

279

0.01

%

1.08

0.00

%

4.40

%

77

271

7.6

%

7.0

%

89

(73

)

Total Structured RMBS

121,933

17,288

0.43

%

14.18

3.15

%

4.55

%

110

231

7.1

%

8.1

%

(117

)

79

Total Mortgage Assets

$

4,346,398

$

3,975,556

100.00

%

4.37

%

5.12

%

26

326

5.7

%

5.2

%

$

88,153

$

(94,819

)

Average

Hedge

Modeled Interest

Notional

Period

Rate Sensitivity (1)

Hedge

Balance

End

(-50 BPS)

(+50 BPS)

3-Month SOFR Futures

$

(100,000

)

Mar-26

$

(875

)

$

875

5-Year Treasury Future(2)

(491,500

)

Jun-24

(10,050

)

9,743

10-Year Treasury Future(3)

(320,000

)

Jun-24

(10,365

)

10,016

Swaps

(2,531,800

)

Dec-29

(62,894

)

60,682

TBA

(370,700

)

Mar-24

(8,955

)

9,587

Swaptions

(800,000

)

May-24

(130

)

936

Hedge Total

$

(4,614,000

)

$

(93,269

)

$

91,839

Rate Shock Grand Total

$

(5,116

)

$

(2,980

)

(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 $106.91 at March 13, 2024. The market value of the short position was $525.5 million.

(3)

Ten-year Treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $110.44 at March 13, 2024. The market value of the short position was $353.4 million.

RMBS Assets by Agency

($ in thousands)

Percentage

Fair

of

Asset Category

Value

Portfolio

As of February 29, 2024

Fannie Mae

$

2,815,792

70.8

%

Freddie Mac

1,159,764

29.2

%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,975,556

100.0

%

Investment Company Act of 1940 Whole Pool Test

($ in thousands)

Percentage

Fair

of

Asset Category

Value

Portfolio

As of February 29, 2024

Non-Whole Pool Assets

$

138,580

3.5

%

Whole Pool Assets

3,836,976

96.5

%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,975,556

100.0

%

Borrowings By Counterparty

($ in thousands)

Weighted

Weighted

% of

Average

Average

Total

Total

Repo

Maturity

Longest

As of February 29, 2024

Borrowings

Debt

Rate

in Days

Maturity

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

$

290,394

7.8

%

5.47

%

13

3/13/2024

ASL Capital Markets Inc.

266,916

7.1

%

5.45

%

44

7/15/2024

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

257,401

6.9

%

5.46

%

20

3/20/2024

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc

254,957

6.8

%

5.48

%

23

4/1/2024

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co

250,237

6.7

%

5.46

%

13

3/13/2024

Citigroup Global Markets Inc

242,522

6.5

%

5.45

%

26

3/26/2024

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

227,266

6.1

%

5.47

%

26

4/15/2024

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

206,994

5.5

%

5.47

%

25

3/25/2024

Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.

193,807

5.2

%

5.46

%

46

4/22/2024

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

190,974

5.1

%

5.48

%

15

3/27/2024

Daiwa Securities America Inc.

175,179

4.7

%

5.47

%

55

4/24/2024

Bank of Montreal

166,942

4.5

%

5.49

%

13

3/13/2024

StoneX Financial Inc.

163,248

4.4

%

5.46

%

47

4/16/2024

Marex Capital Markets Inc.

158,597

4.2

%

5.48

%

33

4/26/2024

Goldman, Sachs & Co

154,577

4.1

%

5.45

%

19

3/28/2024

Banco Santander SA

152,076

4.1

%

5.51

%

29

4/15/2024

ING Financial Markets LLC

130,630

3.5

%

5.48

%

21

3/21/2024

DV Securities, LLC Repo

112,001

3.0

%

5.46

%

71

5/14/2024

South Street Securities, LLC

103,491

2.8

%

5.46

%

39

5/13/2024

Clear Street LLC

19,000

0.5

%

5.45

%

60

4/29/2024

Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC

17,745

0.5

%

5.46

%

14

3/14/2024

Total Borrowings

$

3,734,954

100.0

%

5.47

%

29

7/15/2024

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