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Nelnet (NNI) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2026)

Nelnet has reported Retained Earnings over the past 11 years, most recently at $2.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 78.16% to $2.6 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.6 million through Dec 2025, up 78.16% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.6 million for FY2025, 78.16% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was $2.6 million for Q4 2025 at Nelnet, down from $3.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Retained Earnings peaked at $3.4 billion in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$37.4 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $19500.0 (2024), against an average of $778.0 million.
  • Year-over-year, Retained Earnings plummeted 312.47% in 2022 and then soared 59221.4% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $2.9 billion in 2021, then crashed by 101.27% to -$37.4 million in 2022, then soared by 46.16% to -$20.1 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 107.31% to $1.5 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 78.16% to $2.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NNI's Retained Earnings are $2.6 million (Q4 2025), $3.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$2.2 million (Q2 2025).