Nelnet (NNI) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

Nelnet (NNI) posted quarterly Tax Rate of 26.51% for Q1 2026, up 295.0% YoY from 6.71% in Q1 2025, and up 59.87% sequentially from 16.59% in Q4 2025.

Nelnet (NNI) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nelnet has disclosed Tax Rate across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 26.51% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 295.0% year-over-year to 26.51%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.81% (up 218.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 24.32%, up 128.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate improved to 26.51% in Q1 2026, from 16.59% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for NNI reached as high as 37.14% in Q2 2023 and fell as low as 12.69% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 23.56% (2025), against an average of 23.32%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Tax Rate jumped 1363 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 1189 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 20.66% in 2022, then advanced by 16 bps to 24.04% in 2023, then fell by 20 bps to 19.14% in 2024, then retreated by 13 bps to 16.59% in 2025, then surged by 60 bps to 26.51% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 26.51%, 16.59%, and 26.22% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Visa 587.74 Bn 575.34 Bn - 16.07%
2 Mastercard 465.55 Bn 455.34 Bn - 19.33%
3 American Express 238.39 Bn 184.35 Bn 17.43 Bn 21.36%
4 PayPal Holdings 40.24 Bn 30.89 Bn 7.84 Bn 20.10%
5 Affirm Holdings 28.27 Bn 26.55 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.19%
6 SoFi Technologies 23.54 Bn 20.13 Bn 929.25 Mn 16.45%
7 Ally Financial 14.34 Bn 13.89 Bn 1.98 Bn 20.25%
8 Credit Acceptance 7.51 Bn 7.49 Bn 562.70 Mn 22.29%
9 FinVolution 6.22 Bn 4.97 Bn 311.24 Mn -17.46%
10 Nelnet 4.85 Bn 4.49 Bn 4.07 Mn 26.51%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 26.51
Mar 31, 2026 26.51
Dec 31, 2025 16.59
Dec 31, 2025 16.59
Sep 30, 2025 26.22
Sep 30, 2025 26.22
Jun 30, 2025 25.07
Jun 30, 2025 25.07
Mar 31, 2025 23.56
Mar 31, 2025 23.56
Dec 31, 2024 19.14
Dec 31, 2024 19.14
Sep 30, 2024 12.69
Sep 30, 2024 12.69
Jun 30, 2024 25.25
Jun 30, 2024 25.25
Mar 31, 2024 24.68
Mar 31, 2024 24.68
Dec 31, 2023 24.04
Dec 31, 2023 24.04