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

130.00 2.99 +2.35%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Nelnet, Inc. (NNI) trades at a price to free cash flow of 12.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (June 2019) to 36.7× (July 2018); the current reading is higher than 76% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 2.5× and above the Financial sector median of 9.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 12.2× 99.77%
FY2024 6.1× (33.65%)
FY2023 9.2× 69.42%
FY2022 5.4× (39.35%)
FY2021 8.9× (24.23%)
FY2020 11.8× 4.44%
FY2019 11.3× (23.02%)
FY2018 14.7× 6.80%
FY2017 13.7× 45.39%
FY2016 9.5× 131.70%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 16.5× 31.20%
Mar 2026 12.6× 3.10%
Dec 2025 12.2× 24.25%
Sep 2025 9.8× 1.52%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 36.7×
Ten-year median 8.9×
Current reading's percentile 76

Price to free cash flow against peers

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CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare 4.3×
NNI Nelnet, Inc. 12.3×
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 15.6×
SEZL Sezzle Inc. compare 19.0×
Credit Services industry median 2.5×
Financial sector median 9.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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