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How Nelnet, Inc. stacks up
NNI · against 69 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
29/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #49 of 70 · scores higher than 30% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including NNI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, which is weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 73% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.1% vs peer median 2.6%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NNI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NNI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 71 reported | 2.3% | 5.3% | 26% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 45 reported | Not reported | 23.7% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 73 reported | 2.1% | 2.5% | 43% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 72 reported | 6.8% | 12.8% | 31% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 81 reported | 86.1% | 65.1% | 61% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NNI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 4.2B USD | 97 | 55 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 2 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 97 | 79 | |
| 5 | 4.1B USD | 95 | 64 | |
| 45 | 21.2B BRL (≈$3.8B) | 36 | 66 | |
| 46 | 6.5B USD | 35 | 48 | |
| 47 | 7.0B AUD (≈$4.6B) | 32 | 37 | |
| 48 | 8.5B AUD (≈$5.6B) | 30 | 40 | |
| 49 | 4.4B USD | 29 | 32 | |
| 50 | 262.9B INR (≈$3.2B) | 27 | 34 | |
| 50 | 116.1B ZAR (≈$6.4B) | 27 | 36 | |
| 52 | 3.9B AUD (≈$2.6B) | 26 | 47 | |
| 53 | 45.3B HKD (≈$5.8B) | 21 | 40 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score