Credit: Shutterstock photoA company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money - maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ''top brass'' over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $1.5M by Wellington Denahan, Chairman of Board/Exec. Chair. at Annaly Capital Management Inc (Symbol: NLY).
Denahan's average cost works out to $11.97/share. In trading on Wednesday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Annaly Capital Management Inc (Symbol: NLY) and achieve a cost basis lower than Denahan, with shares changing hands as low as $10.25 per share. It should be noted that Denahan has collected $0.30/share in dividends since the time of their purchase, so they are currently down 11.9% on their purchase from a total return basis. Shares of Annaly Capital Management Inc were changing hands at $10.29 at last check, trading up about 0.5% on Wednesday. The chart below shows the one year performance of NLY shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, NLY's low point in its 52 week range is $10 per share, with $12.73 as the 52 week high point - that compares with a last trade of $10.29.
The current annualized dividend paid by Annaly Capital Management Inc is $1.2/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 12/28/2017. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for NLY, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 11.7% annualized yield is likely to continue.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, NLY makes up 17.65% of the iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (Symbol: REM) which is trading higher by about 0.1% on the day Wednesday.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
