Nelnet (NNI) Gross Margin (2017 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) reported Gross Margin of 7.26% for Q1 2026, up 100.77% quarter-over-quarter from 945.5% in Q3 2025.

Nelnet (NNI) Gross Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nelnet (NNI) has 10 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 7.26% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 7.26%, changed N/A year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 256.99% (changed N/A YoY), and the FY2023 annual result was 948.02%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin improved to 7.26% in Q1 2026 per NNI's latest filing, from 945.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 75.29% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 3379.54% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 711.86% and a median of 158.28% in 2022 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin plunged 334687 bps in 2022, then soared 266258 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 117.3% in 2022, then plunged by 70 bps to 199.26% in 2023, then jumped by 128 bps to 56.22% in 2024, then tumbled by 1782 bps to 945.5% in 2025, then soared by 101 bps to 7.26% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NNI's Gross Margin at 7.26% in Q1 2026, 945.5% in Q3 2025, and 56.22% in Q1 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - -
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - -
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 92.17%
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 93.80%
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - -
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 78.22%
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 84.45%
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 94.24%
10 Nelnet 4.66 Bn 4.29 Bn 4.07 Mn 7.26%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 7.26%
Sep 30, 2025 -945.50%
Mar 31, 2024 56.22%
Dec 31, 2023 -199.26%
Sep 30, 2023 -716.97%
Jun 30, 2023 -1,958.56%
Mar 31, 2023 59.78%
Dec 31, 2022 -117.30%
Sep 30, 2022 -3,379.54%
Jun 30, 2022 75.29%
Sep 30, 2021 -32.67%
Dec 31, 2020 71.15%
Sep 30, 2020 113.92%
Dec 31, 2019 70.11%
Sep 30, 2019 95.38%
Jun 30, 2019 95.52%
Mar 31, 2019 93.99%
Dec 31, 2018 95.54%
Sep 30, 2018 96.17%
Jun 30, 2018 62.55%