Nelnet (NNI) Revenue & Revenue Breakdown

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Nelnet Revenue Highlights

Latest Revenue (Y)

$1.17B

Latest Revenue (Q)

$293.02M

Main Segment (Y)

Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue

Nelnet Revenue by Period

Nelnet Revenue by Year

Date	Revenue	Change
2024-12-31	$1.17B	-45.28%
2023-12-31	$2.13B	51.59%
2022-12-31	$1.41B	14.08%
2021-12-31	$1.23B	16.14%
2020-12-31	$1.06B	8.43%
2019-12-31	$978.57M	-1.98%
2018-12-31	$998.34M	44.35%
2017-12-31	$691.61M	-13.91%
2016-12-31	$803.34M	-2.54%
2015-12-31	$824.26M	-6.14%
2014-12-31	$878.22M	3.56%
2013-12-31	$848.06M	30.23%
2012-12-31	$651.19M	-1.95%
2011-12-31	$664.15M	-6.04%
2010-12-31	$706.87M	31.50%
2009-12-31	$537.55M	5.33%
2008-12-31	$510.35M	-9.95%
2007-12-31	$566.72M	-0.92%
2006-12-31	$572.00M	-6.73%
2005-12-31	$613.28M	17.33%
2004-12-31	$522.70M	76.51%
2003-12-31	$296.13M	-6.32%
2002-12-31	$316.13M	174.61%
2001-12-31	$115.12M	77.51%
2000-12-31	$64.85M	-

Nelnet generated $1.17B in revenue during NA 2024, up -45.28% compared to the previous quarter, and up 119.17% compared to the same period a year ago.

Nelnet Revenue by Quarter

Date	Revenue	Change
2024-12-31	$293.02M	21.85%
2024-09-30	$240.48M	-52.49%
2024-06-30	$506.12M	-11.28%
2024-03-31	$570.45M	13.90%
2023-12-31	$500.84M	76.97%
2023-09-30	$283.01M	13.87%
2023-06-30	$248.53M	-9.84%
2023-03-31	$275.66M	-5.44%
2022-12-31	$291.52M	-15.85%
2022-09-30	$346.43M	8.03%
2022-06-30	$320.67M	-28.10%
2022-03-31	$446.02M	20.54%
2021-12-31	$370.03M	35.67%
2021-09-30	$272.75M	-3.25%
2021-06-30	$281.92M	-10.66%
2021-03-31	$315.56M	26.49%
2020-12-31	$249.48M	-9.50%
2020-09-30	$275.66M	-7.15%
2020-06-30	$296.90M	18.10%
2020-03-31	$251.40M	-4.69%
2019-12-31	$263.78M	4.97%
2019-09-30	$251.28M	15.35%
2019-06-30	$217.85M	-7.78%
2019-03-31	$236.23M	14.00%
2018-12-31	$207.23M	-17.06%
2018-09-30	$249.87M	4.30%
2018-06-30	$239.57M	-20.59%
2018-03-31	$301.68M	74.83%
2017-12-31	$172.55M	-7.46%
2017-09-30	$186.46M	23.62%
2017-06-30	$150.83M	-17.05%
2017-03-31	$181.85M	-30.28%
2016-12-31	$260.84M	11.91%
2016-09-30	$233.08M	68.31%
2016-06-30	$138.48M	-18.99%
2016-03-31	$170.94M	-29.87%
2015-12-31	$243.75M	26.87%
2015-09-30	$192.12M	-13.41%
2015-06-30	$221.88M	4.67%
2015-03-31	$211.98M	-4.67%
2014-12-31	$222.36M	-11.53%
2014-09-30	$251.33M	7.84%
2014-06-30	$233.06M	3.68%
2014-03-31	$224.78M	0.46%
2013-12-31	$223.75M	8.57%
2013-09-30	$206.10M	-22.08%
2013-06-30	$264.51M	20.97%
2013-03-31	$218.66M	6.41%
2012-12-31	$205.50M	21.77%
2012-09-30	$168.76M	-1.67%
2012-06-30	$171.62M	-6.57%
2012-03-31	$183.69M	-13.99%
2011-12-31	$213.58M	17.42%
2011-09-30	$181.89M	10.88%
2011-06-30	$164.04M	-14.20%
2011-03-31	$191.19M	-30.07%
2010-12-31	$273.42M	65.51%
2010-09-30	$165.19M	-15.03%
2010-06-30	$194.41M	-0.62%
2010-03-31	$195.62M	-10.54%
2009-12-31	$218.66M	27.82%
2009-09-30	$171.07M	43.18%
2009-06-30	$119.48M	-15.34%
2009-03-31	$141.13M	-13.66%
2008-12-31	$163.45M	10.12%
2008-09-30	$148.42M	-10.50%
2008-06-30	$165.84M	408.08%
2008-03-31	$32.64M	-79.05%
2007-12-31	$155.82M	-

Nelnet generated $293.02M in revenue during Q4 2024, up 21.85% compared to the previous quarter, and up 103.54% compared to the same period a year ago.

