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

Nelnet (NNI) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.02 for Q1 2026, up 15.62% year-over-year from 0.02 in Q1 2025, and up 113.45% quarter-over-quarter from 0.18 in Q4 2025.

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

Nelnet (NNI) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.02 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.02, up 15.62% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.03 (up 109.28% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.02, up 105.25% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.02 in Q1 2026 per NNI's latest filing, from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.78 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 1.98 in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.06 and a median of 0.02 in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio surged 7475.71% in 2022, then tumbled 3989.1% in 2023.
  • 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 plunged by 59.32% to 0.03 in 2024, then sank by 734.72% to 0.18 in 2025, then jumped by 113.45% to 0.02 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NNI's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.02 in Q1 2026, 0.18 in Q4 2025, and 0.78 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 0.49
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 0.28
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.22
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 0.09
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.14
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 0.01
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn -
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
10 Nelnet 4.66 Bn 4.29 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