GAAP Loss of $(114.4) Million, or $(2.21)
Per Common ShareCore Income of $37.0 Million, or
$0.61 Per Common ShareStockholders' Equity Per
Common Share Up 2.1% Following Common Share Offerings
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR, ARR PrA, and ARR PrB)
(“ARMOUR” or the “Company”) today announced financial results for
the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
Q1 2019 Highlights and Financial
Information
- $(114.4) million ($(2.21) per Common share) net loss under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) based on
53,629,582 weighted average diluted Common shares outstanding
- $37.0 million ($0.61 per Common share) Core Income including
“Drop Income” (as defined below), which represents an annualized
return of 13.2% based on stockholders’ equity at the beginning of
the quarter
- 16.1 million shares issued through Common share offerings for
an increase in equity of $322.0 million
- $0.57 per Common share dividends for Q1 at the rate of $0.19
per month
- Core Income exceeded dividends paid for the eleventh straight
quarter
- 3.7% average yield on assets and 1.6% average net interest
margin
- 3.9% annualized average principal repayment rate (“CPR”)
- 4.8% total economic return, representing dividends plus change
in stockholders' equity per Common share
- (2.0)% total shareholder return, representing dividends plus
change in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) price per Common
share
At March 31, 2019
- $19.53 NYSE closing price per Common share
- $1.5 billion stockholders’ equity based on period-end stock
outstanding of:
- 59,791,877 shares of Common Stock
- 2,180,572 shares of 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred (“Preferred A”)
- 6,369,269 shares of 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred (“Preferred B”)
- $21.29 stockholders’ equity per Common share, an increase of
2.1% from December 31, 2018
- $13.5 billion portfolio of securities, including $0.8 billion
of Credit Risk and Non-Agency Securities
- $0.8 billion notional amount of (“to-be-announced”) TBA Agency
Securities
- $9.8 billion notional amount of interest rate swaps
- 8.17 to 1 “leverage” (debt to stockholders’ equity)
- $713.1 million of liquidity in cash and unpledged securities
(48.0% of stockholders’ equity)
Updated
Information
- Common dividends per share - $0.19 to be paid on April 29,
2019, and $0.19 declared by the Company's board of directors for
May, as discussed below
- Book value at April 22, 2019, was estimated to be $21.10
per Common share outstanding, on a GAAP basis
- Additional updated information on the Company’s investment,
financing and hedge positions can be found in ARMOUR Residential
REIT, Inc.’s most recent “Company Update.” ARMOUR posts unaudited
and unreviewed Company Updates on www.armourreit.com.
Common Share OfferingsOn
January 17, 2019, the Company completed the sale of 6,900,000
Common shares for proceeds of approximately $138.0 million, net of
underwriting discounts and commissions.
In January 2019, the Company issued 883,709
Common shares under its ATM program for net proceeds of
approximately $18.5 million.
On February 27, 2019, the Company completed the
sale of 8,280,000 Common shares for proceeds of approximately
$165.5 million, net of underwriting discounts and commissions.
The Company has fully invested the net proceeds
raised to acquire additional target assets on a leveraged basis and
related hedges. The increased capital base reduces per share
expenses. We expect that initial dilution will be fully recovered
from these savings next year, and that those savings will continue
into future periods.
GAAP Net Loss and Comprehensive
IncomeFor the purposes of computing GAAP net income, the
change in fair value of the Company’s derivatives is reflected in
current period net income, while the change in fair value of its
Agency Securities is reflected in comprehensive income.
Comprehensive income for Q1 2019 was approximately $72.8 million.
GAAP net loss for Q1 2019 was approximately $(114.4) million,
including unrealized mark-to-market losses on derivatives and gain
on Credit Risk and Non-Agency Securities of $(113.1) million and
$0.5 million, respectively, as well as $(22.1) million of realized
loss on derivatives.
Core Income, Including Drop
IncomeCore Income, including Drop Income, for the quarter
ended March 31, 2019, was approximately $37.0 million,
exceeding total dividend payments to stockholders for the quarter
of $34.1 million. Core Income, including Drop Income, is a non-GAAP
measure and is defined as net income excluding impairment losses,
gains or losses on sales of securities and early termination of
derivatives, unrealized gains or losses on derivatives and certain
non-recurring expenses, plus Drop Income (as defined
below). Core Income may differ from GAAP net income,
which includes the unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s
derivative instruments and the gains or losses on Agency, Credit
Risk and Non-Agency and Interest-only Securities.
