What is Nelnet's deferred taxes?

Nelnet (NNI) reported deferred taxes of -$10.9M in Q1 2026.

How has Nelnet's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?

Nelnet's deferred taxes decreased by 352.4% year-over-year, from $4.32M to -$10.9M.

What is the long-term trend for Nelnet's deferred taxes?

Over 2 years (2021 to 2024), Nelnet's deferred taxes has grown at a -36.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $55.62M to -$22.71M.

What does deferred taxes mean?

Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.

Nelnet NNI Deferred Taxes

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Segments

By segment

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Education Technology Services and Payments (ETSP)$11.48M+0.6%

Asset Generation and Management$7.32M+2.3%

Loan Servicing and Systems (LSS)$4.75M+7.0%

Nelnet Bank$2.11M+385%

Other financials

Income statement

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Net income$71.1M-13.8%

EPS (diluted)$1.97-12.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$240.0M+8.8%

Total debt$7.7B-11.1%

Total equity$3.7B+9.1%

Total assets$14.2B-0.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$73.1M-19.8%

CapEx$11.6M+242%

Free cash flow$61.6M-29.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.68B+14.9%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.7%+5.9pp

Debt / equity2.1×-0.5×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Nelnet in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Nelnet’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Nelnet's deferred taxes?: Nelnet (NNI) reported deferred taxes of -$10.9M in Q1 2026.
How has Nelnet's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?: Nelnet's deferred taxes decreased by 352.4% year-over-year, from $4.32M to -$10.9M.
What is the long-term trend for Nelnet's deferred taxes?: Over 2 years (2021 to 2024), Nelnet's deferred taxes has grown at a -36.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $55.62M to -$22.71M.
What does deferred taxes mean?: Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.