Nelnet Inc (NNI) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026)
Nelnet (NNI) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.69% for Q2 2026, down 0.61 percentage points from 2.30% a year earlier and down 0.95 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nelnet Inc (NNI) Return on Assets [ROA] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nelnet posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 2.86%, up 1.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +1.35 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 1.15% in FY2024 (+0.88 pp), 0.27% in FY2023 (-1.62 pp), 1.89% in FY2022 (+0.15 pp) and 1.74% in FY2021 (+0.23 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] gained in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.99 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q3 2025 (a gain of 2.49 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2023 (a drop of 1.90 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.64% (Q1 2026), 2.85% (Q4 2025) and 3.07% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.69% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.64% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.07% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.30% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.33% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.83% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.61% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.30% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.57% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.00% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.15% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.10% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.75% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.15% |
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Nelnet Inc Return on Assets [ROA] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "NNI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();