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Dynex Capital is an internally managed real estate investment trust whose revenue comes mainly from residential mortgage-backed securities. Most of its investments hold pools of fixed-rate single-family home loans with agency guarantees, including guarantees from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Homeowners’ principal and interest payments flow through to security holders after servicing and guarantee fees; guarantors advance payments when borrowers fall behind.
Dynex pledges securities to obtain short-term loans, primarily through repurchase agreements, allowing it to buy more investments than equity alone would fund. Its earnings depend on investment yields relative to borrowing costs and on lenders continuing to renew financing. Mortgage prepayments affect how long it earns interest and the yields available when it reinvests returned capital. It uses interest-rate derivatives to offset part of its financing costs and investment-value exposure.
REIT rules constrain its investments and hedging and require it to distribute most taxable income. It must also maintain a predominantly mortgage- and real-estate-related asset mix to preserve an investment-company exemption that supports its leveraged business model.
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AGNC Investment and Dynex face similar mortgage-return and funding pressures: both collect homeowners’ loan payments through agency-backed residential mortgage securities and pledge those securities for borrowing, known as repo financing. Watch AGNC’s repo funding costs for a read on the financing conditions facing Dynex.
ARMOUR Residential REIT shares Dynex’s exposure to fixed-rate mortgage securities: both collect payments from agency-backed mortgage pools, borrow against their holdings through repo financing and hedge interest-rate risk. ARMOUR’s funding costs and hedging results help gauge the pressure on this same strategy at Dynex.
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. and Dynex both use borrowed money to earn returns from agency-backed mortgage securities funded mainly by single-family homeowners’ payments. Orchid’s margin between mortgage interest earned and borrowing costs is a useful comparison for Dynex’s mortgage-income business.
Annaly Capital Management’s agency mortgage business faces the same return-versus-borrowing-cost pressures as Dynex: both borrow to invest in guaranteed securities that receive homeowners’ mortgage payments. Watch Annaly’s agency business rather than its overall results, which also include residential credit investments and rights to collect part of mortgage interest for servicing loans.
Invesco Mortgage Capital and Dynex both depend on mortgage investment returns exceeding financing costs, investing in agency-backed securities paid by residential and commercial mortgage borrowers. Watch the gap between Invesco’s portfolio returns and total funding costs for a comparison with Dynex’s interest-income outlook.
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation’s mortgage-securities business shares Dynex’s exposure to agency-backed pools of homeowners’ loans and contracts to buy those securities for future delivery, known as TBAs. Its RMBS segment is the closer comparison for Dynex; Cherry Hill also invests in mortgage servicing rights.
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust and Dynex share exposure to agency-backed securities paid by mortgage borrowers, and both hedge interest-rate risk. Focus on PennyMac’s agency securities and related hedges when comparing it with Dynex: PennyMac also earns from servicing rights and from buying newly originated loans from lenders, pooling them and reselling them.
Orchid Island Capital, Inc. earningsORC
Orchid Island Capital’s report will show how much interest its agency mortgage securities earn after borrowing costs, a key part of the income Dynex earns from a similar business.
Read Orchid Island’s mortgage interest income alongside its borrowing costs. A steady or wider gap says the income left after funding similar assets is holding up, easing a comparable pressure for Dynex; a narrower gap says financing costs are squeezing that income.
AGNC Investment Corp. Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/1,000th Interest in a Share of 7.75% Series G Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock earningsAGNCL
AGNC Investment’s report will show what it costs to borrow against agency mortgage securities, a read on the repo funding conditions Dynex also faces.
Check whether AGNC Investment’s repo funding costs rose, and set them against the yield on its mortgage securities to see if funding is squeezing the gap. Rising costs that the securities’ income does not keep up with signal more pressure on the same leveraged strategy Dynex uses; stable or lower costs suggest funding conditions have not worsened.
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. earningsARR
ARMOUR Residential REIT’s report will show whether its hedges offset some pressure on fixed-rate mortgage securities, a risk Dynex also manages.
Read ARMOUR Residential REIT’s fixed-rate mortgage securities alongside its hedging results. If the hedges offset much of the pressure on security values or funding costs, risk management in this strategy appears more effective, a useful sign for Dynex; if the portfolio is under pressure and hedges do not make up for it, the strategy remains exposed to rate moves.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
For Dynex Capital, the Fed’s interest-rate decision signals how the cost of its short-term repo funding may change, affecting the spread between what it earns on mortgage-backed securities and what it pays to borrow.
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If it comes in above expectations
Higher policy rates may raise the rates on Dynex Capital’s short-term repo borrowings, squeezing its funding spread if income on its mortgage-backed securities does not keep pace; swaps hedge only part of that exposure.
If it comes in below expectations
Lower policy rates may reduce the rates Dynex Capital pays on short-term repo borrowings, potentially widening its funding spread if income on its mortgage-backed securities holds up; swaps hedge only part of its rate exposure.
CHERRY HILL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORPORATION earningsCHMI
Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment’s report will show how its agency mortgage securities business and contracts to buy securities for future delivery are faring, offering a read on markets Dynex also uses.
Focus on Cherry Hill’s agency residential mortgage-securities business and any results tied to its contracts to buy securities for future delivery, known as TBAs. Resilient securities results and manageable TBA outcomes suggest conditions are more supportive of returns on these assets; weaker securities results or adverse TBA outcomes point to greater pressure on Dynex’s similar positions.
