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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

LOGO

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  
CONTACT: Hilary Ginsberg   NYSE: AMTG
                      (212) 822-0767  

APOLLO RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, INC. REPORTS

SECOND QUARTER 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS

New York, NY, August 5, 2015 - Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: AMTG) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

“AMTG produced strong operating earnings during the second quarter amidst a backdrop of heightened volatility throughout the global fixed income markets,” said Michael Commaroto, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. “The increase in AMTG’s operating earnings per share of common stock primarily reflects the growth in the Company’s credit focused investments, coupled with the improvement in yield and decline in funding costs for non-Agency RMBS. While AMTG’s financial performance was strong, the Company’s book value was negatively impacted by interest rate movements and spread widening in the fixed income market. We continue to focus on optimizing the Company’s investment portfolio and expanding AMTG’s credit related investment initiatives.”

Second Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights

 

    Net loss allocable to common stock and participating securities of $13.5 million, or $(0.43) per basic and diluted share of common stock;

 

    Operating earnings(1) of $18.0 million, or $0.56 per share of common stock;

 

    Declared a $0.48 dividend per share of common stock for the quarter.

Second Quarter 2015 Other Highlights

 

    Book value per share of common stock of $18.31 at June 30, 2015, as compared to book value per share of common stock of $19.21 at March 31, 2015;

 

    $3.4 billion residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) portfolio consisted of Agency RMBS with an estimated fair value of $2.0 billion and non-Agency RMBS with an estimated fair value of $1.4 billion;

 

    RMBS, securitized mortgage loans and other credit investment portfolio had a 2.94% effective net interest rate spread and a 16.98% effective levered asset yield at June 30, 2015(1);

 

    Quarter-end leverage multiple of 4.2x;

 

    $20.5 million outstanding on warehouse line receivable, $18.0 million of legal title to real estate subject to bond-for-title contracts (“BFT Contracts”) and $5.7 million of mortgage loans outstanding associated with the Seller Financing Program(2) at June 30, 2015;  

 

    Increased net positions in Agency risk sharing securities and small-balance commercial mortgage backed securities (“SBC-MBS”) by $33.8 million and $19.0 million, respectively.

 

(1)  Reflects a “non-GAAP” financial measure (i.e., a measure that is not calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). See “Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in this press release.
(2)  The “Seller Financing Program” refers to the initiative whereby the Company provides funding through a warehouse line to a third-party to finance the acquisition and improvement of single-family homes. Once the homes are improved, they are marketed for sale, with the seller providing financing to the buyer in the form of a mortgage loan or a BFT Contract. The mortgage loans and BFT Contracts may be purchased by the Company or by an unrelated third party from the counterparty, at which time the associated balance on the warehouse line is repaid.


Portfolio Summary (Table 1)

The following table sets forth additional detail regarding the Company’s RMBS, other investment securities and securitized mortgage loans as of June 30, 2015:

 

     Principal
Balance
     Premium/
(Discount),
Net(1)
    Amortized
Cost (2)
     Estimated
Fair Value
     Unrealized
Gain/
(Loss), net
    Weighted
Average
Coupon
    Estimated
Weighted
Average
Yield (3)
 
($ amounts in thousands)                                              

Agency pass-through RMBS

30-Year Mortgages:

                 

ARM-RMBS

   $ 242,852       $ 17,082      $ 259,934       $ 258,956       $ (978     2.32     1.32

3.5% coupon

     535,705         26,431        562,136         552,325         (9,811     3.50     2.79

4.0% coupon

     1,091,238         70,120        1,161,358         1,159,433         (1,925     4.00     3.02
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,869,795         113,633        1,983,428         1,970,714         (12,714     3.64     2.74
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Agency IO (4)

     —           —          55,388         57,218         1,830        2.34     7.63
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Agency Inverse IO(4)

     —           —          17,610         17,621         11        6.65     13.63
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Agency securities

