Focus of Article
The focus of PART 1 of this article is to analyze Annaly Capital Management Inc.'s (NLY) recent results and compare several of the company's metrics to seventeen mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) peers. This analysis will show past and current data with supporting documentation within three tables. Table 1 will compare NLY's mortgage-backed securities ("MBS")/investment composition, recent leverage, hedging coverage ratio, BV, and economic return (loss) to the seventeen mREIT peers. Table 1 will also provide a premium (discount) to estimated CURRENT BV analysis using stock prices as of 5/29/2020. Table