Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY)

NYSE · Real Estate · REIT - Mortgage · USA

Annaly Capital Management Inc is a large cap company (market value between $10 billion and $200 billion) in the REIT - Mortgage industry.

Annaly Capital Management is a diversified capital manager that invests primarily in residential mortgage finance through three investment groups: Agency mortgage-backed securities, non-Agency residential whole loans and securitized products, and mortgage servicing rights. The company uses capital and borrowed funds to earn spreads between asset yields and borrowing costs, serving investors through distributions of net income.

From its FY2025 annual report (Form 10-K)

Intrinsic value, DCF valuation, financial health and value investing analysis for the Annaly Capital Management Inc stock.

Our verdict on NLY

Overvalued: intrinsic value $13.23 per share, market price $18.23, margin of safety -37.8% (as of 2026-10-30).

Book value at 0.53x, the multiple a 7.3% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $13.23; the price of $18.23 is 38% above that value.

Leak Score: 36/100 on 9 of 12 signals (On Watch).

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Is NLY undervalued or overvalued?

NLY is overvalued (as of the 2026-10-30 close). Book value at 0.53x, the multiple a 7.3% return on equity justifies, blended with earnings, values the shares at $13.23; the price of $18.23 is 38% above that value.

What is the intrinsic value of NLY?

$13.23 per share (as of the 2026-10-30 close), against a market price of $18.23. That is a margin of safety of -37.8%. The value is the average of the valuation methods that apply to this company, recomputed every night after the US close.

What is Annaly Capital Management Inc's Leak Score?

36 out of 100, which we rate "On Watch", on 9 of 12 value investing signals.