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) Net margin

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Nelnet, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 19.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.42% (fiscal 2023) to 26.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Credit Services industry median of 8.35% and below the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 19.0% 10.38
FY2024 8.61% 4.19
FY2023 4.42% (16.08)
FY2022 20.5% (5.70)
FY2021 26.2% 5.83
FY2020 20.4% 12.40
FY2019 7.97% (5.09)
FY2018 13.1% (0.80)
FY2017 13.9% (6.12)
FY2016 20.0% (2.31)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 0.00% (12.85)
Jun 2026 12.9% (0.60)
Mar 2026 13.5% 2.13
Dec 2025 11.3% (8.13)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.42% High 26.2%
Ten-year median 19.0%
Current reading's percentile 55

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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