     1,869,795         113,633        2,056,426         2,045,553         (10,873     3.46     2.96
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-Agency RMBS

     1,574,086         (259,667     1,314,419         1,378,265         63,846        1.54     6.40
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total RMBS

   $ 3,443,881       $ (146,034   $ 3,370,845       $ 3,423,818       $ 52,973        2.72     4.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Securitized Mortgage Loans

   $ 221,738       $ (51,194   $ 170,544       $ 178,904       $ 8,360        6.19     9.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Investment Securities

   $ 161,464       $ (9,333   $ 152,131       $ 149,801       $ (2,330     2.36     5.56
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,827,083       $ (206,561   $ 3,693,520       $ 3,752,523       $ 59,003        2.88     4.57
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)  A portion of the purchase discount on non-Agency RMBS is not expected to be recognized as interest income, and is instead viewed as a credit discount. At June 30, 2015, the Company’s non-Agency RMBS had gross discounts of $263,710, which included credit discounts and other-than-temporary impairments (“OTTI”) of $70,185. At June 30, 2015, the Company’s SBC-MBS had gross discounts and OTTI of $8,231.
(2) Amortized cost is reduced by allowances for loan losses on the Company’s securitized mortgage loans and unrealized losses that are classified as OTTI on the Company’s investment securities.
(3)  The estimated weighted average yield at the date presented incorporates estimates for future prepayment assumptions and forward interest rate assumptions on all RMBS and loss assumptions on non-Agency RMBS.
(4)  Agency IO and Agency Inverse IO are interest only (“IO”) and inverse IO securities, respectively, that receive some or all of the interest payments, but no principal payments, made on a related series of Agency RMBS, based on a notional principal balance. The notional principal balance is used to determine interest distributions on interest-only classes of securities. At June 30, 2015, the Company’s investments in Agency IO had a notional balance of $535,261 and the Company’s investments in Agency Inverse IO had a notional balance of $85,217.

As of June 30, 2015, the average cost basis of the Company’s Agency RMBS pass-through portfolio was 106.1% of par value and the average cost basis of the Company’s non-Agency RMBS portfolio was 83.5% of par value.

The Agency RMBS pass-through portfolio experienced prepayments at an average one month constant prepayment rate (“CPR”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 of 8.4%. Including Agency IOs and Agency Inverse IOs, the Agency RMBS portfolio experienced prepayments at an average one month CPR of 8.6% for the quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Other Investments (Table 2)

The following table sets forth the Company’s other investments at June 30, 2015:

 

($ amounts in thousands)    Carrying Value  

Warehouse line receivable

   $ 20,464   

Real estate subject to BFT Contracts, net of accumulated depreciation(1)(2)

     17,960   

Mortgage loans purchased through Seller Financing Program

     5,665   
  

 

 

 

Total Other Investments

   $ 44,089   
  

 

 

 

 

(1)  Reflects legal title to real estate subject to BFT Contracts at June 30, 2015, which had an aggregate principal balance of $18,186 with a weighted average interest rate of 8.35%.
(2)  Net of $226 of accumulated depreciation.

 

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Portfolio Financing

At June 30, 2015, the Company had master repurchase agreements with 23 counterparties and had outstanding repurchase borrowings with 17 counterparties totaling approximately $3.2 billion.

(Table 3)

The following table sets forth information about the Company’s borrowings at June 30, 2015:

 

($ amount in thousands)

   Balance      Weighted
Average
Contractual
Borrowing
Rate
    Weighted Average
Remaining Maturity
(days)
 

Securities Financed:

       

Agency RMBS

   $ 1,868,994         0.38     21   

Non-Agency RMBS(1)

     1,189,357         1.88        162   

Other investment securities

     119,328         1.76        173   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,177,679         1.00     79   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes $93,602 of repurchase borrowings collateralized by $128,933 of non-Agency RMBS that were eliminated from the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in consolidation with the variable interest entities associated with the Company’s securitization transactions. These borrowings are indirectly collateralized by the Company’s securitized mortgage loans.

