Nelnet (NNI) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) reported Retained Earnings of $3.7 billion for Q1 2026, up 9.38% year-over-year from $3.4 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.4% quarter-over-quarter from $3.7 billion in Q4 2025.

Nelnet (NNI) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nelnet (NNI) has 17 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $3.7 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Retained Earnings for Q1 2026 came in at $3.7 billion, up 9.38% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.7 billion (up 9.38% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.7 billion, up 10.2% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings climbed to $3.7 billion in Q1 2026 per NNI's latest filing, from $3.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $3.7 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at -$31.9 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $1.8 billion and a median of $3.1 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Retained Earnings.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Retained Earnings sank 312.47% in 2022, then soared 40365.92% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $3.2 billion in 2022, then climbed by 1.1% to $3.3 billion in 2023, then gained by 2.14% to $3.3 billion in 2024, then gained by 10.2% to $3.7 billion in 2025, then grew by 1.4% to $3.7 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NNI's Retained Earnings at $3.7 billion in Q1 2026, $3.7 billion in Q4 2025, and $3.5 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 13.12 Bn
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - -928.00 Mn
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 26.09 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 66.79 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 33.45 Bn
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 25.21 Bn
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn -23.59 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.74 Mn
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn -2.77 Bn
10 Nelnet 4.66 Bn 4.29 Bn 4.07 Mn 3.73 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.68 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.34 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -1.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -8.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 3.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -25.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 3.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.23 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -28.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -31.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 3.09 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 13.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 2.81 Bn