Company-level financial information

NELNET INC

Selected annual earnings and cash-flow facts from SEC filings. Each row identifies its exact reporting period and original filing.

Annual net income

Reported annual periods; USD. Negative values extend below the baseline.

Selected annual US-GAAP cash-flow and earnings facts · USD
Reporting period	Measure	USD millions	Filing
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Operating cash flow	423.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Net income	428.5	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Common-stock cash dividends	43.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2025From Jan 1, 2025	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	26.2	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Operating cash flow	662.9	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Net income	184.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Common-stock cash dividends	40.8	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2024From Jan 1, 2024	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	20.9	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Operating cash flow	432.0	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Net income	89.8	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Common-stock cash dividends	39.4	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2023From Jan 1, 2023	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	74.1	SEC filingFeb 26, 2026
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Operating cash flow	683.1	SEC filingFeb 27, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Net income	406.9	SEC filingFeb 27, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Common-stock cash dividends	36.6	SEC filingFeb 27, 2025
Dec 31, 2022From Jan 1, 2022	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	59.4	SEC filingFeb 27, 2025
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Operating cash flow	480.3	SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Net income	393.3	SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Common-stock cash dividends	34.5	SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Dec 31, 2021From Jan 1, 2021	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	59.0	SEC filingFeb 27, 2024
Dec 31, 2020From Jan 1, 2020	Operating cash flow	349.1	SEC filingFeb 28, 2023
Dec 31, 2020From Jan 1, 2020	Net income	352.4	SEC filingFeb 28, 2023
Dec 31, 2020From Jan 1, 2020	Common-stock cash dividends	31.8	SEC filingFeb 28, 2023
Dec 31, 2020From Jan 1, 2020	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	113.3	SEC filingFeb 28, 2023
Dec 31, 2019From Jan 1, 2019	Operating cash flow	298.9	SEC filingFeb 28, 2022
Dec 31, 2019From Jan 1, 2019	Net income	141.8	SEC filingFeb 28, 2022
Dec 31, 2019From Jan 1, 2019	Common-stock cash dividends	29.5	SEC filingFeb 28, 2022
Dec 31, 2019From Jan 1, 2019	Capital expenditures (PP&E)	92.5	SEC filingFeb 28, 2022

Latest filed value per tag and exact annual period, within the last seven years. Common-stock and total cash dividends are separate measures; do not add them together. These selected facts are not a complete financial statement.