(Table 4)

The Company’s derivative instruments consisted of the following at June 30, 2015:

 

($ amounts in thousands)    Notional
Amount
     Estimated Fair
Value
 

Swaps – assets

   $ 957,000       $ 8,528   

Swaptions – assets

     1,065,000         9,089   

Swaps – (liabilities)

     730,000         (8,641

Short TBA Contracts – (liabilities)

     200,000         (95
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

   $ 2,952,000       $ 8,881   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(Table 5)

The following table summarizes the weighted average fixed-pay rate and weighted average maturity for the Company’s Swaps at June 30, 2015:

 

Term to Maturity ($ amount in thousands)

   Notional
Amount
     Weighted
Average Fixed
Pay Rate
    Weighted Average
Maturity (years)
 

More than one year up to and including three years

   $ 1,109,000         1.06     2.0   

More than three years up to and including five years

     14,000         1.51        4.7   

More than five years

     564,000         2.15        7.5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,687,000         1.43     3.9   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Table 6)

At June 30, 2015, the Company’s Swaptions had an aggregate notional amount of $1.1 billion and a weighted average fixed pay rate of 3.11%. The following table presents information about the Company’s Swaptions at June 30, 2015:

 

($ amounts in thousands)    Option      Underlying Swap  

Fixed-Pay Rate for Underlying Swap

   Fair Value      Weighted
Average
Months
Until
Option
Expiration
     Notional
Amount
     Weighted
Average
Swap Term
(Years)
     Weighted
Average
Fixed-Pay
Rate
 

2.34 – 2.75%

   $ 678         6.7       $ 100,000         5.0         2.34

2.76 – 3.00%

     6,093         7.3         425,000         10.0         2.93

3.01 – 3.25%

     1,714         11.4         125,000         10.0         3.24

3.26 – 3.50%

     604         4.3         265,000         10.0         3.31

3.51 – 3.68%

     —           0.2         150,000         10.0         3.64
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 9,089         6.0       $ 1,065,000         9.5         3.11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Estimated Taxable Income

The Company’s taxable income may vary significantly on a quarterly basis. Estimated taxable income for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $0.33 per share of common stock, or $0.23 lower than the Company’s operating earnings per share of common stock. This difference primarily reflects estimated tax to GAAP timing differences associated with discount accretion on certain non-Agency RMBS. These fluctuations primarily are attributable to changes in cash flows on the Company’s locked-out non-Agency RMBS, which impacts the timing of market discount accretion the Company recognizes for tax purposes on such securities. Certain locked-out bonds may move from being locked-out to current pay, and vice-versa, depending on the performance of the underlying collateral and the associated triggers specified in the securitization structure.

Book Value

The Company’s book value per share of common stock at June 30, 2015 was $18.31 as compared to book value per share of common stock of $19.21 at March 31, 2015.

Teleconference and Website Presentation Details:

The Company will be hosting a conference call to discuss its financial results on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Members of the public who are interested in participating in the Company’s second quarter 2015 earnings teleconference call should dial from the U.S., (877) 445-0818, or from outside the U.S., (724) 498-0351, shortly before 11:00 a.m. and reference the Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Teleconference Call (number 83936090). Please note the teleconference call will be available for replay beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 6, 2015, and ending at midnight on Thursday, August 13, 2015. To access the replay, callers from the U.S. should dial (855) 859-2056 and callers from outside the U.S. should dial (404) 537-3406, and enter conference identification number 839360090.

Webcast:

The conference call will also be available on the Company’s website at www.apolloresidentialmortgage.com. To listen to a live broadcast, please go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will also be available for 30 days on the Company’s website.

 

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Supplemental Information

The Company provides a supplemental information package to offer more transparency into its financial results and make its reporting more informative and easier to follow. The supplemental package is available in the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.apolloresidentialmortgage.com.

About Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc.

