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 +26.18% over the past year and −3.69% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 8, 1997, NLY is up +514.62% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.55%/yr, and is currently −11.58% below its real total-return high on Jan. 16, 2026.

Wed 1997-10-08? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
NLY × 		−3.69%
2026-05-22 		+26.18%
2026-05-22
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Wed 1997-10-08? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
NLY × 		+514.62%
+6.55%/yr 		+6.34%/yr
(R2=0.717)
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1997-10-08? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
NLY × 		$10,000.00
1997-10-08 		$61,462.03
2026-05-22
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year NLY
2026 (YTD) −3.69%
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 +29.66%
2005 −42.55%
2004 +14.89%
2003 +6.65%
2002 +32.83%
2001 +96.79%
2000 +13.84%
1999 +19.35%
1998 −15.40%
1997 −10.98%

Drawdowns

Wed 1997-10-08? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
NLY × 		−11.58%
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 Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
NLY × 		+26.18% +32.93%
+15.31%/yr 		+52.93%
+15.21%/yr 		−9.02%
−1.87%/yr 		+21.79%
+1.99%/yr
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock