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Orchid Island Capital Announces February 2021 Monthly Dividend and January 31, 2021 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of February 2021. The dividend of $0.065 per share will be paid March 29, 2021, to holders of record of the Company’s common stock on February 26, 2021, with an ex-dividend date of February 25, 2021. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on March 17, 2021.

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 February 10, 2021 and January 31, 2021, the Company had 85,121,365 shares of common stock outstanding. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had 76,073,317 shares of common stock outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of January 31, 2021 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 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

RMBS Valuation Characteristics

($ in thousands)

Realized

Realized

Jan 2021

Nov - Jan

Modeled

Modeled

Net

Weighted

CPR

2021 CPR

Interest

Interest

%

Weighted

Average

(1-Month)

(3-Month)

Rate

Rate

Current

Fair

of

Current

Average

Maturity

(Reported

(Reported

Sensitivity

Sensitivity

Type

Face

Value(1)

Portfolio

Price

Coupon

GWAC

Age

(Months)

in Feb)

in Feb)

(-50 BPS)(2)

(+50 BPS)(2)

Pass Through RMBS

Fixed Rate CMO

$

72,203

$

76,982

1.73%

$

106.62

4.00%

4.40%

41

313

28.80%

32.06%

$

(201)

$

(346)

15yr 2.5

239,845

257,515

5.78%

107.37

2.50%

2.87%

1

176

2.83%

n/a

3,026

(4,597)

15yr 4.0

647

697

0.02%

107.67

4.00%

4.50%

33

122

23.80%

22.91%

5

(9)

15yr Total

240,492

258,212

5.79%

107.37

2.50%

2.88%

2

176

2.88%

22.91%

3,031

(4,606)

20yr 2.0

397,839

413,008

9.26%

103.81

2.00%

2.86%

2

238

2.63%

2.73%

3,109

(6,803)

20yr Total

397,839

413,008

9.26%

103.81

2.00%

2.86%

2

238

2.63%

2.73%

3,109

(6,803)

30yr 2.5

1,236,221

1,315,433

29.50%

106.41

2.50%

3.31%

3

355

2.58%

4.36%

13,390

(26,285)

30yr 3.0

809,658

891,249

19.99%

110.08

3.00%

3.48%

5

354

6.41%

6.90%

14,818

(21,213)

30yr 3.5

617,482

683,643

15.33%

110.71

3.50%

4.00%

14

340

16.22%

18.60%

5,280

(11,056)

30yr 4.0

180,120

203,249

4.56%

112.84

4.00%

4.51%

29

324

21.94%

19.18%

2,929

(4,179)

30yr 4.5

93,291

105,442

2.37%

113.02

4.50%

5.00%

20

336

26.50%

25.98%

588

(1,301)

30yr Total

2,936,772

3,199,016

71.75%

108.93

3.00%

3.63%

8

349

8.45%

11.64%

37,005

(64,034)

Total Pass Through RMBS

3,647,306

3,947,218

88.53%

108.22

2.88%

3.51%

8

325

7.92%

11.91%

42,944

(75,789)

Structured RMBS

Interest-Only Securities

249,787

29,573

0.66%

11.84

3.98%

4.57%

79

267

38.55%

42.56%

(3,926)

3,629

Total Structured RMBS

249,787

29,573

0.66%

11.84

3.98%

4.57%

79

267

38.55%

42.56%

(3,926)

3,629

Long TBA Positions

FNCL 2.0 TBA

365,000

376,349

8.44%

103.11

2.00%

4,983

(8,295)

FNCL 2.5 TBA

100,000

105,234

2.36%

105.23

2.50%

636

(1,700)

Total Long TBA

465,000

481,583

10.80%

103.57

2.11%

5,619

(9,995)

Total Mortgage Assets

$

4,362,093

$

4,458,374

100.00%

2.86%

3.58%

12

321

9.90%

14.87%

$

44,637

$

(82,155)

Interest

Interest

Average

Hedge

Rate

Rate

Notional

Period

Sensitivity

Sensitivity

Hedge

Balance

End

(-50 BPS)(2)