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in and manages residential mortgage-backed securities and other residential mortgage assets throughout the United States. The Company is externally managed and advised by ARM Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE:APO), a leading global alternative investment manager with approximately $162.5 billion of assets under management at June 30, 2015.

Additional information can be found on the Company’s website at www.apolloresidentialmortgage.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Company claims the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in such sections. Forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond the Company’s control. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. When used in this release, the words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “plan”, “continue”, “intend”, “should”, “may”, or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking: market trends in the Company’s industry, interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets, the U.S. housing market or the general economy or the demand for residential mortgage loans; the Company’s business and investment strategy; the Company’s operating results and potential asset performance; availability of opportunities to acquire Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS, residential mortgage loans and other residential mortgage assets or other real estate related assets; changes in the prepayment rates on the mortgage loans securing the Company’s RMBS management’s assumptions regarding default rates on the mortgage loans securing the Company’s non-Agency RMBS; the Company’s ability to borrow to finance its assets and the terms, including the cost, maturity and other terms, of any such borrowing; the Company’s estimates regarding taxable income, the actual amount of which is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, changes in the amount of interest income and financing costs, the method elected by the Company to accrete the market discount on non-Agency RMBS, realized losses and changes in the composition of the Company’s Agency RMBS and non-Agency RMBS portfolios that may occur during the applicable tax period, including gain or loss on any RMBS disposals; expected leverage; general volatility of the securities markets in which the Company participates; the Company’s expected portfolio and scope of the Company’s target assets; the Company’s expected investment and underwriting process; interest rate mismatches between the Company’s target assets and any borrowings used to fund such assets; changes in interest rates and the market value of the Company’s target assets; rates of default or decreased recovery rates on the Company’s assets; the degree to which the Company’s hedging strategies may or may not protect the Company from interest rate volatility and the effects of hedging instruments on the Company’s assets; the impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters affecting the Company’s business; the timing and amount of distributions to stockholders, which are declared and paid at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and will depend on, among other things, the Company’s taxable income, the Company’s financial results and overall financial condition and liquidity; maintenance of the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes and such other factors as the Company’s board of directors deems relevant; the Company’s ability to maintain its exclusion from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; availability of qualified personnel through ARM Manager, LLC; and the Company’s understanding of its competition. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements, and other risks, uncertainties and factors are based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of its future performance, taking into account all information currently available to the Company. Forward-looking statements are not predictions of future events. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands – except share and per share data)

 

     June 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
     (Unaudited)        

Assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 113,350      $ 114,443   

Restricted cash

     77,116        69,006   

RMBS, at fair value ($3,192,641 and $3,583,853 pledged as collateral, respectively)

     3,423,818        3,755,632   

Securitized mortgage loans transferred to consolidated VIEs at fair value

     178,904        104,438   

Other investment securities, at fair value ($149,801 and $34,228 pledged as collateral, respectively)

     149,801        34,228   

Other investments

     44,089        40,561   

Mortgage loans, at fair value ($0 and $13,602 pledged as collateral, respectively)

     —          14,120   

Investment related receivable ($131,407 and $168,705 pledged as collateral, respectively)

     136,128        191,455   

Interest receivable

     10,389        10,455   

Derivative instruments, at fair value

     17,617        11,642   

Other assets

     1,370        2,073   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 4,152,582      $ 4,348,053   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

    

Liabilities:

    

Borrowings under repurchase agreements

   $ 3,177,679      $ 3,402,327   

Non-recourse securitized debt, at fair value

     25,893        34,176   

Investment related payable

     134,891        76,105   

Obligation to return cash held as collateral

     11,366        2,546   

Accrued interest payable

     8,551        13,026   

Derivative instruments, at fair value

     8,736        8,949   

Payable to related party

     4,600        4,968   

Dividends and dividend equivalents payable

     19,192        18,305   

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

     1,549        1,699   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     3,392,457        3,562,101   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

    

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 6,900,000 shares issued and outstanding ($172,500 aggregate liquidation preference)

