Annaly Capital Management Inc. Stock Buy Recommendation Reiterated (NLY)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of B. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• NLY's revenue growth trails the industry average of 18.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 7.5%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displaying stagnant earnings per share.
• The gross profit margin for ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT is currently very high, coming in at 93.00%. Regardless of NLY's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, NLY's net profit margin of 93.60% significantly outperformed against the industry.
• ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT reported flat earnings per share in the most recent quarter. The company has suffered a declining pattern of earnings per share over the past year. However, we anticipate this trend reversing over the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT reported lower earnings of $0.49 versus $1.90 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.98 versus $0.49).
• Net operating cash flow has remained constant at $4,994.44 million with no significant change when compared to the same quarter last year. Despite stable cash flow, ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT's cash flow growth rate is still lower than the industry average growth rate of 26.32%.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, engages in the ownership, management, and financing of a portfolio of investment securities. The company has a P/E ratio of 45.5, above the average real estate industry P/E ratio of 30.1and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Annaly Capital Management has a market cap of $16.42 billion and is part of the financial sector and real estate industry. Shares are up 5.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

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--Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff.

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