American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. Reports $1.64 Net Income Per Common Share And $22.73 Net Book Value Per Common Share

BETHESDA, Md., July 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. ("MTGE" or the "Company") MTGE today reported net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 of $83.8 million, or $1.64 per common share, and net book value of $22.73 per common share.  Economic return for the period, defined as dividends plus change in net book value, was $1.60 per common share, or 7.3% for the quarter, or an annualized return of 29.4%.

SECOND QUARTER 2014 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

• $1.64 per common share of net income
  • Includes all unrealized gains and losses on investment and hedging portfolios
• $0.72 per common share of net spread and dollar roll income
  • Includes $0.16 per common share of estimated net carry income (also known as "dollar roll income") associated with the average net long position in agency mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") in the "to-be-announced" ("TBA") market
  • Excludes net servicing loss of $(0.06) per common share
• $0.45 per common share of estimated taxable income
  • Estimated undistributed taxable income of $0.53 per common share as of June 30, 2014
• $0.65 per common share dividend declared on June 17, 2014
  • 13.0% annualized dividend yield based on June 30, 2014 closing stock price of $20.02 per share
• $22.73 per common share net book value as of June 30, 2014
  • Increased $0.95 per common share, or 4.4%, from $21.78 per common share as of March 31, 2014
• 7.3% economic return on equity for the quarter, or 29.4% annualized
  • Comprised of a $0.65 per common share dividend and a $0.95 per common share increase in net book value

ADDITIONAL SECOND QUARTER 2014 HIGHLIGHTS

• $6.8 billion investment portfolio as of June 30, 2014
  • $4.5 billion agency securities
  • $1.2 billion net long TBA mortgage position
  • $1.1 billion non-agency securities
• $68 million additional net investment in mortgage servicing rights ("MSR") during the quarter
• $11 million investment in mortgage REIT equity securities as of June 30, 2014
  • Total return of $2.8 million for the quarter, including dividends and realized and unrealized gains
• 5.2x "at risk" leverage as of June 30, 2014
  • 4.2x excluding net long TBA mortgage position as of June 30, 2014
• 5.6x average "at risk" leverage for the quarter
  • 4.8x excluding average net long TBA mortgage position for the quarter
• 8.3% agency securities actual CPR for the quarter
  • 7.5% projected life CPR for agency securities as of June 30, 2014
• 2.30% annualized net interest rate spread and dollar roll income for the quarter
• $53 million of net proceeds raised from 8.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") issued during the quarter

"We are very pleased with MTGE's performance during the second quarter," commented Gary Kain, President and Chief Investment Officer. "Our economic return for the second quarter was over 7%, or almost 30% on an annualized basis.  Moreover, our total economic return since our inception less than 3 years ago has now exceeded 58%.  Our balanced portfolio composition, which now includes MSR in addition to agency and non-agency MBS, positions us well in line with our objective of generating attractive risk adjusted returns for our shareholders over a wide range of economic environments."

"MTGE posted another very strong quarter for our shareholders," commented Malon Wilkus, MTGE Chair and Chief Executive Officer.  "Through the first two quarters of 2014, MTGE has generated a positive economic return of 12%. More importantly, despite the challenges presented by the Fed's asset purchase program, our total economic return over the entire QE3 period is now close to 24%.  This strong performance clearly demonstrates the importance of sound portfolio diversification, strong asset selection and active management in generating superior returns for our shareholders over the longer term."

NET BOOK VALUE

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's net book value per common share was $22.73, or $0.95 per common share higher than the $21.78 net book value per common share as of March 31, 2014.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's investment portfolio included $4.5 billion of agency MBS, $1.2 billion of net long TBA securities, $1.1 billion of non-agency MBS, $0.1 billion of MSR, and $11 million of investments in agency mortgage REIT equity securities.

The Company accounts for dollar roll positions as derivative instruments and recognizes dollar roll income/loss in other gains (losses), net on the Company's financial statements.  As of June 30, 2014, the Company's net long TBA mortgage portfolio had a fair value and cost basis of approximately $1.2 billion, with a net carrying value of $12.9 million reported in derivative assets/(liabilities) on the Company's balance sheet.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's agency MBS investment portfolio, inclusive of net long TBA, was comprised of $5.5 billion of fixed rate and $0.1 billion of adjustable rate securities.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's agency fixed rate MBS investments were comprised of $1.9 billion ≤15 year securities, $0.2 billion 20 year securities, $2.3 billion 30 year securities, $40 million 15 year net long TBA securities and $1.1 billion 30 year net long TBA securities.  As of June 30, 2014, ≤15 year fixed rate investments, inclusive of the net long TBA position, represented 34% of the Company's agency investment portfolio, a slight decrease from 38% as of March 31, 2014, and 30 year fixed rate investments, inclusive of the net long TBA position, represented 60% of the Company's agency investment portfolio, an increase from 51% as of March 31, 2014.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's agency fixed rate mortgage assets, inclusive of the net TBA position, had a weighted average coupon of 3.48%, comprised of a weighted average coupon of 3.00% for ≤15 year securities, 3.33% for 20 year securities and 3.75% for 30 year securities.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's $1.1 billion non-agency portfolio was comprised of 45% Alt-A, 23% prime, 15% option ARM and 17% subprime securities.

