Nelnet Inc (NNI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Nelnet (NNI) reported Operating Expenses of $259.81 million for Q2 2026, up 15.7% from $224.6 million a year earlier and up 11.0% from the prior quarter.
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Nelnet Inc (NNI) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Nelnet's Operating Expenses came in at $983.68 million, up 10.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $927.09 million, up 5.0% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Expenses came in at $882.93 million in FY2024 (-1.1%), $892.43 million in FY2023 (+7.0%), $834.43 million in FY2022 (+14.9%) and $726.34 million in FY2021 (-7.0%).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Expenses spans a low of $182.63 million in Q3 2021 and a high of $264.15 million in Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Operating Expenses has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 4.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was Q1 2022 (growth of 19.2%); the low point was Q4 2024 (a decline of 11.1%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $233.99 million (Q1 2026), $264.15 million (Q4 2025) and $225.74 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 259.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 233.99 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 264.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 225.74 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 224.60 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 218.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 229.78 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 221.30 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 214.37 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 217.49 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 258.54 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 214.41 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 209.36 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 210.12 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 222.15 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 209.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 196.59 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 205.87 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 199.25 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 182.63 Mn |
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Nelnet Inc Operating Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "NNI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();