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 +20.13% over the past year and +3.88% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 8, 1997, NLY is up +562.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.79%/yr, and is currently −4.63% below its real total-return high on Jan. 16, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jul. 24, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
NLY
×
+562.95%
+6.79%/yr
+6.31%/yr
R2=0.718
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1997-10-08💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Start
Value
End
Value
NLY
×
$10,000.00
1997-10-08
$66,294.52
2026-07-24

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-24

  YTD YoY
NLY
×
+3.88% +20.13%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
NLY
×
−4.63%
on 2026-07-24
from 2026-01-16 peak
−60.01%
on 2020-04-03
from 2020-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-24 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
NLY
×
+20.13% +38.81%
+17.82%/yr
+50.84%
+14.68%/yr
+7.12%
+1.39%/yr
+28.04%
+2.50%/yr

Annual Returns

Year NLY
2026 (YTD) +3.88%
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%