# Orchid Island Capital Inc. (ORC) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Mortgage REITs. Price $4.79, market value $924 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 23.9×** (5-yr avg 7.8×, 3-yr avg 7.8×). Orchid Island Capital Inc. trades at 23.9× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.8×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 4.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.04**. A PEG of 0.04 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 4.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 11.6%**. 11.6% on shareholders' equity is solid.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 117.5%** (5-yr 50.6%/yr). Earnings per share rose 117.5%.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 25.05%** ($1.32 per share, trailing). Orchid Island Capital Inc. yields 25.05%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 112%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (112% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 1**. 1 straight year of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -18.3%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 29.3%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 29.3% of the market value a year.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: hold** (1 analyst). 1 analysts cover Orchid Island Capital Inc.; the consensus is hold, with an average price target of $6.00 (+25% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -24.3%** (YTD -26.5%, 3-mo -25.3%). The shares are down 24.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -43.0%** (1.7% above the low). Trading 43% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 33**. An RSI of 33 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.64** (volatility 24%). Beta of 0.64 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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