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Nelnet Reviews Fourth Quarter 2024 Effects


LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) these days reported GAAP internet source of revenue of $63.2 million, or $1.73 in line with proportion, for the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with a GAAP internet lack of $7.9 million, or $0.21 in line with proportion, for a similar era a age in the past.

Internet source of revenue, with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes1, was once $52.7 million, or $1.44 in line with proportion, for the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with a internet lack of $0.7 million, or $0.02 in line with proportion, for a similar era in 2023.

“We are pleased with the results in the fourth quarter of 2024 and optimistic about the opportunities ahead in 2025,” stated Jeff Noordhoek, leading govt officer of Nelnet. “This past year was a record-breaking one for Nelnet Business Services, one of our three core businesses. For Nelnet Diversified Services, 2024 was a year of strategic reinvestment as we transitioned to the new federal servicing contract and expanded our private loan servicing portfolio. Nelnet Financial Services focused on consolidation and alignment as part of our strategy to diversify assets and offset earnings from our legacy student loan portfolio. Our results reflect a balanced mix of success across different segments – exactly what we expect from a diversified company.”

Nelnet has 4 reportable running departments, incomes hobby source of revenue on loans in its Asset Era and Control (AGM) and Nelnet Warehouse departments, each a part of the corporate’s Nelnet Monetary Services and products (NFS) category, and fee-based earnings in its Mortgage Servicing and Programs (known as Nelnet Assorted Services and products (NDS)) and Training Era Services and products and Bills (known as Nelnet Industry Services and products (NBS)) departments. Alternative industry actions and running departments that don’t seem to be reportable and no longer a part of the NFS category are mixed and incorporated in Company Actions.

Asset Era and Control

The AGM running area reported mortgage and funding internet hobby source of revenue of $48.3 million right through the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with $35.6 million for a similar era a age in the past. The rise in 2024 was once due an build up in mortgage unfold2, offset through the expected runoff of the legacy Federal Folk Training Mortgage Program mortgage portfolio. The common stability of loans exceptional reduced from $12.5 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023 to $9.4 billion for a similar era in 2024.

AGM identified a provision for mortgage losses within the fourth quarter of 2024 of $13.5 million ($10.3 million next tax), when put next with $0.4 million ($0.3 million next tax) within the fourth quarter of 2023. Provision for mortgage losses was once basically impacted through founding an preliminary allowance for client loans obtained right through the fourth quarter of 2024. AGM additionally identified a non-cash provision expense of $4.6 million ($3.5 million next tax) right through the fourth quarter of 2024 linked to the corporate’s possession of recommended hobby in mortgage securitizations.

As well as, AGM identified source of revenue of $8.3 million ($6.3 million next tax) linked to adjustments within the honest worth of spinoff tools that don’t qualify for hedge accounting, when put next with a lack of $4.9 million ($3.7 million next tax) for a similar era in 2023. AGM identified internet source of revenue next tax of $25.5 million right through the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with $17.2 million for a similar era in 2023.

1

Internet source of revenue, with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes, is a non-GAAP measure. See “Non-GAAP Performance Measures” on the finish of this press reduce and the “Non-GAAP Disclosures” category underneath for explanatory knowledge and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP monetary knowledge.



2

Mortgage unfold represents the unfold between the surrender earned on mortgage belongings and the prices of the liabilities and spinoff tools old to treasure the belongings.

Nelnet Warehouse

As of December 31, 2024, Nelnet Warehouse had a $644.6 million and $757.0 million mortgage and funding portfolio, respectively,  and general deposits, together with intercompany deposits, of $1.25 billion. Nelnet Warehouse reported mortgage and funding internet hobby source of revenue of $12.9 million right through the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with $6.9 million for a similar era a age in the past. The rise in 2024 was once because of an build up within the mortgage and funding portfolio and internet hobby margin.

Nelnet Warehouse identified provision for mortgage losses within the fourth quarter of 2024 of $8.6 million ($6.5 million next tax), when put next with $2.6 million ($2.0 million next tax) within the fourth quarter of 2023. Provision for mortgage losses at Nelnet Warehouse is due basically from the status quo of an preliminary allowance for loans originated and purchased right through the era. As well as, Nelnet Warehouse identified source of revenue of $5.5 million ($4.2 million next tax) linked to adjustments within the honest worth of spinoff tools that don’t qualify for hedge accounting, when put next with a lack of $4.6 million ($3.5 million next tax) for a similar era in 2023.