AGENCY CONSTANT PREPAYMENT RATES

The actual CPR for the Company's agency portfolio during the second quarter of 2014 was 8.3%, up from 5.7% during the first quarter of 2014.  The CPR published in July 2014 for the Company's agency portfolio held as of June 30, 2014 was 9.5%, and the weighted average projected CPR for the remaining life of the Company's agency securities held as of June 30, 2014 was 7.5%, compared to 8.2% as of March 31, 2014. 

The Company amortizes and accretes premiums and discounts associated with purchases of agency securities into interest income over the estimated life of such securities based on actual and projected CPRs using the effective yield method.  The amortization of premiums (net of any accretion of discounts) on the agency portfolio for the quarter was $(7.9) million, or $(0.15) per common share.  The Company recognized approximately $0.3 million, or $0.01 per common share, of "catch-up" premium amortization income during the quarter, as projected CPR estimates fell slightly for the Company's existing agency securities during the quarter. 

The weighted average cost basis of the Company's agency securities was 104.5% of par and the unamortized agency net premium was $194.9 million as of June 30, 2014.  As such, slower actual and projected prepayments can have a meaningful positive impact, while faster actual or projected prepayments can have a meaningful negative impact on the Company's agency asset yields.

NON-AGENCY DISCOUNT ACCRETION

The weighted average cost basis of the Company's non-agency portfolio was 64.2% of par as of June 30, 2014.  Discount accretion on the non-agency portfolio for the quarter was $9.7 million, or $0.19 per common share.  The total net discount remaining was $533.8 million as of June 30, 2014, with $184.4 million designated as credit reserves.

ASSET YIELDS, COST OF FUNDS AND NET INTEREST RATE SPREAD

The Company's average asset yield on its investment portfolio for the second quarter was 3.25%, compared to 3.08% for the first quarter.  Excluding the impact of "catch-up" premium amortization income recognized due to changes in projected CPR estimates, the annualized weighted average yield on the Company's investment portfolio was 3.23% for the second quarter, compared to 3.17% for the first quarter.  The Company's average asset yield as of June 30, 2014 was 3.33%, a 13 bps increase from 3.20% as of March 31, 2014.

The Company's average cost of funds during the second quarter (derived from the cost of repurchase agreements and interest rate swaps) increased 7 bps to 0.99%, from 0.92% during the first quarter.  The increase in the Company's average cost of funds was due to higher average swap costs as a result of higher effective swap balances.  The Company's average cost of funds of 1.02% as of June 30, 2014 increased 5 bps from 0.97% as of March 31, 2014, due to increased average effective swap net pay rates and notional amounts. 

The Company's average net interest rate spread, inclusive of dollar rolls, for the second quarter was 2.32%, an increase of 13 bps from 2.19% for the first quarter.  Excluding dollar rolls, the Company's average net interest rate spread for the second quarter was 2.26%, compared to 2.16% for the first quarter.

LEVERAGE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

As of June 30, 2014, $4.8 billion of the Company's repurchase agreements were used to fund acquisitions of agency and non-agency securities, while the remaining $0.2 billion were used to fund purchases of U.S. Treasury securities and are not included in the Company's measurements of leverage.  Including net long TBA securities and excluding investments in Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. ("RCS") and mortgage REIT equity securities, the Company's "at risk" leverage ratio was 5.2x as of June 30, 2014 and averaged 5.6x during the second quarter.

The $4.8 billion borrowed under agency and non-agency repurchase agreements as of June 30, 2014 had remaining maturities consisting of:

• $1.9 billion of one month or less;
• $1.0 billion between one and two months;
• $0.7 billion between two and three months;
• $0.5 billion between three and six months;
• $0.1 billion between six and nine months;
• $0.3 billion between nine and twelve months; and
• $0.3 billion greater than twelve months.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company's agency and non-agency repurchase agreements had an average 103 days  remaining to maturity, up from 101 days at March 31, 2014.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company had repurchase agreements with 32 financial institutions and less than 5% of the Company's equity was at risk with any one counterparty, with the top five counterparties representing less than 17% of the Company's equity at risk.

