ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. Reports Q3 2015 Core Income of $52.4 Million Company Release - 11/06/2015 16:40
VERO BEACH, Florida, Nov. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR, ARR PrA, and ARR PrB) ("ARMOUR" or the "Company") today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Q3 2015 Highlights and Financial Information • Previously reported one-for-eight reverse stock split (the "Reverse Stock Split") of ARMOUR's outstanding shares of Common stock was effective July 31, 2015 • Q3 2015 key results: ◦ $52.4 million ($1.11 per Common share) Core Income including drop income (as defined below) ◦ 13.22% Core Income return on stockholders' equity at the beginning of the quarter ◦ $0.98 per share Common dividends for Q3 ◦ $38.0 million ($0.78 per Common share) estimated taxable Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") income ◦ $(221.6) million [$(5.18) per Common share] net loss under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") reflecting $(266.1) million net unrealized loss primarily on interest rate hedges driven by declines in swap yields ◦ 2.56% average yield on assets and 1.44% average net interest margin ◦ 9.23% annualized average principal repayment rate (CPR) ◦ 1,755,618 Common shares repurchased, net ◦ 43,561,000 approximately weighted average diluted Common shares • At September 30, 2015: ◦ $1.42 billion ($29.05 per Common share) stockholders' equity, including accretive effect of $0.37 per Common share from Q3 share repurchases ◦ 8.87 to 1 "leverage" (debt to stockholders' equity) ◦ $682.9 million (48.11% of stockholders' equity) liquidity in cash and unpledged securities ◦ Stock outstanding: ◾ 42,028,278 shares Common Stock ◾ 2,180,572 shares Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ◾ 5,650,000 shares Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock • 2,190,000 approximately additional Common shares repurchased net in October 2015, leaving repurchase authorization of 5,041,067 Common shares at November 5, 2015 • 39,838,120 Common shares outstanding at November 5, 2015 • $0.33 monthly dividend per Common share maintained for Q4, as previously announced • On July 7, 2015, ARMOUR's wholly-owned insurance subsidiary, SABRE Business Insurance LLC, became a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, as previously reported • 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 each month on http://www.armourreit.com |