Nelnet Bank: Return on Equity
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Nelnet Bank reported a return on equity of 9.14% as of Q2 2026, ranking #2,600 of 3,615 U.S. banks (28th percentile). That is up 7.35 percentage points from 1.79% a year earlier, and below the 12.58% median of the 855 Large Community Banks ($1B–$10B in assets). Return on Equity (ROE) is the rate of return banks earn on common shareholders' equity, the standard equity-investor measure of bank profitability.
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What is the Return on Equity?
Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.
Read ROE together with ROA and the equity-to-assets ratio. ROE equals ROA times the ratio of assets to equity, so a bank can raise ROE by holding less capital without earning more on its assets; a high ROE built on thin capital is weaker than the same ROE built on a high ROA. Subchapter S banks pay no income tax at the bank level, so their ROE runs higher than a C corporation bank with the same pretax earnings. Share buybacks shrink equity and lift ROE with no change in profit.
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What is Nelnet Bank's Return on Equity?
Nelnet Bank's Return on Equity was 9.14% as of Q2 2026, ranking #2600 of 3,615 U.S. banks.
What is the Return on Equity?
Return on equity (ROE) is a bank's annualized net income divided by its average shareholders' equity, expressed as a percentage. It is the return the bank earns on the capital its owners have invested.
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Source: FFIEC call reports, standardized by BankRegReports. Values are point-in-time as filed. See the full Nelnet Bank profile or how this data updates. The figures come from the bank's call report.
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