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%