ORC reports today with short interest surging 50% in one month. Utilisation nears 52-week highs as borrowing costs jump 35% over the past week.
Short interest stands at 11.3% of free float — 18.96 million shares.
The position jumped 3.8% yesterday alone. Over the past week, shorts added 14.9%. The one-month climb reached 50.4%, more than doubling the bet against this mortgage REIT since late March.
Days to cover sits at 2.47 based on official FINRA data.
The put/call ratio registered 0.19 on April 23.
That's slightly below the 20-day mean of 0.19. The neutral Z-score suggests balanced sentiment. The 52-week range runs from 0.07 to 0.61, placing current PCR in the lower third — a mild tilt toward call activity.
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No analyst coverage is tracked for Orchid Island Capital.
The stock lacks consensus ratings or target price data in the snapshot. Investors will interpret the print without Wall Street guidance.
ORC last reported on January 30, 2026. The company announced that event on January 7.
Prior prints came on February 20 and April 23, 2026 (announced April 7). Recent earnings cycles have followed a quarterly cadence. Share price fell 1.6% yesterday to close at $6.84, down 0.9% over the past month.
No ORTEX Alpha signals are currently active.
The ORTEX short score stands at 63.78 out of 100, up from 58.93 ten days ago. That climb mirrors the accelerating short interest build. Cost to borrow averaged 0.78% on April 22, down 2.4% over one month but up sharply from last week's 0.58%.
Utilisation hit 56.9% — approaching the 52-week high of 62.9% set in recent months.
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