stockrowNelnet, Inc.
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
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Nelnet, Inc. (NNI) Return on invested capital
Nelnet, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.32%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.51% (fiscal 2019) to 4.32% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Credit Services industry median of 4.56% and below the Financial sector median of 4.70%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.32% | 2.61 |
| FY2024 | 1.71% | 1.19 |
| FY2023 | 0.52% | (1.73) |
| FY2022 | 2.25% | 0.49 |
| FY2021 | 1.76% | 0.35 |
| FY2020 | 1.41% | 0.90 |
| FY2019 | 0.51% | (0.26) |
| FY2018 | 0.77% | 0.14 |
| FY2017 | 0.63% | (0.35) |
| FY2016 | 0.98% | 0.09 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| SEZL Sezzle Inc. compare | 49.8% |
| FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare | 9.40% |
| SLM SLM Corporation compare | 8.72% |
| ENVA Enova International, Inc. compare | 8.51% |
| CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare | 7.81% |
| OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare | 2.29% |
| NNI Nelnet, Inc. | 0.00% |
| BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. compare | 0.00% |
| KLAR Klarna Group plc compare | 0.00% |
| Credit Services industry median | 4.56% |
| Financial sector median | 4.70% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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