For a portion of its Agency securities the
Company may enter into to-be-announced (TBA) forward contracts for
the purchase or sale of Agency Securities at a predetermined price,
face amount, issuer, coupon and stated maturity on an agreed-upon
future date, but the particular Agency Securities to be delivered
are not identified until shortly before the TBA settlement date.
The Company accounts for TBA Agency Securities as derivative
instruments if it is reasonably possible that it will not take or
make physical delivery of the Agency Securities upon settlement of
the contract. The Company may choose, prior to settlement, to move
the settlement of these securities out to a later date by entering
into an offsetting short or long position (referred to as a “pair
off”), net settling the paired off positions for cash, and
simultaneously purchasing or selling a similar TBA Agency Security
for a later settlement date. This transaction is commonly referred
to as a “dollar roll.” The Company accounts for TBA dollar roll
transactions as a series of derivative transactions.
Forward settling TBA contracts typically trade
at a discount, or “Drop,” to the regular settled TBA contract to
reflect the expected interest income on the underlying deliverable
Agency Securities, net of an implied financing cost, which would
have been earned by the buyer if the contract settled on the next
regular settlement date. When the Company enters into TBA
contracts to buy Agency Securities for forward settlement, it earns
this “Drop Income,” because the TBA contract is essentially a
leveraged investment in the underlying Agency Securities. The
amount of Drop Income is calculated as the difference between the
spot price of similar TBA contracts for regular settlement and the
forward settlement price on the trade date. The Company
generally accounts for TBA contracts as derivatives and Drop Income
is included as part of the periodic changes in fair value of the
TBA contracts that the Company recognizes currently in the Other
Income (Loss) section of its Consolidated Statement of
Operations.
DividendsThe Company paid
dividends of $0.19 per Common share of record for each month in Q1
2019. Payments to Common stockholders for Q1 2019 were
approximately $29,814. The Company also paid monthly dividends of
$0.171875 per outstanding share of 8.250% Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock and $0.1640625 per outstanding share of
7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, resulting in
aggregate payments to preferred stockholders of approximately
$4,259 in Q1 2019.
Common dividends in the amount of $0.19 per
Common share are to be paid on April 29, 2019, to holders of record
on April 15, 2019. Common dividends in the amount of $0.19 per
Common share have been declared for holders of record on May 15,
2019, (payable May 28, 2019). The board of directors determines the
Common share dividend rate based upon the REIT requirements and
other relevant considerations. Dividends in excess of current tax
earnings and profits for the year (including any amounts carried
forward from prior years) will generally be treated as non-taxable
return of capital to Common stockholders.
Core Income has exceeded dividends paid by $36.4
million in the aggregate over 11 straight quarters, or $0.61 per
Common share outstanding at March 31, 2019.
Per Share AmountsPer Common
share amounts are net of applicable Preferred Stock dividends and
liquidation preferences.
PortfolioAs
of March 31, 2019, the Company’s Agency Securities
portfolio consisted of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae
mortgage securities, substantially all of which are fixed rate
securities, and was valued at $12.7 billion on a trade date basis.
The Company’s Credit Risk and Non-Agency Securities portfolio was
valued at $0.8 billion and the Company’s TBA Agency Securities
portfolio was valued at $0.8 billion. During Q1 2019, the
annualized yield on the Company’s MBS portfolio (including TBA
Agency Securities) was 3.65%, and the annualized cost of
funds on average liabilities (including realized cost of hedges)
was 2.03%, resulting in a net interest spread of 1.62% for Q1
2019.
Portfolio Financing, Leverage and
Interest Rate HedgesAs of March 31, 2019, the
Company financed its mortgage-backed securities portfolio with
approximately $12.1 billion of borrowings under repurchase
agreements. The Company’s leverage ratio as of March 31, 2019,
was 8.17. As of March 31, 2019, the Company’s liquidity
totaled approximately $713.1 million, consisting of approximately
$167.4 million of cash, plus approximately $545.7 million of
unpledged securities (including securities received as collateral).