The Company's interest rate swap positions as of June 30, 2014 totaled $4.1 billion in notional amount, at a weighted average fixed pay rate of 2.06%, a weighted average receive rate of 0.23% and a weighted average maturity of 5.1 years.  Excluding forward starting swaps, the Company's interest rate swap portfolio had a notional balance of $2.1 billion and an average fixed pay rate of 1.22% as of June 30, 2014.  The Company enters into interest rate swaps with longer maturities with the intention of protecting its net book value and longer term earnings potential. 

The Company also utilizes interest rate swaptions to mitigate the Company's exposure to larger, more rapid increases in interest rates.  As of June 30, 2014, the Company held payer swaption contracts with a total notional amount of $0.4 billion and a weighted average expiration of 1.7 years.  These swaptions have an underlying weighted average interest rate swap term of 6.1 years, with a weighted average pay rate of 3.25% as of June 30, 2014.

In addition to its interest rate swaps and swaptions, the Company held a net short position in U.S. Treasury securities and futures with a notional market value of $0.5 billion and written TBA call options with a notional amount of $(0.1) billion. 

As of June 30, 2014, 86% of the Company's combined repurchase agreement and net long TBA balance was hedged through interest rate swaps, interest rate swaptions, TBA call options and U.S. Treasury securities and futures.

SERVICING

During the second quarter, the Company recorded $11.4 million in servicing income and $(14.4) million in servicing expense related to its investment in RCS.  As of June 30, 2014, RCS managed a servicing portfolio of approximately 86,000 loans, representing approximately $17 billion in unpaid principal balance.

OTHER GAINS (LOSSES), NET

The Company has elected to record all investments at fair value with all changes in fair value recorded in current GAAP earnings as other gains (losses).  In addition, the Company has not designated any derivatives as hedges for GAAP accounting purposes and therefore all changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in current GAAP earnings as other gains (losses).

During the second quarter, the Company recorded $54.0 million in other gains (losses), net, or $1.06 per common share.  Other gains (losses), net, for the quarter are comprised of:

• $4.1 million of net realized gain on agency securities;
• $13.0 million of net realized gain on non-agency securities;
• $78.3 million of net unrealized gain on agency securities;
• $2.0 million of net unrealized gain on non-agency securities;
• $(5.2) million in realized loss on periodic settlements of interest rate swaps;
• $11.6 million of net realized gain on other derivatives and securities;
• $(49.2) million of net unrealized loss on other derivatives and securities; and
• $(0.5) million of unrealized loss on mortgage servicing rights.

Realized and unrealized net losses on other derivatives and securities during the second quarter include $(54.1) million of net loss on interest rate swaps and swaptions, $(13.7) million of net loss on U.S. treasury securities and futures, $19.5 million of net gain on TBA mortgage positions, $8.0 million of dollar roll income, $(0.1) million of net loss on written TBA call options and $2.8 million net gain on investments in mortgage REIT equity securities.

ESTIMATED TAXABLE INCOME

REIT taxable income for the second quarter is estimated at $0.45 per common share, or $(1.20) lower than GAAP net income per share.

The primary differences between GAAP net income and estimated taxable net income are (i) unrealized gains and losses associated with investment securities, interest rate swaps and other derivatives and securities marked-to-market in current income for GAAP purposes, but excluded from taxable income until realized or settled, (ii) timing differences, both temporary and potentially permanent, in the recognition of certain realized gains and losses, (iii) losses or undistributed income of taxable REIT subsidiaries, and (iv) temporary differences related to the amortization and accretion of net premiums and discounts paid on investments.

The Company's estimated taxable income for the second quarter excludes $0.68 per share of estimated net capital gains, which are not included in the Company's ordinary taxable income, but are applied against previously recognized net capital losses. 

As of June 30, 2014, the Company had approximately $27.0 million of estimated undistributed taxable income ("UTI"), or $0.53 per common share, net of dividends declared.  UTI excludes the Company's net capital loss carryforwards and net deferred gains from terminated or expired swaps and swaptions.  As of June 30, 2014, the Company had estimated cumulative non-deductible net capital losses of $(180.0) million, or $(3.52) per common share, which may be carried forward and applied against future net capital gains for up to five years.  Additionally, as of June 30, 2014, the Company had estimated net deferred gains from terminated swaps and swaptions of $80.7 million, or $1.58 per common share, which will be amortized into future ordinary taxable income over the remaining terms of the underlying swaps.

PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING

During the quarter, the Company sold 2.2 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock MTGEP to underwriters at a price of $24.21 per share, liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, for proceeds, net of offering costs, of $53.0 million.