Nelnet Warehouse identified internet source of revenue next tax for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 of $4.2 million, when put next with a internet lack of $3.3 million for a similar era in 2023.

Mortgage Servicing and Programs

Income from the Mortgage Servicing and Programs area was once $138.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2024, when put next with $128.8 million for a similar era in 2023. On April 1, 2024, the corporate started to earn earnings below its pristine Unified Servicing and Information Resolution (USDS) word of honour which changed its legacy pupil mortgage servicing word of honour with the Section of Training (Section). Income earned below the USDS word of honour on a in line with borrower combined foundation is less than the legacy word of honour. All the way through the fourth quarter of 2024, the corporate identified $10.9 million in non-recurring earnings below its Section servicing word of honour linked to positive inflation provisions from the prior legacy word of honour.

In July 2024, Uncover Monetary Services and products introduced the sale of an roughly $10 billion personal schooling pupil mortgage portfolio, representing roughly 400,000 debtors, to partnerships controlled through two world funding companies, with the corporate assuming duty for servicing the portfolio upon the sale. The conversion of those loans to the corporate’s platform started in September 2024 with the vast majority of mortgage conversions finished within the fourth quarter of 2024. The corporate identified $4.0 million in non-recurring conversion earnings within the fourth quarter of 2024.

As of December 31, 2024, the corporate was once servicing $532.4 billion in government-owned, FFELP, personal schooling, and client loans for 15.8 million debtors, when put next with $532.6 billion in servicing quantity for 16.1 million debtors as of December 31, 2023.

The Mortgage Servicing and Programs area reported internet source of revenue next tax of $20.4 million for the 3 months ended December 31, 2024, when put next with $8.4 million for a similar era in 2023.

Training Era Services and products and Bills

For the fourth quarter of 2024, earnings from the Training Era Services and products and Bills running area was once $108.3 million, an build up from $106.1 million for a similar era in 2023. Income much less direct prices to handover services and products for the fourth quarter of 2024 was once $69.7 million, when put next with $66.7 million for a similar era in 2023.

Internet source of revenue next tax for the Training Era Services and products and Bills area was once $13.6 million for the 3 months ended December 31, 2024, when put next with $10.1 million for a similar era in 2023.

Company Actions

Incorporated in Company Actions are the running result of the corporate’s sun building industry. All the way through the fourth quarter of 2024, the corporate reported a lack of $17.0 million ($13.0 million next tax) in its sun building industry. Because the acquisition of this industry, the corporate has incurred low and, in some circumstances, detrimental margins on positive legacy tasks. The 2024 loss comprises the estimated losses on legacy building tasks. The corporate has a handful of extra legacy building word of honour to finish, i’m sick from over 30 at the start of 2024.

Hour-Finish Effects

GAAP internet source of revenue for the age ended December 31, 2024 was once $184.0 million, or $5.02 in line with proportion, when put next with GAAP internet source of revenue of $89.8 million, or $2.40 in line with proportion, for 2023.  Internet source of revenue in 2024, with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes1, was once $176.4 million, or $4.81 in line with proportion, when put next with $121.6 million, or $3.25 in line with proportion, for 2023.