As of March 31, 2019, the Company’s repurchase agreements had
a weighted-average maturity of approximately 12 days, an average
rate of 2.9% and a haircut of 4.7%.
The Company had a notional amount of various
maturities of interest rate swap contracts of approximately $9.8
billion with a weighted average swap rate of 2.1%.
Regulation G ReconciliationCore
Income excludes impairment losses, gains or losses on sales of
securities and early termination of derivatives, unrealized gains
or losses on derivatives and certain non-recurring expenses, plus
Drop Income. The Company believes that Core Income is useful to
investors because it is related to the amount of dividends the
Company may distribute. However, because Core Income is an
incomplete measure of the Company’s financial performance and
involves differences from net income computed in accordance with
GAAP, Core Income should be considered as supplementary to, and not
as a substitute for, the Company’s net income computed in
accordance with GAAP as a measure of the Company’s financial
performance.
The following tables reconcile the Company’s
results from operations to Core Income and Core Income per Common
share for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, (dollar amounts in
millions, except per share amounts):
|
|
Core Income |
|
|
(in millions) |
GAAP net loss |
|
$ |
(114.4 |
) |
Book to tax
differences: |
|
|
Credit
Risk and Non-Agency Securities |
|
(1.3 |
) |
Interest-only Securities |
|
0.6 |
|
U.S.
Treasury Securities |
|
0.7 |
|
Changes
in interest rate contracts |
|
143.8 |
|
Loss on Agency Security
Sales |
|
2.9 |
|
Drop Income |
|
4.7 |
|
Core Income |
|
$ |
37.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Core Income |
|
$ |
37.0 |
|
Dividends on Preferred
Stock |
|
|
(4.3 |
) |
Core Income available
to common stockholders |
|
$ |
32.7 |
|
Core Income Per Common
Share |
|
$ |
0.61 |
|
Common StockAs of March 31, 2019, there
were 59,791,877 Common shares outstanding.
The following table shows the changes in
stockholders’ equity per Common share during the quarter ended
March 31, 2019:
Stockholders’ equity per
Common share - December 31, 2018 |
|
$ |
20.86 |
|
Core
Income |
|
0.61 |
|
Investment net gain |
|
0.67 |
|
Dilutive
effect of share issuances |
|
(0.28 |
) |
Common
stock dividends |
|
(0.57 |
) |
Stockholders’ equity
per Common share - March 31, 2019 |
|
$ |
21.29 |
|
Conference CallAs previously
announced, the Company will provide an online, real-time webcast of
its conference call with equity analysts covering Q1 2019 operating
results on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time).
The live broadcast will be available online and can be accessed at
https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/896/30318. To monitor the
live webcast, please visit the website at least 15 minutes prior to
the start of the call to register, download, and install any
necessary audio software. An online replay of the event will
be available on the Company’s website at www.armourreit.com
and continue for one year.
ARMOUR Residential REIT,
Inc.ARMOUR invests primarily in fixed rate residential,
adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate residential
mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by U.S.
Government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”), or guaranteed by the
Government National Mortgage Association. In addition, ARMOUR
invests in other securities backed by residential mortgages for
which the payment of principal and interest is not guaranteed by a
GSE or government agency. ARMOUR is externally managed and advised
by ARMOUR Capital Management LP, an investment advisor registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Safe HarborThis press release
includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from
expectations, estimates and projections and, consequently, do not
rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future
events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,”
“budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,”
“will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,”
“continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the
actual results to differ materially from the expected results.
Additional information concerning these and other risk factors are
contained in the Company’s most recent filings with the
SEC. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements concerning the Company are expressly qualified in their
entirety by the cautionary statements above. The Company
cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date
made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect any change in their
expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances
on which any such statement is based, except as required by
law.
Additional Information and Where to Find
ItInvestors, security holders and other interested persons
may find additional ARMOUR's most recent Company Update and
information regarding the Company at the SEC’s Internet site at
www.sec.gov, or the Company website www.armourreit.com or by
directing requests to: ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., 3001 Ocean
Drive, Suite 201, Vero Beach, Florida 32963, Attention: Investor
Relations.
CONTACT:
investors@armourreit.comJames R. MountainChief Financial
OfficerARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.(772) 617-4340
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