Nelnet Revenue Breakdown

Nelnet Revenue Breakdown by Product

Annual Revenue by Product

Product/Service	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21	Dec 20
Software Services	$21.03M	$29.21M	$33.41M	$34.60M	$42.00M
Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing	$63.45M	$48.98M	$49.21M	$47.30M	$32.49M
Payment Processing	$179.04M	$163.86M	$148.21M	$127.08M	$114.30M
Outsourced Services	$4.79M	$13.58M	$13.76M	-	-
Other Service Offering	$3.00M	$3.37M	$2.85M	$2.00M	$1.33M
Education Technology Services	$169.06M	$170.75M	-	-	-
Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue	$482.41M	$517.95M	$535.46M	$486.36M	$451.56M
Tuition Payment Plan Services	$135.85M	$125.33M	$110.80M	$103.97M	$100.67M
Education Technology Services And Payment Processing Services	-	-	$408.54M	$338.23M	$282.20M
Education Technology And Services	-	-	$146.68M	$105.19M	$65.89M
Outsourced Services Revenue And Other	-	-	-	$25.39M	$30.22M
Administrative Service	-	-	-	$3.31M	-
FFELP Servicing	-	-	-	$18.28M	$20.18M
Government Servicing - Great Lakes	-	-	-	$193.21M	$179.87M
Investment Advice	-	-	-	$7.77M	$10.88M
Communications Services	-	-	-	-	$76.64M

Nelnet's latest annual revenue breakdown by segment (product or service), as of Dec 24: Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue (45.57%), Payment Processing (16.91%), Education Technology Services (15.97%), Tuition Payment Plan Services (12.83%), Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing (5.99%), Software Services (1.99%), Outsourced Services (0.45%), and Other Service Offering (0.28%).

Quarterly Revenue by Product

Product/Service	Mar 25	Dec 24	Sep 24	Mar 24	Dec 23	Sep 23	Jun 23	Mar 23	Dec 22	Sep 22	Jun 22	Mar 22	Dec 21	Sep 21	Jun 21	Mar 21	Dec 20	Sep 20	Jun 20	Mar 20
Education Technology Services And Payment Processing Services	$147.33M	$118.18M	$143.54M	$113.80M	$109.86M	$133.60M	$98.33M	$106.89M	$91.03M	$112.29M	$80.95M	$85.32M	$76.70M	$95.26M	$65.10M	$74.12M	$59.30M	$83.67M	-	-
Payment Processing	$51.54M	$75.44M	$55.81M	$47.79M	$37.14M	$50.85M	$31.83M	$44.04M	$34.22M	$47.96M	$27.97M	$38.07M	$29.18M	$39.85M	$25.01M	$33.04M	$25.98M	$35.42M	$21.17M	$31.74M
Outsourced Services Revenue And Other	$1.06M	$1.76M	$1.19M	$2.69M	$4.71M	$5.12M	$5.21M	$2.02M	$2.72M	$2.19M	$3.56M	$7.96M	$11.67M	$14.53M	$8.88M	$4.71M	$2.10M	-	-	-
Other Service Offering	$27.00K	$1.52M	$627.00K	$852.00K	$862.00K	$932.00K	$990.00K	$588.00K	$1.52M	$610.00K	$470.00K	$248.00K	$471.00K	$756.00K	$423.00K	$348.00K	$393.00K	$384.00K	$262.00K	$292.00K
Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue	$120.74M	$247.03M	$108.17M	$127.20M	$128.81M	$127.89M	$122.02M	$139.23M	$140.02M	$134.20M	$124.87M	$136.37M	$150.40M	$112.35M	$112.09M	$111.52M	$113.99M	$113.79M	$111.04M	$112.73M
FFELP Servicing	$2.63M	$2.94M	$3.38M	$3.30M	$3.55M	$3.37M	$4.13M	$4.01M	$4.25M	$4.35M	$4.56M	$4.70M	$4.67M	$4.74M	$4.91M	$4.92M	$5.61M	-	-	-
Education Technology And Services	$55.70M	$30.08M	$56.02M	$31.79M	$46.22M	$54.79M	$35.92M	$32.55M	$34.96M	$43.25M	$27.03M	$21.10M	$24.73M	$32.32M	$15.06M	$15.84M	$14.93M	$20.05M	-	-
Tuition Payment Plan Services	$40.07M	$65.31M	$31.66M	$38.88M	$30.09M	$30.22M	$30.82M	$34.19M	$26.67M	$25.78M	$27.64M	$30.72M	$24.26M	$23.62M	$26.54M	$29.55M	$23.66M	$22.48M	$22.95M	$31.59M
Software Services	$6.99M	$11.29M	$5.20M	$4.54M	$4.13M	$9.42M	$5.96M	$9.70M	$9.87M	$8.23M	$7.91M	$7.40M	$11.82M	$6.95M	$7.37M	$8.45M	$9.60M	$10.43M	$10.65M	$11.32M
Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing	$22.70M	$37.78M	$13.06M	$12.62M	$12.43M	$12.33M	$12.06M	$12.16M	$12.02M	$12.20M	$12.12M	$12.87M	$12.74M	$13.20M	$12.82M	$8.55M	$7.76M	$7.93M	$8.20M	$8.61M
Government Servicing - Nelnet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$61.05M	$59.74M	$37.59M	$35.38M	$34.87M	$34.49M	$36.30M	-	-
Government Servicing - Great Lakes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$48.08M	$59.56M	$46.49M	$43.86M	$43.30M	$42.86M	$45.35M	$45.21M	$46.45M
Administrative Service	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$34.93M	$2.52M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Investment Advice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.39M	$2.69M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loan Servicing And Systems	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$150.40M	$113.99M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Communications Services	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$19.25M	-	-	-
Internet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$12.79M	$11.93M	$11.20M
Communication Revenue, Service Offering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$20.21M	$19.00M	$18.18M
Other Communication Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$40.00K	$38.00K	$55.00K
Telephone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.93M	$2.81M	$2.69M
Television	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.45M	$4.22M	$4.24M

