Nelnet Inc (NNI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026)
Nelnet (NNI) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 6.41% for Q2 2026, down 2.95 percentage points from 9.36% a year earlier and down 3.64 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nelnet Inc (NNI) Return on Equity [ROE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nelnet's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 11.41%, up 5.99 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of -2.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Nelnet's Return on Equity [ROE] was 5.41% in FY2024 (+3.87 pp), 1.55% in FY2023 (-11.14 pp), 12.69% in FY2022 (-1.18 pp) and 13.87% in FY2021 (-0.07 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q1 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.45 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 10.45 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2023, with a drop of 12.79 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 10.05% (Q1 2026), 10.86% (Q4 2025) and 11.86% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.41% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.05% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.86% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.86% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.36% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.57% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.85% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.56% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.10% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.24% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.90% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.51% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.87% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 13.32% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 17.19% |
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Nelnet Inc Return on Equity [ROE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=NNI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();