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Decision snapshot: VIAV stock price vs NLY: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at NLY's multiple
Needs NLY P/S.
Implied fair value · at VIAV's multiple
Needs Revenue / share.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Higher is better
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: VIAV FY 2026 (ended Jun 27, 2026) · NLY FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 97% equity / 3% debt · EV / Revenue 5.40x · EV / EBITDA 66.90x
Capital structure 98% equity / 2% debt · EV / EBITDA 2.03x
NLY carries the larger enterprise value at $16.22B against $8.20B; NLY trades on the lower EV / EBITDA multiple (2.03x vs 66.90x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Viavi Solutions Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.17x
0.03x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-3.30x
-0.12x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$649.80M
$1.41B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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