Nelnet Inc 's ROA from the third quarter of 2026 to the third quarter of 2025 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is Nelnet Inc 's ROA in the third quarter of 2026?
Nelnet Inc achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 1.53 % in its third quarter of 2026, this is above NNI's average return on assets of 1.19%.
Nelnet Inc s assets during the 12 months ending in the third quarter of 2026 are valued at $14 billion

ROA fell compared to the second quarter of 2026, despite the net income growth of 67.56% from the second quarter of 2026.

However, within the Financial sector 367 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the Sep 30 2026 quarter, so far to 1678, from total ROA ranking in the second quarter of 2026 at 1910.

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Return On Assets	(Sep 30 2026) III. Quarter	(Jun 30 2026) II. Quarter	(Mar 31 2026) I. Quarter	(Dec 31 2025) IV. Quarter	(Sep 30 2025) III. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	0.22 %	4.11 %	-0.1 %	2.08 %	-1.82 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	-24.32 %	-74.43 %	-31.47 %	-38.76 %	-
Net Income (TTM) in million	216	240	373	398	423
Return On Assets (TTM)	1.53 %	1.71 %	2.67 %	2.85 %	3.04 %
NNI's Total Ranking	# 1678	# 1910	# 1587	# 1761	# 2037
Total Assets (TTM) in million	13,908	14,275	14,178	14,064	13,877
Seq. Total Assets Change	-2.57 %	0.69 %	0.81 %	1.35 %	1.21 %
Seq. Net Income Change	67.56 %	-18.22 %	43.72 %	-61.57 %	-43.39 %

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 20
Sector	# 368
Overall	# 1895

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
3.04 %	1.19 %	0.25 %
(Sep 30 2025)		(Mar 31 2020)

Financial Statements
Nelnet Inc 's Assets	$ 13,908 million	NNI's Balance sheet
Nelnet Inc 's Income	$ 76 million	Quarterly NNI's Income Statement
NNI's Income by Division		See NNI's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(Dec 31 2025) FY 2025	(Dec 31 2024) FY 2024	(Dec 31 2023) FY 2023	(Dec 31 2022) FY 2022	(Dec 31 2021) FY 2021
Y / Y Total Assets Change	2.08 %	-17.77 %	-13.41 %	-3.68 %	-11.29 %
Total Assets in million	14,064	13,778	16,755	19,349	20,089
Y / Y Net Income Change	126.44 %	223.17 %	-86.26 %	2.58 %	10.48 %
Net Income in million	398	176	54	396	386
Annual Return On Assets	2.83 %	1.28 %	0.32 %	2.05 %	1.92 %

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Comment on NNI's ROA in the fiscal year ending 2025

In the fiscal year 2025 ROA improved to 2.83 % compared to prior year, due to annual net income growth of 126.44 % to $398.35 million, while value of Nelnet Inc 's overall assets grew just by 2.08 % to $14,063.78 million, compared to $14,063.78 a year before.

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Date modified: 2026-11-06T12:56:26+00:00

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