ORC REIT — Orchid Island Capital, Inc

Orchid Island Capital, Inc (ORC)

Updated October 9, 2026.

ORC is a REIT. its distribution rate is 23.62%, its trailing-12-month yield is 25.98%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 27/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is -34.5% over the past 13.6 years, 579.9 points behind SPY at 545.4%.

At the current 23.62% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $2,362 per year, or $196.83 per month.

ORC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-09.

Total return is -34.5% over the past 13.6 years, 579.9 points behind SPY at 545.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -14.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 31.2%.

ORC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

27 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

6.38%

Issuer

Orchid Island Capital

Asset type

REIT

Asset class

Real Estate

Distribution rate

23.62%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

25.98%

5-year average yield

20.43

Last close

$5.08 (as of 2026-10-09)

Market cap

$1,002,829,160

Average volume

5185837.0

Last dividend

$0.10

Last known dates

ex 09/30/2026; payment 10/29/2026

Date quality

Unmatched ex / payment pair — not a live schedule

Beta

1.605

Payout ratio

78.4%

P/E ratio

3.1

Forward P/E

5.9382

EPS

$1.64

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (23.62%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (25.98%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. 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 31.2%.

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.

Frequently asked questions

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