# Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NLY) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Real Estate / Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Price $22.81, market value $17.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 5.5×** (5-yr avg 5.6×, 3-yr avg 8.2×). Annaly Capital Management Inc. trades at 5.5× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 5.6×. The Real Estate median in the September 2026 study was 25.2×. Forward P/E is 7.3×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **PEG: 0.09**. A PEG of 0.09 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / book: 1.1×**. The shares trade at 1.1× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 18.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 18.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 12.6%**. 12.6% on shareholders' equity is solid.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 80.2%** (3-yr -9.4%/yr). Earnings per share rose 80.2%.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.03**. Debt is 0.03 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 13.15%** ($2.85 per share, trailing). Annaly Capital Management Inc. yields 13.15%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 24%**. 24% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -5.1%/yr** (1-yr 7.7%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 19.3%** (YTD 9.0%, 3-mo 11.1%). The shares are up 19.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -7.0%** (14.0% above the low). Trading 7% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.63** (volatility 19%). Beta of 0.63 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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