Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Grows Position in Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY)

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund grew its position in shares of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY - Free Report) by 12.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 114,102 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 12,604 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund's holdings in Annaly Capital Management were worth $2,088,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. KBC Group NV boosted its holdings in shares of Annaly Capital Management by 238.9% during the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 5,198,020 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $95,124,000 after buying an additional 3,664,098 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in Annaly Capital Management by 531.3% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,981,081 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $79,900,000 after acquiring an additional 3,350,435 shares in the last quarter. PL Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Annaly Capital Management by 1,730.0% in the fourth quarter. PL Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,792,635 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $51,105,000 after purchasing an additional 2,640,032 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in Annaly Capital Management by 5,113.5% in the fourth quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 788,336 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $14,427,000 after purchasing an additional 773,215 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Annaly Capital Management by 21.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,057,037 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $61,355,000 after purchasing an additional 541,869 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 51.56% of the company's stock.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on NLY shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Annaly Capital Management from $19.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Barclays initiated coverage on Annaly Capital Management in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They issued an "equal weight" rating and a $19.00 target price on the stock. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of Annaly Capital Management in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $22.00 price target on shares of Annaly Capital Management in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $21.44.

Annaly Capital Management Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE NLY traded down $0.02 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $21.62. 6,426,563 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,480,183. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $19.88. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. has a 52-week low of $17.67 and a 52-week high of $22.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.50 billion, a PE ratio of 13.59, a P/E/G ratio of 4.89 and a beta of 1.53.

Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.05. Annaly Capital Management had a net margin of 20.70% and a return on equity of 14.95%. As a group, research analysts predict that Annaly Capital Management, Inc. will post 2.81 EPS for the current year.

Annaly Capital Management Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were issued a $0.65 dividend. This represents a $2.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 12.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. Annaly Capital Management's dividend payout ratio is 163.52%.

Annaly Capital Management Profile

Annaly Capital Management, Inc, a diversified capital manager, engages in mortgage finance. The company invests in agency mortgage-backed securities collateralized by residential mortgages; non-agency residential whole loans and securitized products within the residential and commercial markets; mortgage servicing rights; agency commercial mortgage-backed securities; to-be-announced forward contracts; residential mortgage loans; and agency or private label credit risk transfer securities.