Nelnet (NNI) Retained Earnings (2010 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $3.7 billion for Q1 2026, up 9.38% YoY from $3.4 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.4% sequentially from $3.7 billion in Q4 2025.

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

Nelnet has disclosed Retained Earnings across 17 years of filings, most recently posting $3.7 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 9.38% year-over-year to $3.7 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.7 billion (up 9.38% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $3.7 billion, up 10.2% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings rose to $3.7 billion in Q1 2026, from $3.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Retained Earnings for NNI reached as high as $3.7 billion in Q1 2026 and fell as low as -$31.9 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $3.1 billion (2022), against an average of $1.8 billion.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Retained Earnings tumbled 312.47% — and 2025, when it soared 40365.92%.
  • 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.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods registered $3.7 billion, $3.7 billion, and $3.5 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 13.12 Bn
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - -928.00 Mn
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 26.09 Bn
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 33.45 Bn
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn -23.59 Mn
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn -2.74 Mn
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn -2.77 Bn
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 1.12 Bn
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 1.84 Mn
10 Nelnet 4.85 Bn 4.49 Bn 4.07 Mn 3.73 Bn

Historic Data

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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