All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

NLY: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

NLY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, NLY returned +27.73% over the past year and +3.89% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 8, 1997, NLY is up +563.06% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.81%/yr, and is currently −4.61% below its real total-return high on Jan. 16, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
NLY × 		+3.89%
2026-07-02 		+27.73%
2026-07-02
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
NLY × 		+563.06%
+6.81%/yr 		+6.32%/yr
(R2=0.717)
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
NLY × 		$10,000.00
1997-10-08 		$66,306.21
2026-07-02
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year NLY
2026 (YTD) +3.89%
2025 +36.35%
2024 +5.04%
2023 +1.54%
2022 −26.18%
2021 −4.25%
2020 +1.01%
2019 +4.82%
2018 −8.96%
2017 +29.19%
2016 +16.78%
2015 −2.90%
2014 +19.73%
2013 −21.19%
2012 −1.75%
2011 −0.51%
2010 +18.14%
2009 +23.78%
2008 −0.35%
2007 +34.04%
2006 +29.67%
2005 −42.56%
2004 +14.89%
2003 +6.65%
2002 +32.83%
2001 +96.79%
2000 +13.85%
1999 +19.34%
1998 −15.41%
1997 −10.98%

Drawdowns

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
NLY × 		−4.61%
from 2026-01-16 peak 		−60.01%
2020-04-03
from 2020-02-20 peak
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
NLY × 		+27.73% +45.68%
+20.70%/yr 		+53.13%
+15.26%/yr 		+1.02%
+0.20%/yr 		+27.68%
+2.47%/yr
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock