Nelnet (NNI) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 409.72% for Q1 2026, up 91.6% sequentially from 4879.56% in Q3 2025.

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

Nelnet has disclosed Operating Margin across 10 years of filings, most recently posting 409.72% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 409.72%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1781.85% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was 5203.97%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin grew to 409.72% in Q1 2026, from 4879.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for NNI reached as high as 82.14% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 18388.7% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 1227.34% (2023), against an average of 4118.09%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin plunged 1758277 bps — and 2023, when it jumped 1426896 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 1022.45% in 2022, then slumped by 40 bps to 1432.23% in 2023, then surged by 93 bps to 95.3% in 2024, then tumbled by 5020 bps to 4879.56% in 2025, then jumped by 92 bps to 409.72% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 409.72%, 4879.56%, and 95.3% for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q1 2024 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 64.42%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 58.43%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 18.77%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 17.81%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 26.44%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 3.39%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 35.49%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 24.11%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 15.96%
10 Nelnet 4.85 Bn 4.49 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%