Nelnet Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for Nelnet stock has a target of 140, which predicts an increase of 8.17% from the current stock price of 129.43.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$140	$140	$140	$140
Change	+8.17%	+8.17%	+8.17%	+8.17%

* Price targets were last updated on Jan 8, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

According to 1 stock analyst, the rating for Nelnet is "Hold". This means that the analyst believes this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Moshe Orenbuch TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $135 → $140	Hold	Maintains	$135 → $140	+8.17%	Jan 8, 2026
Moshe Orenbuch TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $130 → $135	Hold	Maintains	$130 → $135	+4.30%	Nov 10, 2025
Moshe Orenbuch TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $96 → $98	Hold	Maintains	$96 → $98	-24.28%	Aug 12, 2024
Moshe Orenbuch TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $90 → $96	Hold	Maintains	$90 → $96	-25.83%	May 14, 2024
Moshe Orenbuch TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Initiates $95	Hold	Initiates	$95	-26.60%	Nov 1, 2023

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.61B

from 1.67B

-3.76%

from 1.67B

Revenue Next Year

1.71B

from 1.61B

5.90%

from 1.61B

EPS This Year

8.90

from 11.79

-24.54%

from 11.79

EPS Next Year

9.50

from 8.90

6.72%

from 8.90

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.36B	1.51B	1.17B	1.35B	1.67B	1.61B	1.71B
Revenue Growth	22.97%	10.96%	-22.35%	15.70%	23.46%	-3.76%	5.90%
EPS	10.20	10.82	2.40	5.02	11.79	8.90	9.50
EPS Growth	13.00%	6.13%	-77.81%	109.22%	134.74%	-24.54%	6.72%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	14.55	13.63
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	1.7B	1.8B
Avg	1.6B	1.7B
Low	1.6B	1.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	0.1%	10.1%
Avg	-3.8%	5.9%
Low	-6.6%	2.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	9.25	9.87
Avg	8.90	9.50
Low	8.63	9.21

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-21.6%	10.9%
Avg	-24.5%	6.7%
Low	-26.8%	3.6%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.