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 −1.56% over the past year and −12.53% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 8, 1997, NLY is up +458.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.11%/yr, and is currently −20.41% below its real total-return high on Aug. 19, 2026.

Data ending Mon Oct. 12, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
NLY
×
+458.21%
+6.11%/yr
+6.27%/yr
R2=0.720
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Start
Value
End
Value
NLY
×
$10,000.00
1997-10-08
$55,821.24
2026-10-12

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-12

  YTD YoY
NLY
×
−12.53% −1.56%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
NLY
×
−20.41%
on 2026-10-12
from 2026-08-19 peak
−60.01%
on 2020-04-03
from 2020-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-10-12 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
NLY
×
−1.56% +15.12%
+7.29%/yr
+41.39%
+12.24%/yr
−12.49%
−2.63%/yr
+13.91%
+1.31%/yr

Annual Returns

Year NLY
2026 (YTD) −12.53%
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 +29.18%
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 +34.03%
2006 +29.67%
2005 −42.55%
2004 +14.89%
2003 +6.65%
2002 +32.83%
2001 +96.80%
2000 +13.84%
1999 +19.35%
1998 −15.41%
1997 −10.98%