
Five popular income stocks are flashing warning signs that most yield-chasing investors overlook until after the dividend cut. Here is what the coverage ratios, leverage levels, and share price histories actually reveal about each one.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a diversified capital manager, invests in and finances residential and commercial assets. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
| Revenue (TTM) | $3.25B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $3.19B |
| EBITDA | — |
| Operating Margin | 91.60% |
| Return on Equity | 19.60% |
| Return on Assets | 2.33% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $4.63 |
| Book Value | $20.15 |
| Price-to-Book | 1.05 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 4.22 |
| EV/Revenue | 17.5 |
| EV/EBITDA | — |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 3426.00% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 479.40% |
| Shares Outstanding | $753.71M |
| Float | $752.34M |
| % Insiders | 0.10% |
| % Institutions | 62.45% |
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Five popular income stocks are flashing warning signs that most yield-chasing investors overlook until after the dividend cut. Here is what the coverage ratios, leverage levels, and share price histories actually reveal about each one.

Some mortgage REITs have quietly paid the same dividend through recessions, rate shocks, and market chaos, while others with even bigger yields are one bad quarter away from a cut. Knowing which is which changes everything.

Annaly Capital's 16.9% yield has drawn income investors for years, but three specific metrics will determine whether that $3 annual payout holds or follows the same path as every previous cut in its history.

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Annaly Capital Management (NLY) closed the most recent trading day at $18.7, moving 1.01% from the previous trading session.

Annaly Capital is upgraded to a buy as downside risks are now fully compensated by a nearly 15% forward yield and discounted valuation. NLY's FQ2 earnings showed normalized EPS of $0.79, beating consensus, with core ROE at 15.7%. The quarterly dividend was increased by 7% to $0.75 per share, with current payout covered by organic EPS.

Annaly Capital Management is aggressively expanding its MBS portfolio, driving a 28% YoY increase in earnings available for distribution and supporting a 14.5% yield. NLY's portfolio mix is shifting toward Residential Credit, enhancing income predictability and stability, while maintaining strong credit quality with a FICO score of 763 and LTV at 67%. Strategic coupon upgrades and efficient use of TBA positions are boosting interest income and dividend coverage, with agency segment dividends covered for nine consecutive quarters.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Announces Dates of Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Conference Call.

NLY maintains its 75-cent quarterly dividend as portfolio strength, liquidity and capital discipline support sustainable shareholder returns.

In the closing of the recent trading day, Annaly Capital Management (NLY) stood at $20.6, denoting a -2.09% move from the preceding trading day.
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