ORC REIT — Orchid Island Capital, Inc

Orchid Island Capital, Inc (ORC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ORC is a REIT. its distribution rate is 24.14%, its trailing-12-month yield is 26.56%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 7/100 (High risk). Total return is -35.9% over the past 13.7 years, 568.6 points behind SPY at 532.7%.

ORC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -35.9% over the past 13.7 years, 568.6 points behind SPY at 532.7%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -17.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.6%.

ORC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

7 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.69%

Issuer

Orchid Island Capital

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Distribution rate

24.14%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

26.56%

5-year average yield

20.47

Last close

$4.97 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$981,114,356

Average volume

6899100.0

Dividend

$0.10

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

10/29/2026

Beta

1.605

Payout ratio

78.4%

P/E ratio

3.03

Forward P/E

5.9382

EPS

$1.64

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (24.14%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (26.56%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Orchid Island Capital or company page; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ORC risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 31.6%.

Who may consider ORC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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