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NELNET INC NNI

Personal Credit Institutions · CIK 0001258602 · Fiscal year ends 1231 · Bank

AnnualQuarterlyTTM
Revenue
$0
Fiscal year ended 2017-12-31
Net income
$48.10M
Fiscal year ended 2017-12-31
Total assets
$23.96B
Fiscal year ended 2017-12-31

NELNET INC (NNI) reported revenue of $0 and net income of $48.10M for the fiscal year ended 2017-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from NELNET INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Personal Credit Institutions.

Banks, brokers and insurers present a top line that is not comparable with an operating company’s revenue: it is reported net of interest expense, or as premiums earned, depending on the filer. The figures are the filer’s own and are traceable to the filing; the comparison across classes is what does not hold.

Income

NELNET INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2017-12-312017-09-302017-06-302017-03-312016-12-312016-09-302016-06-302016-03-312015-12-312015-09-30
Revenue$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Cost of revenue$14.38M$17.78M$11.72MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating incomeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Net income$48.10M$46.30M$28.74M$50.03M$98.35M$84.29M$26.15M$47.96M$83.35M$48.96M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Pretax income$40.23M$69.10M$40.68M$76.68M$153.06M$132.08M$41.21M$72.46M$130.91M$75.98M
Income tax expense-$5.49M$25.56M$16.03M$28.76M$54.13M$47.72M$15.04M$24.43M$47.40M$27.00M
Diluted EPSUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

NELNET INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2017-12-312017-09-302017-06-302017-03-312016-12-312016-09-302016-06-302016-03-312015-12-312015-09-30
Cash & equivalents$66.75M$254.39M$69.24M$108.16M$69.65M$67.15M$59.25M$51.03M$63.53M$114.50M
Total assets$23.96B$24.77B$25.32B$26.14B$27.19B$27.67B$28.72B$29.59B$30.42B$31.05B
Current assetsUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Total liabilities$21.80B$22.64B$23.19B$24.01B$25.12B$25.69B$26.81B$27.70B$28.53B$29.21B
Current liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Total equity incl. NCI$2.17B$2.13B$2.13B$2.13B$2.07B$1.98B$1.91B$1.89B$1.89B$1.84B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts receivable$37.86M$70.63M$60.25M$45.94M$43.97M$53.41M$41.96M$45.46M$51.34M$64.64M
Goodwill$138.76M$147.31M$147.31M$147.31M$147.31M$147.31M$147.31M$147.31M$146.00M$126.20M
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Cash flow

NELNET INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2017-12-312017-09-302017-06-302017-03-312016-12-312016-09-302016-06-302016-03-312015-12-312015-09-30
Operating cash flow$85.18M$62.17M$127.09M$47.83M$41.36M$83.60M$70.72M$104.51M$84.01M$115.37M
Capital expenditures$49.35M$35.84M$44.34M$26.47M$20.78M$17.24M$14.32M$15.26M$4.00M$3.24M
Investing cash flow$704.02M$648.06M$739.81M$858.09M$743.80M$1.03B$899.74M$729.68M$569.24M$523.87M
Financing cash flow-$932.28M-$611.36M-$870.12M-$1.09B-$659.39M-$1.11B-$962.23M-$846.69M-$704.22M-$707.02M
Net change in cash-$143.09M$98.87M-$3.21M-$180.82M$2.50M$7.90M$8.22M-$12.50M-$50.97M-$67.78M
Stock-based compensation$1.05M$1.11M$1.14M$1.12M$785.00K$1.18M$1.15M$1.24M$1.23MUnavailable
Common dividends paid$6.53M$5.77M$5.91M$5.90M$5.90M$5.10M$5.10M$5.09M$5.37M$4.49M
Common share repurchases$5.56M$45.14M$16.83M$1.37M$8.95M$7.68M$399.00K$52.07M$29.53M$15.62M
Depreciation & amortization$11.85M$10.05M$9.04M$8.60M$9.12M$8.99M$8.18M$7.64M$7.20M$6.98M

Derived

NELNET INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2017-12-312017-09-302017-06-302017-03-312016-12-312016-09-302016-06-302016-03-312015-12-312015-09-30
Free cash flow$35.83M$26.33M$82.74M$21.36M$20.58M$66.35M$56.40M$89.26M$80.00M$112.13M
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
SBC / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current ratioUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Revenue YoY growthUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Net marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rateUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open NNI in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-08View SEC filing

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Reconciliation checks needing review

5 periods on this page do not reconcile under this site’s normalization. Read that as a limitation here before an observation about the company: the figures are the filer’s own, the filings linked above are authoritative, and a difference usually means the concepts this site selected do not match how this filer presents its statements. Nothing is adjusted to make a check pass.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2017-12-31

Withheld: gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2017-09-30

Withheld: gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.

gross profit bridgeinconsistent2017-06-30

Withheld: gross profit could not be reconciled with the rest of this filer’s statement.

cash flow reconciliationreview2016-12-31

Operating, investing and financing flows differ from the reported change in cash by 123268000, beyond tolerance 7437980.00.

balance equationreview2014-12-31

Difference 70404000 exceeds tolerance 30027739.000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.