   $ 69      $ 69   

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 32,100,609 and 32,088,045 shares issued and outstanding

     321        321   

Additional paid-in-capital

     794,045        793,274   

Accumulated deficit

     (34,310     (7,712
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

     760,125        785,952   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

   $ 4,152,582      $ 4,348,053   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands – except per share data) (Unaudited)

 

    

Three months ended

June 30,

   

Six months ended

June 30,

 
     2015     2014     2015     2014  

Interest Income:

        

RMBS

   $ 35,818      $ 35,991      $ 71,432      $ 71,816   

Securitized mortgage loans

     3,623        1,927        5,790        4,173   

Other

     2,177        223        3,691        332   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Interest Income

     41,618        38,141        80,913        76,321   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest Expense:

        

Repurchase agreements

     (7,901     (7,078     (15,366     (13,904

Securitized debt

     (333     (432     (699     (874
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Interest Expense

     (8,234     (7,510     (16,065     (14,778
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Interest Income

     33,384        30,631        64,848        61,543   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Income/(Loss), net:

        

Realized gain/(loss) on sale of RMBS, net

     (4,530     (7,072     4,008        (18,882

Realized gain on sale of other investment securities, net

     102        —          102        —     

Unrealized gain/(loss) on RMBS, net

     (41,354     51,590        (29,149     102,237   

Unrealized gain/(loss) on securitized debt

     1,001        (364     1,014        (354

Unrealized gain/(loss) on securitized mortgage loans, net

     (1,896     2,042        466        3,096   

Unrealized gain/(loss) on other investment securities

     (2,649     54        (2,678     176   

Realized and unrealized gain/(losses) on derivative instruments, net

     12,463        (27,133     (14,058     (64,323

Other, net

     (3     (49     9        (31
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Income/(Loss), net

     (36,866     19,068        (40,286     21,919   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

        

General and administrative (includes ($304), ($408), ($797) and ($867) of non-cash stock based compensation, respectively)

     (3,655     (2,921     (7,505     (6,016

Management fee – related party

     (2,895     (2,774     (5,682     (5,560
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

     (6,550     (5,695     (13,187     (11,576
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income/(Loss)

   $ (10,032   $ 44,004      $ 11,375      $ 71,886   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stock Dividends Declared

     (3,450     (3,450     (6,900     (6,900
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income/(Loss) Allocable to Common Stock and Participating Securities

   $ (13,482   $ 40,554      $ 4,475      $ 64,986   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings/(Loss) per Common Share – Basic and Diluted

   $ (0.43   $ 1.26      $ 0.13      $ 2.02   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends Declared per Share of Common Stock

   $ 0.48      $ 0.42      $ 0.96      $ 0.82   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Included in this press release are disclosures about the Company’s “operating earnings,” “operating earnings per share of common stock,” “effective levered asset yield” and “effective net interest rate spread” which measures constitute non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures presented, when considered together with GAAP financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding the Company’s operating results. An analysis of any non-GAAP financial measures should be made in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP.

Operating earnings and operating earnings per share of common stock presented exclude, as applicable: (i) certain realized and unrealized gains and losses recognized through earnings; (ii) non-cash equity compensation; (iii) one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP; and (iv) certain other non-cash charges. Operating earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure that is used by the Manager to assess the Company’s business results.

While the Company has not elected hedge accounting under GAAP for its Swaps, such derivative instruments are viewed by the Company as an economic hedge against increases in future market interest rates. To present how the Company views its Swaps, the Company provides the “effective cost of funds” which is comprised of GAAP interest expense plus the interest expense component for Swaps. The interest expense component of the Company’s Swaps reflects the net interest payments made or accrued on its Swaps. The Company believes that the presentation of effective cost of funds is useful for investors as it presents the Company’s borrowing costs as viewed by management.

