Nelnet, Inc.

NNI Financial Credit Services

Nelnet, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.3 billion, up 5.49% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−23.0%
EPS
−27.6%
Free cash flow
+575.6%
Total debt
−13.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

129.35 2.34 +1.84%
Market cap
$4.5B
P/E
16.8×
Fwd P/E
16.5×
Dividend yield
1.04%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Nelnet, Inc. (NNI) Gross margin

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Nelnet, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 78.3%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (78.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 58.5% (fiscal 2023) to 88.3% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is in line with the Credit Services industry median of 76.6% and above the Financial sector median of 70.1%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 78.0% 9.79
FY2024 68.2% 9.73
FY2023 58.5% (19.88)
FY2022 78.3% (9.93)
FY2021 88.3% 7.34
FY2020 80.9% 20.21
FY2019 60.7% (0.90)
FY2018 61.6% (1.16)
FY2017 62.8% (7.02)
FY2016 69.8% (5.07)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 79.0% (0.26)
Mar 2026 79.3% 2.45
Dec 2025 76.8% (1.17)
Sep 2025 78.0% (2.28)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 58.5% High 88.3%
Ten-year median 69.8%
Current reading's percentile 76

Gross margin against peers

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Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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