Orchid Island Capital Announces May 2025 Monthly Dividend and April 30, 2025 RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

 
  --  May 2025 Monthly Dividend of $0.12 Per Share of Common 
       Stock 
  --  RMBS Portfolio Characteristics as of April 30, 2025 
  --  Next Dividend Announcement Expected June 10, 2025 
 

Vero Beach, Fla., May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") $(ORC)$ announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of May 2025. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid June 27, 2025 to holders of record of the Company's common stock on May 30, 2025, with an ex-dividend date of May 30, 2025. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on June 10, 2025.

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 May 7, 2025, the Company had 109,219,994 shares of common stock outstanding. As of April 30, 2025, the Company had 108,823,792 shares of common stock outstanding. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had 107,786,614 shares of common stock outstanding.

RMBS Portfolio Characteristics

Details of the RMBS portfolio as of April 30, 2025 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, 2024.

 
RMBS Valuation Characteristics 
($ in thousands) 
                                                                                                                          Realized 
                                                                                                           Realized       Feb 25 - 
                                                                                                            Apr-25         Apr-25 
                                                                      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 May)        in May)        (-50 BPS)    (+50 BPS) 
-----------------   ----------  ----------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------      -----------   --------- 
 Fixed Rate RMBS 
----------------- 
15yr 5.0 TBA        $  100,000  $  100,238       1.62%      100.24      5.00%     5.85%       9       166        n/a            n/a       $    1,220   $  (1,435) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
15yr Total             100,000     100,238       1.62%      100.24      5.00%     5.85%       9       166        n/a            n/a            1,220      (1,435) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
30yr 3.0               868,857     766,169      12.38%       88.18      3.00%     3.48%      50       302        6.0%           6.0%          22,624     (23,153) 
30yr 3.5               170,830     156,440       2.53%       91.58      3.50%     4.04%      62       285        7.6%           5.7%           4,264      (4,360) 
30yr 4.0               162,336     152,389       2.46%       93.87      4.00%     4.70%      48       307        7.0%           4.3%           3,833      (4,046) 
30yr 4.5               293,146     281,168       4.54%       95.91      4.50%     5.44%      34       322       15.9%           9.8%           5,889      (6,476) 
30yr 5.0               430,517     423,705       6.85%       98.42      5.00%     5.92%      29       325        4.2%           6.0%           8,345      (9,398) 
30yr 5.5               575,097     578,901       9.35%      100.66      5.50%     6.45%      14       341        7.6%           5.8%           9,891     (11,763) 
30yr 6.0             2,063,362   2,110,887      34.11%      102.30      6.00%     6.96%      10       345        8.0%           8.0%          24,905     (32,234) 
30yr 6.5             1,256,119   1,304,023      21.07%      103.81      6.50%     7.44%      13       343       12.9%           9.1%          10,175     (14,243) 
30yr 7.0               284,983     299,139       4.83%      104.97      7.00%     7.95%      18       334       28.1%          22.4%           2,170      (2,783) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
30yr Total           6,105,247   6,072,821      98.13%       99.47      5.41%     6.27%      22       333        9.7%           8.2%          92,096    (108,456) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
Total Pass-Through 
 MBS                 6,205,247   6,173,059      99.75%       99.48      5.40%     6.27%      22       330        9.7%           8.2%          93,316    (109,891) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
 Structured MBS 
----------------- 
IO 20yr 4.0              6,460         584       0.01%        9.04      4.00%     4.57%     159        74       11.6%           9.8%               3          (3) 
IO 30yr 3.0              2,507         307       0.00%       12.23      3.00%     3.64%     123       227       22.7%           8.8%              (1)          - 
IO 30yr 4.0             69,142      13,154       0.21%       19.03      4.00%     4.60%     128       223        2.7%           3.8%            (271)        195 
IO 30yr 4.5              3,000         556       0.01%       18.53      4.50%     4.99%     178       169        7.8%           7.6%              (6)          3 
IO 30yr 5.0              1,571         333       0.01%       21.19      5.00%     5.37%     178       169        1.4%          16.8%              (5)          3 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
IO Total                82,680      14,934       0.24%       18.06      4.01%     4.59%     133       208        4.2%           4.8%            (280)        198 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
IIO 30yr 4.0            20,837         322       0.01%        1.54      0.00%     4.40%      91       257        7.8%           3.0%             114         (91) 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
Total Structured 
 RMBS                  103,517      15,256       0.25%       14.74      3.20%     4.56%     125       218        4.9%           4.5%            (166)        107 
------------------   ---------   ---------  ---------      -------  --------      ----      ---  --------  ---------      ---------          -------    -------- 
 
Total Mortgage 
 Assets             $6,308,764  $6,188,315     100.00%                  5.37%     6.24%      24       328        9.6%           8.2%      $   93,150   $(109,784) 
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