Ahead-Taking a look and Cautionary Statements

This press reduce accommodates forward-looking statements throughout the that means of federal securities rules. The phrases “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “ensure,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “scheduled,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and matching expressions, in addition to statements in generation worrying, are meant to spot forward-looking statements. Those statements are in accordance with control’s stream expectancies as of the occasion of this reduce and are topic to identified and unknown dangers, uncertainties, guesses, and alternative components that can motive the original effects and function to be materially other from any generation effects or efficiency expressed or implied through such forward-looking statements. Such dangers and uncertainties come with, however don’t seem to be restricted to: dangers linked to the facility to effectively guard and build up allotted volumes of pupil loans serviced through the corporate below present and generation servicing word of honour with the Section of Training, dangers linked to negative word of honour adjustments or interpretations, dangers linked to constantly assembly provider necessities to keep away from the evaluate of efficiency consequences, and dangers linked to the corporate’s talent to conform to word of honour with third-party shoppers for the servicing of Federal Direct Mortgage Program, FFEL Program, personal schooling, and client loans; mortgage portfolio dangers similar to credit score chance, prepayment chance, rate of interest foundation and repricing chance, dangers linked to the usefulness of derivatives to lead publicity to rate of interest fluctuations, uncertainties in regards to the anticipated advantages from bought securitized and unsecuritized FFELP, personal schooling, client, and alternative loans, or funding pursuits therein, and projects to buy supplementary FFELP, personal schooling, client, and alternative loans; financing and liquidity dangers, together with dangers of adjustments within the rate of interest state; dangers from adjustments within the phrases of schooling loans and within the tutorial credit score and services and products markets as a consequence of adjustments in acceptable rules, laws, and authorities methods and budgets; dangers linked to a breach of or failure within the corporate’s operational or knowledge programs or infrastructure, or the ones of third-party distributors, together with disclosure of hidden or non-public knowledge and/or harm to popularity as a consequence of cyber breaches; dangers linked to usefulness of man-made insigt; uncertainties inherent in forecasting generation coins flows from pupil mortgage belongings, together with funding pursuits therein, and linked asset-backed securitizations; dangers linked to the facility of Nelnet Warehouse to reach its industry goals and successfully deploy mortgage and storagefacility methods and reach anticipated marketplace penetration; dangers linked to the anticipated advantages to the corporate from its proceeding funding in ALLO and Hudl, and dangers linked to sun tax fairness investments, together with dangers of no longer with the ability to notice tax credit which stay topic to recapture through taxing government; dangers and uncertainties linked to alternative projects to pursue supplementary strategic investments (and expected source of revenue therefrom) together with challenge capital and actual property investments, reinsurance, acquisitions, sun building, and alternative actions (together with dangers related to mistakes that from time to time happen in changing mortgage servicing portfolios to a pristine servicing platform), together with actions which might be meant to diversify the corporate each inside and outdoor of its historic core education-related companies; dangers and uncertainties related to shape exchange; dangers from adjustments in financial situations and client habits; dangers linked to the corporate’s talent to evolve to technological exchange; dangers linked to the unique discussion board provisions within the corporate’s articles of incorporation; dangers linked to the corporate’s govt chairman’s talent to regulate issues linked to the corporate thru balloting rights; dangers linked to linked get together transactions; dangers linked to herbal failures, terrorist actions, or global hostilities; and dangers and uncertainties related to litigation issues and keeping up compliance with the in depth regulatory necessities acceptable to the corporate’s companies, together with adjustments to the regulatory state from the exchange in presidential management, and uncertainties inherent within the estimates and guesses about generation occasions that control is needed to manufacture within the preparation of the corporate’s consolidated monetary statements.

For more info, see the “Risk Factors” categories and alternative cautionary discussions of dangers and uncertainties incorporated in paperwork filed or furnished through the corporate with the Securities and Alternate Fee. All forward-looking statements on this reduce are as of the occasion of this reduce. Even if the corporate might cheerfully replace or revise its forward-looking statements from past to past to replicate original effects or adjustments within the corporate’s expectancies, the corporate disclaims any constancy to take action excluding as required through legislation.

Non-GAAP Efficiency Measures

The corporate prepares its monetary statements and items its monetary ends up in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Then again, it additionally supplies supplementary non-GAAP monetary knowledge linked to precise pieces control believes to be remarkable within the analysis of its running effects and function. Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP monetary knowledge, and a dialogue of why the corporate believes offering this supplementary knowledge comes in handy to traders, is equipped within the “Non-GAAP Disclosures” category underneath.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Bucks in hundreds, excluding proportion information)

(unaudited)



3 months ended



Hour ended



December 31,
2024


September 30,
2024


December 31,
2023

(1)


December 31,
2024


December 31,
2023

(1)

Pastime source of revenue:













Mortgage hobby

$        178,434


190,211


227,234



787,498



931,945


Funding hobby

42,815


50,272


48,019



185,901



177,855


Overall hobby source of revenue

221,249


240,483


275,253



973,399



1,109,800


Pastime expense on bonds and notes payable and attic deposits

141,170


168,328


205,335



680,537



845,091


Internet hobby source of revenue

80,079


72,155


69,918



292,862



264,709


Much less provision for mortgage losses

22,057


18,111


3,050



54,607



8,115


Internet hobby source of revenue next provision for mortgage losses

58,022


54,044


66,868



238,255



256,594


Alternative source of revenue (expense):













Mortgage servicing and programs earnings

137,981


108,175


128,816



482,408



517,954


Training generation services and products and bills earnings

108,335


118,179


106,052



486,962



463,311


Reinsurance premiums earned

18,673


16,619


9,428



62,923



20,067


Sun building earnings

13,828


19,321


11,982



56,569



31,669


Alternative, internet

27,794


15,706


(36,390)



61,602



(74,327)


Acquire (loss) on sale of loans, internet

42


(107)


(886)



(1,643)



(17,662)


Spinoff marketplace worth changes and
spinoff settlements, internet

14,879


(11,525)


(8,654)



16,258



(16,701)


Overall alternative source of revenue (expense), internet

321,532


266,368


210,348



1,165,079



924,311


Price of services and products and bills:













Prices incurred to handover mortgage servicing

1,497


196




1,889




Price to handover schooling generation services and products
and bills

38,658


45,273


39,379



172,763



171,183


Price to handover sun building services and products

28,558


26,815


23,371



77,673



48,576


Overall price of services and products

68,713


72,284


62,750



252,325



219,759


Salaries and advantages

147,229


146,192


152,917



576,931



591,537


Depreciation and amortization

12,544


13,661


22,004



58,116



79,118


Reinsurance losses and underwriting bills

16,180


16,761


7,084



55,246



16,781


Alternative bills

50,681


44,685


44,613



189,503



173,070


Overall running bills

226,634


221,299


226,618



879,796



860,506


Impairment expense and provision for recommended pursuits

5,764


29,052


26,951



42,629



31,925


Overall bills

301,111


322,635


316,319



1,174,750



1,112,190


Source of revenue (loss) sooner than source of revenue taxes

78,443


(2,223)


(39,103)



228,584



68,715


Source of revenue tax (expense) get advantages

(15,016)


282


9,399



(52,669)



(19,385)


Internet source of revenue (loss)

63,427


(1,941)


(29,704)



175,915



49,330


Internet (source of revenue) loss as a consequence of
noncontrolling pursuits

(268)


4,329


21,791



8,130



40,496


Internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.

$          63,159


2,388


(7,913)



184,045



89,826


Income in line with habitual proportion:













Internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.
shareholders – unadorned and diluted

$              1.73


0.07


(0.21)



5.02



2.40


Weighted reasonable habitual stocks
exceptional –  unadorned and diluted

36,461,513


36,430,485


37,354,406



36,642,533



37,416,621




(1)

All the way through the second one quarter of 2024, the corporate known positive immaterial mistakes within the up to now issued consolidated monetary statements which have been corrected to evolve to the December 31, 2024 presentation. Please see the corporate’s annual document on Method 10-Okay for the age ended December 31, 2024 that was once filed with the Securities and Alternate Fee on February 27, 2025 for supplementary knowledge.

Condensed Consolidated Stability Sheets

(Bucks in hundreds)

(unaudited)



As of


As of


As of



December 31, 2024


September 30, 2024


December 31, 2023

(1)

Property:







Loans and amassed hobby receivable, internet

$                        9,992,744


10,572,881


13,108,204


Money, coins equivalents, and investments

2,395,214


2,173,000


2,032,788


Limited coins

736,502


679,334


857,379


Commendation and intangible belongings, internet

194,357


196,400


202,848


Alternative belongings

458,936


462,513


511,165


Overall belongings

$                      13,777,753


14,084,128


16,712,384


Liabilities:







Bonds and notes payable

$                        8,309,797


8,938,446


11,828,393


Warehouse deposits

1,186,131


1,070,758


743,599


Alternative liabilities

982,708


864,786


940,285


Overall liabilities

10,478,636


10,873,990


13,512,277


Fairness:







Overall Nelnet, Inc. shareholders’ fairness

3,349,762


3,290,652


3,253,751


Noncontrolling pursuits

(50,645)


(80,514)


(53,644)


Overall fairness

3,299,117


3,210,138


3,200,107


Overall liabilities and fairness

$                      13,777,753


14,084,128


16,712,384




(1)

All the way through the second one quarter of 2024, the corporate known positive immaterial mistakes within the up to now issued consolidated monetary statements which have been corrected to evolve to the December 31, 2024 presentation. Please see the corporate’s annual document on Method 10-Okay for the age ended December 31, 2024 that was once filed with the Securities and Alternate Fee on February 27, 2025 for supplementary knowledge.

