Annaly Capital Management (NYSE:NLY) reported quarterly earnings of $0.72 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.70 by 2.86 percent. This is a 12.5 percent increase over earnings of $0.64 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.32 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.31 billion by 0.72 percent. This is a 20.33 percent increase over sales of $1.09 billion the same period last year.