(+50 BPS)(2)

Eurodollar Futures

$

(50,000)

Dec-2021

$

(250)

$

250

Swaps

(855,000)

Apr-2026

(10,103)

22,356

5-Year Treasury Futures

(69,000)

Mar-2021(3)

(2,217)

2,340

TBA

(528,000)

Feb-2021

(2,478)

6,912

Swaptions

(733,450)

Feb-2022

(5,848)

6,329

Hedge Total

$

(2,235,450)

$

(20,896)

$

38,187

Rate Shock Grand Total

$

23,741

$

(43,968)

(1)

Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $46.7 million purchased in January 2021, which settle in February 2021, and exclude assets with a fair value of approximately $80.5 million sold in January 2021, which settle in February 2021.

(2)

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.

(3)

Five-year Treasury futures contracts were valued at prices of $125.88 at January 31, 2021. The market value of the short position was $86.9 million.

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)(2)

Portfolio

Asset Category

Value(1)(2)

Portfolio

As of January 31, 2021

As of January 31, 2021

Fannie Mae

$

3,087,564

77.6%

Non-Whole Pool Assets

$

569,507

14.3%

Freddie Mac

889,228

22.4%

Whole Pool Assets

3,407,285

85.7%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,976,792

100.0%

Total Mortgage Assets

$

3,976,792

100.0%

(1)

Amounts in the tables above include assets with a fair value of approximately $46.7 million purchased in January 2021, which settle in February 2021, and exclude assets with a fair value of approximately $80.5 million sold in January 2021, which settle in February 2021.

(2)

Amounts in the tables above exclude long TBA positions with a market value of approximately $481.6 million.

Borrowings By Counterparty

($ in thousands)

Weighted

Weighted

% of

Average

Average

Total

Total

Repo

Maturity

Longest

As of January 31, 2021

Borrowings(1)

Debt

Rate

in Days

Maturity

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

$

411,276

10.8%

0.21%

44

4/19/2021

Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc.

395,393

10.3%

0.23%

49

7/26/2021

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

382,267

10.0%

0.24%

56

7/21/2021

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc

334,442

8.7%

0.21%

76

4/26/2021

ASL Capital Markets Inc.

269,629

7.0%

0.20%

21

4/26/2021

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

236,033

6.1%

0.21%

18

4/22/2021

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

230,058

6.0%

0.20%

22

4/19/2021

Citigroup Global Markets Inc

213,413

5.6%

0.20%

11

2/11/2021

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

211,464

5.5%

0.20%

35

4/19/2021

ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc

162,935

4.2%

0.20%

94

7/26/2021

Barclays Capital Inc.

156,684

4.1%

0.21%

12

2/12/2021

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

149,500

3.9%

0.21%

11

3/2/2021

ING Financial Markets LLC

123,519

3.2%

0.21%

73

4/14/2021

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

104,121

2.7%

0.20%

12

2/12/2021

Daiwa Securities America Inc.

101,630

2.6%

0.23%

16

3/4/2021

South Street Securities, LLC

79,298

2.1%

0.28%

71

5/13/2021

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

77,823

2.0%

0.22%

16

2/16/2021

Bank of Montreal

65,845

1.7%

0.22%

11

2/11/2021

Austin Atlantic Asset Management Co.

51,189

1.3%

0.23%

5

2/5/2021

Lucid Cash Fund USG LLC

51,028

1.3%

0.25%

11

2/11/2021

J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC

34,319

0.9%

0.20%

83

4/26/2021

Total Borrowings

$

3,841,866

100.0%

0.21%

7/26/2021

(1)

In January 2021, the Company sold assets with a fair value of approximately $80.5 million, which settle in February 2021 that collateralize approximately $83.0 million of repurchase agreements included in the table above. In January 2021, the Company purchased assets with a fair value of approximately $46.7 million, which settle in February 2021 that are expected to be funded substantially by repurchase agreements not included in the table above.

Contacts:

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

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