Non-GAAP Disclosures
(Bucks in hundreds, excluding proportion information)
(unaudited)

Non-GAAP monetary measures disclosed through control are supposed to handover supplementary knowledge and perception relative to industry tendencies to traders and, in positive circumstances, to offer monetary knowledge as steady through ranking businesses and alternative customers of economic knowledge. Those measures don’t seem to be in response to, or an alternative choice to, GAAP and is also other from, or inconsistent with, non-GAAP monetary measures old through alternative firms. The corporate studies this non-GAAP knowledge for the reason that corporate believes that it supplies supplementary knowledge referring to operational and function signs which might be intently assessed through control. There’s no complete, authoritative steering for the presentation of such non-GAAP knowledge, which is best intended to complement GAAP effects through offering supplementary knowledge that control makes use of to evaluate efficiency.

Internet source of revenue, with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes


3 months ended December 31,


Hour ended December 31,


2024


2023


2024


2023

GAAP internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.

$               63,159


(7,913)


184,045


89,826

Learned and unrealized spinoff marketplace worth changes (a)

(13,792)


9,507


(10,124)


41,773

Tax impact (b)

3,310


(2,282)


2,430


(10,026)

Non-GAAP internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.,
with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes

$               52,677


(688)


176,351


121,573

Income in line with proportion:








GAAP internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.

$                   1.73


(0.21)


5.02


2.40

Learned and unrealized spinoff marketplace worth changes (a)

(0.38)


0.25


(0.28)


1.12

Tax impact (b)

0.09


(0.06)


0.07


(0.27)

Non-GAAP internet source of revenue (loss) as a consequence of Nelnet, Inc.,
with the exception of spinoff marketplace worth changes

$                   1.44


(0.02)


4.81


3.25



(a)

Spinoff marketplace worth changes” includes both the realized portion of gains and losses (corresponding to variation margin received or paid on derivative instruments that are settled daily at a central clearinghouse) and the unrealized portion of gains and losses that are caused by changes in fair values of derivatives which do not qualify for “hedge remedy” under GAAP. “Spinoff marketplace worth changes” does not include “spinoff settlements” that constitute the money paid or won right through the stream era to determine with spinoff software counterparties the commercial impact of the corporate’s spinoff tools in accordance with their contractual phrases.




The accounting for derivatives calls for that adjustments within the honest worth of spinoff tools be identified these days in income, without a honest worth adjustment of the hedged merchandise, until particular hedge accounting standards is met. Control has structured the entire corporate’s spinoff transactions with the intent that each and every is economically efficient; on the other hand, the corporate’s spinoff tools don’t qualify for hedge accounting within the consolidated monetary statements. Consequently, the exchange in honest worth of spinoff tools is reported in stream era income for granted for the corresponding exchange in honest worth of the hedged merchandise. Beneath GAAP, the cumulative internet learned and unrealized acquire or loss led to through adjustments in honest values of derivatives by which the corporate plans to keep to adulthood will equivalent 0 over the future of the word of honour. Then again, the web learned and unrealized acquire or loss right through any given reporting era fluctuates considerably from era to era.




The corporate believes those point-in-time estimates of asset and legal responsibility values linked to its spinoff tools which might be topic to rate of interest fluctuations are topic to volatility most commonly because of timing and marketplace components past the regulate of control, and have an effect on the period-to-period comparison of the result of operations. Accordingly, the corporate’s control makes use of running effects with the exception of these things for comparison functions when making choices in regards to the corporate’s efficiency and in displays with credit standing businesses, lenders, and traders.



(b)

The tax results are calculated through multiplying the learned and unrealized spinoff marketplace worth changes through the acceptable statutory source of revenue tax fee.

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