The Company believes that the non-GAAP measures presented provide investors and other readers of this press release with meaningful information to assess the performance of the Company’s ongoing business and believes it is useful supplemental information for both management and investors in evaluating the Company’s financial results. The primary limitation associated with operating earnings as a measure of the Company’s financial performance over any period is that such measure excludes, except for the net interest component of Swaps, the effects of net realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments and realized and unrealized gains and losses from derivative instruments. In addition, the Company’s presentation of operating earnings may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies, who may use different definitions or calculations for such term. As a result, operating earnings should not be considered as a substitute for GAAP net income as a measure of the Company’s financial performance or the Company’s liquidity under GAAP.

A reconciliation of the GAAP items discussed above to their non-GAAP measures for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2015 and the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2014, are presented in the tables below.

 

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(Table 7)

The following tables reconcile net income allocable to common stockholders with operating earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, respectively:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015
    Three Months Ended
June 30, 2014
 
($ amounts in thousands except share and per share data)          Per Share           Per Share  

Net income/(loss) allocable to common stockholders

   $ (13,635   $ (0.43   $ 40,291      $ 1.26   

Adjustments:

        

Realized loss on sale of RMBS, net

     4,530        0.14        7,072        0.22   

Realized (gain) on sale of other investment securities, net

     (102     —          —          —     

Unrealized (gain)/loss on RMBS, net

     41,354        1.29        (51,590     (1.61

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative instruments, net

     (23,553     (0.73     14,467        0.45   

Other unrealized (gain)/loss, net

     3,544        0.11        (1,732     (0.05

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense

     304        0.01        408        0.01   

Realized loss on Swap and Swaption terminations, net

     6,170        0.19        7,585        0.24   

Tax amortization of (loss) on Swaption terminations and expirations, net

     (620     (0.02     (48     —     

Other

     —          —          68        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments to arrive at operating earnings

     31,627      $ 0.99        (23,770     (0.74
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating earnings

   $ 17,992      $ 0.56      $ 16,521      $ 0.52   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock

     32,048          32,020     
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

(Table 8)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2014
 
($ amounts in thousands except share and per share data)          Per Share           Per Share  

Net income allocable to common stockholders

   $ 4,168      $ 0.13      $ 64,570      $ 2.02   

Adjustments:

        

Realized (gain)/loss on sale of RMBS, net

     (4,008     (0.13     18,882        0.59   

Realized (gain) on sale of other investment securities, net

     (102     —          —          —     

Unrealized (gain)/loss on RMBS, net

     29,149        0.91        (102,237     (3.19

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative instruments, net

     (7,835     (0.24     33,185        1.04   

Other unrealized (gain)/loss, net

     1,198        0.04        (2,918     (0.10

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense

     797        0.02        867        0.03   

Realized loss on Swap and Swaption terminations, net

     10,032        0.31        14,112        0.44   

Realized loss on TBA Contracts

     1,977        0.06        7,156        0.22   

Tax amortization of (loss) on Swaption terminations and expirations, net

     (1,058     (0.03     (92     —     

Other

     —          —          68        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total adjustments to arrive at operating earnings

     30,150        0.94        (30,977     (0.97
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating earnings

   $ 34,318      $ 1.07      $ 33,593      $ 1.05   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock

     32,047          32,018     
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

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(Table 9)

The following table details Effective Net Interest Spread and Effective Levered Asset Yield at June 30, 2015:

 

     Agency RMBS     Non-Agency
RMBS and Other
Credit
Investments
    Securitized
Mortgage Loans
    Weighted
Average
 

Asset Yield

     2.96     6.33     9.04     4.60

Interest Expense

     0.38     1.82     2.86     1.02

Cost of Swaps

     1.01     —          1.58     0.64
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective Net Interest Spread

     1.57     4.51     4.60     2.94
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Debt/Equity

     9.39x        2.97x        1.96x        4.21x   

Effective Levered Asset Yield

     17.70     19.72     18.06     16.98

 

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