Nelnet's latest quarterly revenue breakdown by segment (product or service), as of Mar 25: Education Technology Services And Payment Processing Services (32.83%), Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue (26.90%), Education Technology And Services (12.41%), Payment Processing (11.48%), Tuition Payment Plan Services (8.93%), Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing (5.06%), Software Services (1.56%), FFELP Servicing (0.59%), Outsourced Services Revenue And Other (0.24%), and Other Service Offering (0.01%).

Nelnet Peer Comparison by Revenue

Ticker	Company	Last Year Revenue	Last Quarter Revenue
IX	ORIX	$2.81T	$776.50B
NAVI	Navient	$3.81B	$802.00M
FCFS	FirstCash	$3.39B	$836.42M
ENVA	Enova	$2.66B	$745.54M
SLM	SLM	$2.62B	-
NNI	Nelnet	$1.17B	$293.02M
EZPW	EZCORP	$1.05B	$306.32M
OPRT	Oportun Financial	$1.00B	$93.39M
AGM	Federal Agricultural Mortgage	$361.99M	$92.12M
MFIN	Medallion Financial	$290.70M	$75.42M

NNI Revenue FAQ

What is Nelnet’s yearly revenue?

Nelnet's yearly revenue for 2024 was $1.17B, representing a decrease of -45.28% compared to 2023. The company's yearly revenue for 2023 was $2.13B, representing an increase of 51.59% compared to 2022. NNI's yearly revenue for 2022 was $1.41B, representing an increase of 14.08% compared to 2021.

What is Nelnet’s quarterly revenue?

Nelnet's quarterly revenue for Q4 2024 was $293.02M, a 21.85% increase from the previous quarter (Q3 2024), and a -41.49% decrease year-over-year (Q4 2023). The company's quarterly revenue for Q3 2024 was $240.48M, a -52.49% decrease from the previous quarter (Q2 2024), and a -15.03% decrease year-over-year (Q3 2023). NNI's quarterly revenue for Q2 2024 was $506.12M, a -11.28% decrease from the previous quarter (Q1 2024), and a 103.64% increase year-over-year (Q2 2023).

What is Nelnet’s revenue growth rate?

Nelnet's revenue growth rate for the last 3 years (2022-2024) was -17.05%, and for the last 5 years (2020-2024) was 9.90%.

What are Nelnet’s revenue streams?

Nelnet's revenue streams in c 24 are Software Services, Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing, Payment Processing, Outsourced Services, Other Service Offering, Education Technology Services, Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue, and Tuition Payment Plan Services. Software Services generated $21.03M in revenue, accounting 1.99% of the company's total revenue, down -27.99% year-over-year. Private Education And Consumer Loan Servicing generated $63.45M in revenue, accounting 5.99% of the company's total revenue, up 29.54% year-over-year. Payment Processing generated $179.04M in revenue, accounting 16.91% of the company's total revenue, up 9.27% year-over-year. Outsourced Services generated $4.79M in revenue, accounting 0.45% of the company's total revenue, down -64.73% year-over-year. Other Service Offering generated $3M in revenue, accounting 0.28% of the company's total revenue, down -10.94% year-over-year. Education Technology Services generated $169.06M in revenue, accounting 15.97% of the company's total revenue, down -0.99% year-over-year. Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue generated $482.41M in revenue, accounting 45.57% of the company's total revenue, down -6.86% year-over-year. Tuition Payment Plan Services generated $135.85M in revenue, accounting 12.83% of the company's total revenue, up 8.40% year-over-year.

What is Nelnet’s main source of revenue?

For the fiscal year ending Dec 24, the largest source of revenue of Nelnet was Loan Servicing And Systems Revenue. This segment made a revenue of $482.41M, representing 45.57% of the company's total revenue.