Annaly Capital Management (NLY) trades ex-dividend on December 29, 2015

• Div/yield 0.30/12.32

Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 29, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.3 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 29, 2016. Shareholders who purchased NLY prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 9th quarter that NLY has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $9.75, the dividend yield is 12.31%.

NLY is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) and Public Storage (PSA). NLY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.98. Zacks Investment Research reports NLY's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 7.79%, compared to an industry average of -3.9%.

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