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Nelnet (NNI) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Nelnet has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 10 years, most recently at 0.3 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 46.61% to 0.3 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15 through Dec 2025, up 131.14% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.11 for FY2025, 70.36% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.3 for Q4 2025 at Nelnet, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.64 in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.08 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.0 (2022), against an average of 0.07.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed 124732.37% in 2022 and then plummeted 1218.79% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.01 in 2021, then soared by 270.77% to 0.02 in 2022, then soared by 3178.69% to 0.64 in 2023, then tumbled by 67.82% to 0.2 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46.61% to 0.3 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NNI's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.3 (Q4 2025), 0.05 (Q2 2025), and 0.02 (Q1 2025).