Nelnet Inc
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7.1 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 30.4 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 8.3 | 13.9 | 19.1 | 25.9 | 36.7 | 25.8 | 23.9 | 36.7 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 15.9 | |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | |
| 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 16.6 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.3 | |
| 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 53.7 | 66.3 | 70.1 | 72.1 | 63.2 | 83.1 | 62.7 | 54.4 | 33.1 | 24.6 | 25.3 | 27.0 | 30.4 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 20.9 | 44.4 | 37.2 | 43.7 | 45.8 | 69.7 | 50.3 | 46.1 | 55.1 | 33.3 | 34.4 | 22.6 | 18.6 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 22.2 | |
| 5.9 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 31.4 | 39.7 | 140.4 | 52.2 | 14.6 | – | 30.5 | 20.4 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 16.2 | 10.4 | 27.6 | 9.3 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 13.2 | |
| 17.0% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 6.8% | -2.2% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 8.9% | 11.1% | 6.2% | 9.6% | 3.6% | 10.7% | 14.1% | 9.9% | 11.6% | 20.5% | 22.5% | 25.4% | 18.4% | 13.5% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 10.9% | 12.8% | 13.8% | 12.2% | 16.5% | 13.4% | 11.2% | 10.2% | 8.2% | 8.0% | 7.6% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 67.0% | 66.3% | 65.8% | 65.0% | 62.3% | 58.4% | 60.7% | 60.6% | 59.7% | 58.5% | 54.7% | 53.4% | 53.8% | 56.2% | 54.3% | 60.3% | 66.4% | 71.7% | 85.6% | 88.0% | 87.6% | 88.4% | 87.2% | 85.7% | 82.4% | 74.0% | 63.5% | 57.4% | 53.6% | 52.1% | 54.7% | 56.8% | 57.1% | 60.1% | 62.6% | 67.1% | 71.5% | 76.9% | 80.8% | 82.7% | |
| 33.1% | 33.5% | 33.1% | 32.2% | 27.6% | 19.6% | 22.9% | 22.1% | 19.7% | 17.2% | 11.4% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 4.5% | 9.3% | 13.1% | 32.4% | 49.0% | 51.0% | 49.7% | 35.6% | 37.3% | 35.8% | 36.1% | 27.8% | 16.5% | 11.7% | 7.5% | 3.8% | 7.0% | 8.7% | 6.0% | 12.4% | 13.5% | 21.5% | 27.8% | 32.5% | 36.3% | 30.3% | |
| 21.2% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 20.9% | 18.2% | 15.0% | 18.2% | 17.8% | 16.2% | 13.7% | 9.4% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 3.6% | 7.5% | 10.5% | 25.3% | 38.4% | 39.7% | 38.7% | 27.9% | 29.1% | 28.1% | 28.6% | 22.2% | 13.6% | 10.1% | 6.8% | 4.9% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 6.1% | 10.0% | 10.8% | 16.9% | 21.6% | 20.6% | 19.5% | 16.3% | |
| 25.7% | 21.6% | 17.7% | 13.9% | 13.8% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 8.7% | -2.9% | 4.7% | 7.5% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 7.1% | 14.7% | 7.2% | 22.3% | 31.8% | 23.7% | 30.8% | 42.3% | 44.5% | 42.1% | 34.0% | 25.5% | 17.9% | 16.6% | 19.5% | 23.8% | 27.0% | 27.3% | 34.9% | 30.2% | 25.5% | 23.1% | 19.1% | 17.3% | 19.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12.3% | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 10.6% | 8.1% | 10.6% | 11.3% | 11.0% | 9.9% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 2.6% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 13.4% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 17.3% | 13.3% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 16.0% | 12.7% | 7.7% | 5.8% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% | 9.2% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 11.2% | 8.0% | |
| 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.1% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,911 | 1,686 | 1,615 | 1,036 | 731 | 286 | 425 | 1,805 | 786 | 23,145 | 22,874 | 21,987 | 21,489 | 21,043 | 20,476 | 19,997 | 19,366 | 18,755 | 18,043 | 18,211 | 18,548 | 15,540 | 15,031 | 16,081 | 13,252 | 27,044 | 14,218 | 14,521 | 11,924 | 11,660 | 10,403 | 9,422 | 8,719 | 8,115 | 8,436 | 7,678 | 7,606 | 5,830 | 6,343 | 6,871 | |
| 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 49.1 | 60.4 | 63.3 | 64.5 | 57.0 | 76.3 | 57.4 | 48.6 | 28.9 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 24.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 17.1 | 39.4 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 35.8 | 54.3 | 37.6 | 33.1 | 37.4 | 22.5 | 23.3 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 13.1 | |
| 7.1% | 7.6% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.0% | 10.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 12.4% | 12.3% | 12.8% | 13.6% | 14.7% | 15.0% | 16.3% | 16.5% | 17.9% | 18.3% | 19.1% | 19.5% | 21.5% | 22.7% | 23.4% | 24.3% | 24.1% | 26.1% | 26.3% | 26.2% | 26.3% | 26.4% | |
| 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.67 | 6.07 | 6.12 | 6.18 | 5.38 | 4.22 | 5.79 | 6.38 | 6.21 | 5.58 | 3.85 | 3.26 | 3.04 | 3.55 | 1.49 | 3.10 | 4.15 | 9.14 | 13.38 | 13.27 | 12.84 | 10.25 | 12.00 | 12.13 | 13.62 | 10.92 | 6.62 | 5.06 | 3.44 | 2.40 | 3.68 | 4.22 | 3.08 | 5.05 | 5.30 | 9.03 | 11.95 | 11.79 | 11.56 | 8.39 | |
| 26.68 | 28.16 | 28.81 | 29.53 | 29.56 | 28.18 | 31.86 | 35.93 | 38.40 | 40.88 | 41.16 | 41.42 | 41.53 | 42.29 | 41.09 | 41.22 | 39.52 | 36.08 | 34.82 | 33.40 | 33.16 | 36.80 | 41.19 | 43.20 | 47.69 | 49.20 | 48.62 | 50.18 | 50.35 | 49.36 | 50.75 | 51.52 | 50.39 | 50.48 | 49.06 | 53.39 | 55.28 | 57.16 | 59.23 | 51.55 | |
| 46.25 | 48.72 | 49.85 | 49.97 | 50.82 | 52.41 | 54.60 | 56.34 | 56.52 | 56.47 | 57.61 | 57.99 | 58.93 | 59.82 | 58.08 | 59.61 | 62.26 | 68.27 | 71.29 | 73.15 | 74.08 | 76.95 | 81.18 | 82.14 | 85.09 | 85.79 | 86.48 | 86.99 | 87.87 | 87.11 | 88.97 | 90.19 | 90.33 | 91.87 | 93.74 | 97.98 | 100.60 | 101.42 | 103.43 | 104.63 | |
| 6.85 | 6.09 | 5.10 | 4.09 | 4.07 | 1.74 | 1.32 | 0.42 | 1.10 | 3.57 | -1.20 | 1.94 | 3.11 | 5.17 | 5.03 | 2.94 | 5.80 | 2.58 | 7.78 | 10.61 | 7.85 | 11.33 | 17.44 | 19.23 | 20.10 | 16.75 | 12.41 | 8.99 | 8.34 | 9.61 | 12.08 | 13.91 | 13.78 | 17.60 | 14.83 | 13.60 | 12.79 | 10.92 | 10.27 | 10.10 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.