Some Investing Thoughts On Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY)

Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $18.51, with 6.69 million shares of worth about $123.92 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -4.49% during that period and on January 08, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.70%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 560.55M shares, out of which, 559.51M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 1.15% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -6.70%. Year-to-date (YTD), NLY shares are showing a performance of 1.15% which decreased to -5.56% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $17.67 but also hit the highest price of $21.11 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Annaly Capital Management Inc shares is 6.26 million. The stock is currently trading -2.91% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -4.42% for SMA50 and it goes to -5.74% lower than SMA200.

Annaly Capital Management Inc (NYSE: NLY) currently have 560.55M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 55.51% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $10.38B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.58. It has posted earnings per share of -$0.08 in the same period. It has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.92. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for NLY, volatility over the week remained 1.90% while standing at 1.81% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -7.49% while it is estimated to increase by 4.03% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of -2.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -70.88% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Barclays on January 06, 2025 offering an Equal weight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $19 to it. Coverage by Argus stated Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on October 31, 2024, suggesting a price target of $21 for the stock. On September 20, 2024, Wells Fargo Upgrade their recommendations, while on June 06, 2024, Janney Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $21. Stock get a Buy rating from Compass Point on April 02, 2024.

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