Dividends

NNINelnet Inc.

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−0.7% today · −5.5% over a year

4/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 41% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; Trend: among the weakest. Dividend yield 1.08%.

Nelnet Inc. (NNI) dividends: trailing yield 1.08%, Dividend Safety 69/100, raised 13 years in a row, 5-year growth 8.4% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.08%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.08%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.32
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
69 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.08% → 0.89%
Forward
1.08% → 0.89%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.89%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+8.4%
Years of dividend growth
13
Years without a cut
13
Payout ratio (earnings)
16%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
13%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.14, 2017 $0.58, 2018 $0.66, 2019 $0.74, 2020 $0.82, 2021 $0.90, 2022 $0.98, 2023 $1.06, 2024 $1.12, 2025 $1.192016: $0.142017: $0.582018: $0.662019: $0.742020: $0.822021: $0.902022: $0.982023: $1.062024: $1.122025: $1.19

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
01 Sep 2026—$0.33RegularSingle source1
01 Jun 2026—$0.33RegularSingle source1
27 Feb 2026—$0.33RegularSingle source1
01 Dec 2025—$0.33RegularSingle source1

Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

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