Nelnet (NNI) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) reported Operating Margin of 409.72% for Q1 2026, up 91.6% quarter-over-quarter from 4879.56% in Q3 2025.

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

Nelnet (NNI) has 10 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 409.72% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 409.72%, changed N/A year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1781.85% (changed N/A YoY), and the FY2023 annual result was 5203.97%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin improved to 409.72% in Q1 2026 per NNI's latest filing, from 4879.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 82.14% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 18388.7% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 4118.09% and a median of 1227.34% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin slumped 1758277 bps in 2022, then jumped 1426896 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 1022.45% in 2022, then plunged by 40 bps to 1432.23% in 2023, then surged by 93 bps to 95.3% in 2024, then sank by 5020 bps to 4879.56% in 2025, then jumped by 92 bps to 409.72% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NNI's Operating Margin at 409.72% in Q1 2026, 4879.56% in Q3 2025, and 95.3% in Q1 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 64.42%
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 58.43%
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 18.77%
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - -
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 17.81%
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - -
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 26.44%
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 3.39%
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 35.49%
10 Nelnet 4.66 Bn 4.29 Bn 4.07 Mn -409.72%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -409.72%
Sep 30, 2025 -4,879.56%
Mar 31, 2024 -95.30%
Dec 31, 2023 -1,432.23%
Sep 30, 2023 -4,119.74%
Jun 30, 2023 -10,659.93%
Mar 31, 2023 -91.14%
Dec 31, 2022 -1,022.45%
Sep 30, 2022 -18,388.70%
Jun 30, 2022 -82.14%
Sep 30, 2021 -805.92%
Dec 31, 2020 -256.60%
Sep 30, 2020 199.34%
Dec 31, 2019 -244.34%
Sep 30, 2019 -83.55%
Jun 30, 2019 -63.37%
Mar 31, 2019 -132.25%
Dec 31, 2018 -60.60%
Sep 30, 2018 -68.55%
Jun 30, 2018 -1,645.06%