VERO BEACH, Fla., April 10, 2024--Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Company declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of April 2024. The dividend of $0.12 per share will be paid May 30, 2024 to holders of record of the Company’s common stock on April 30, 2024, with an ex-dividend date of April 29, 2024. The Company plans on announcing its next common stock dividend on May 8, 2024.
VERO BEACH, Fla., April 04, 2024--Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (NYSE:ORC) ("Orchid" or the "Company"), a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), today announced that it will release results for the first quarter of 2024 following the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
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