Nelnet (NNI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.02 for Q1 2026, up 15.62% YoY from 0.02 in Q1 2025, and up 113.45% sequentially from 0.18 in Q4 2025.

Nelnet (NNI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nelnet has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.02 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 15.62% year-over-year to 0.02; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.03 (up 109.28% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.02, up 105.25% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 0.02 in Q1 2026, from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for NNI reached as high as 0.78 in Q3 2025 and fell as low as 1.98 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.02 (2026), against an average of 0.06.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio surged 7475.71% — and 2023, when it sank 3989.1%.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.0 in 2022, then surged by 2722.75% to 0.07 in 2023, then slumped by 59.32% to 0.03 in 2024, then tumbled by 734.72% to 0.18 in 2025, then jumped by 113.45% to 0.02 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.02, 0.18, and 0.78 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 0.49
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 0.28
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.22
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.14
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn -
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn -
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn -
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn -
10 Nelnet 4.85 Bn 4.49 Bn 4.07 Mn 0.02

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.02
Dec 31, 2025 -0.18
Sep 30, 2025 0.78
Jun 30, 2025 0.05
Mar 31, 2025 0.02
Dec 31, 2024 0.03
Sep 30, 2024 -0.15
Jun 30, 2024 0.16
Mar 31, 2024 0.00
Dec 31, 2023 0.07
Sep 30, 2023 -1.98
Jun 30, 2023 -0.06
Mar 31, 2023 0.01
Dec 31, 2022 0.00
Sep 30, 2022 0.05
Jun 30, 2022 0.03
Mar 31, 2022 0.08
Dec 31, 2021 0.03
Sep 30, 2021 0.00
Jun 30, 2021 0.00