SECOND QUARTER 2014 DIVIDEND DECLARATION

On June 17, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a second quarter dividend on its common stock of $0.65 per share, unchanged from the prior quarter, which was paid on July 28, 2014, to common stockholders of record as of June 30, 2014.  Since its August 2011 initial public offering, the Company has declared and paid a total of $351.5 million in common stock dividends, or $8.95 per common share.

On June 17, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a second quarter dividend on its Series A Preferred Stock of $0.29905 per share. The dividend was paid on July 15, 2014 to preferred stockholders of record as of July 1, 2014.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OPERATING PERFORMANCE AND PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

The following tables include certain measures of operating performance, such as net spread income and estimated taxable income, which are non-GAAP financial measures.  Please refer to "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information" later in this release for further discussion of non-GAAP measures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STOCKHOLDER CALL

MTGE invites shareholders, prospective shareholders and analysts to attend the MTGE shareholder call on July 31, 2014 at 11:00 am ET. Callers who do not plan on asking a question and have access to the internet are encouraged to utilize the free live webcast at www.MTGE.com. Those who do plan on participating in the Q&A or do not have the internet available may access the call by dialing (877) 503-6874 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 902-6600 (international). Please advise the operator you are dialing in for the American Capital Mortgage shareholder call.

A slide presentation will accompany the call and will be available at www.MTGE.com. Select the Q2 2014 Earnings Presentation link to download and print the presentation in advance of the shareholder call.

An archived audio of the shareholder call combined with the slide presentation will be made available on the MTGE website after the call on July 31, 2014. In addition, there will be a phone recording available from 1:00 pm ET July 31, 2014 until 9:00 am ET August 14, 2014. If you are interested in hearing the recording of the presentation, please dial (877) 344-7529 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (international). The conference number is 10049327.

For further information or questions, please contact our Investor Relations Department at (301) 968-9220 or IR@MTGE.com.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP.

American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. is a real estate investment trust that invests in and manages a leveraged portfolio of agency mortgage investments, non-agency mortgage investments and other mortgage-related investments.  The Company is externally managed and advised by American Capital MTGE Management, LLC, an affiliate of American Capital, Ltd. ("American Capital"). For further information please refer to www.MTGE.com.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.

American Capital, Ltd. ACAS is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager.  American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate, energy & infrastructure and structured products. American Capital manages $19 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $84 billion of total assets under management (including levered assets).  Through an affiliate, American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. AGNC, American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. MTGE and American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. ACSF with approximately $11 billion of aggregate net book value.  From its eight offices in the U.S. and Europe, American Capital and its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities from $10 million to $750 million.  For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are based on estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions of management of the Company at the time of such statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results.  Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions.  Actual results could differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, including, without limitation, changes in interest rates, changes in the yield curve, changes in prepayment rates, the availability and terms of financing, changes in the market value of the Company's assets, the receipt of regulatory approval or other closing conditions for a transaction, general economic conditions, market conditions, conditions in the market for agency and non-agency securities and mortgage related investments, and legislative and regulatory changes that could adversely affect the business of the Company.  Certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, are included in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov.  The Company disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements based on the occurrence of future events, the receipt or new information, or otherwise.

USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION

In addition to the results presented in accordance with GAAP, our results of operations discussed herein include certain non-GAAP financial information, including "adjusted net interest income" (including the periodic interest rate costs of our interest rate swaps reported in gain (loss) on derivatives and other securities, net in our consolidated statements of operations and dividends from REIT equity securities) and "estimated taxable income" and certain financial metrics derived from non-GAAP information, such as "cost of funds" and "estimated undistributed taxable income."  By providing users of our financial information with such measures in addition to the related GAAP measures, we believe it gives users greater transparency into the information used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making and that it is meaningful information to consider related to: (i) the economic costs of financing our investment portfolio inclusive of interest rate swaps used to economically hedge against fluctuations in our borrowing costs, (ii) in the case of net spread income, our current financial performance without the effects of certain transactions that are not necessarily indicative of our current investment portfolio and operations, and (iii) in the case of estimated taxable income and estimated undistributed taxable income, information that is directly related to the amount of dividends we are required to distribute in order to maintain our REIT qualification status.  However, because such measures are incomplete measures of our financial performance and involve differences from results computed in accordance with GAAP, they should be considered as supplementary to, and not as a substitute for, our results computed in accordance with GAAP.  In addition, because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of such non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to other similarly-titled measures of other companies.  Furthermore, estimated taxable income can include certain information that is subject to potential adjustments up to the time of filing our income tax returns, which occurs after the end of our fiscal year.

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SOURCE American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.