Nelnet (NNI) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.01% for Q1 2026, down 98.57% sequentially from 0.69% in Q4 2025.

Nelnet (NNI) Return on Sales (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nelnet has disclosed Return on Sales across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Sales changed N/A year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.06% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2023 annual figure was 0.02%, changed N/A from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales retreated to 0.01% in Q1 2026, from 0.69% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for NNI reached as high as 0.72% in Q3 2022 and fell as low as 0.01% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.01% (2026), against an average of 0.13%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Sales jumped 70 bps — and 2023, when it tumbled 66 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by 270 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 187 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 5565 bps to 0.69% in 2025, then plunged by 99 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.01%, 0.69%, and 0.18% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 0.01%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 0.00%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.00%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.00%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.00%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 0.00%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.00%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 0.00%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn 0.00%
10 Nelnet 4.85 Bn 4.49 Bn 4.07 Mn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.69%
Sep 30, 2025 0.18%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.06%
Jun 30, 2023 0.07%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.72%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.19%
Dec 31, 2021 0.16%
Sep 30, 2021 0.02%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.03%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.03%
Dec 31, 2020 0.04%