Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) Stock

About Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) operates as a multifaceted financial firm, specializing in managing capital across various sectors. Its core business encompasses mortgage-related investments and lending to middle-market corporations. NLY strategically deploys capital across a diverse range of assets, including government-sponsored (Agency) and privately-issued (non-Agency) mortgage-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgage loans, mortgage servicing rights, credit risk transfer instruments, corporate debt, and other commercial real estate investments. Operating as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Annaly benefits from a particular tax structure. This designation exempts it from federal corporate income tax, provided it distributes the majority of its taxable earnings to its investors. Established in 1996, the firm's corporate headquarters are located in New York City.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. is led by CEO David L. Finkelstein, employs 212 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1997.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) stock trades at $23.16 with a market capitalization of $17.45B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.34, price-to-book of 0.98, price-to-sales of 2.29. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $18.64 and $24.52, and currently trades 5.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 13.09%.

On profitability, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 12.60%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 42.51%, an operating margin of 102.58%, a net profit margin of 31.96%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Annaly Capital Management, Inc. reported annual revenue of $6.7B, net profit of $2.0B, revenue has compounded at 35.2% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.18 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.03, total assets of $135.6B, $2.0B in cash and equivalents.

NLY has an average daily trading volume of 7,140,000 shares, a beta of 1.25.

Official website: www.annaly.com