NLY Dividend Yield: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history
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NLY's dividend yield is higher than 82% of the last 10 years.
Dividend Yield History
NLY Dividend Yield by year
Yearly range of NLY’s dividend yield from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 9.2% to 24.9%, averaging 12.8%.
| Year | Low | Average | High | Year-end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.5% | 12.9% | 16.4% | 15.7% |
| 2025 | 9.3% | 13.1% | 15.3% | 12.5% |
| 2024 | 10.4% | 13.3% | 17.1% | 14.2% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | 16.3% | 19.8% | 13.4% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | 14.5% | 23.3% | 16.7% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | 10.3% | 11.3% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | 13.6% | 24.9% | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 15.9% | 11.2% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | 11.7% | 14.8% | 12.2% |
| 2017 | 9.3% | 10.3% | 11.9% | 10.1% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | 11.9% | 15.1% | 12.0% |
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Annual dividends per share as a percentage of the stock price. Moves inversely with price — so a historically high yield for a quality business often means the stock is temporarily depressed.
Annual Dividends / Price × 100%For dividend investors, yield near the top of its historical range is the signal worth waiting for: same business, same dividend, lower price than usual. Zones are inverted vs P/E — green at the top (historically high yield = historically cheap stock), red at the bottom (low yield = historically expensive).
- An unusually high yield can also signal an expected dividend cut — always check the payout ratio and recent earnings before acting on a high-yield signal.
- Verify whether a rising yield comes from a price decline (potentially interesting) or from a growing dividend (healthy but changes the entry signal logic).
Is NLY Dividend Yield High or Low Right Now?
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.'s Dividend Yield is currently 15.7%, which is historically high relative to its 10-year historical range. The 10-year median Dividend Yield for NLY is approximately 12.5%. See all NLY valuation metrics →
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