Contractor signal profile
NELNET SERVICING LLC
Acquisition-signal score 50 / 100 — Elevated signal. Pattern-based, from public award history.
Lifetime obligations
$2.50B
Velocity (YoY)
4911%
Agencies served
1
Obligation trajectory
SEC EDGAR — public filer
Matched to NELNET INC (NNI, CIK 0001258602). Public filer with 12 corporate-event filing(s) in the last year — read alongside the award-pattern score.
- 8-K (2026-07-30) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-05-18) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-05-07) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-04-30) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-04-02) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-03-23) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-02-26) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-02-02) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-01-30) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2026-01-15) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2025-11-06) — material event · EDGAR
- 8-K (2025-10-30) — material event · EDGAR
Why this score
+30
award_velocity
Award obligations are ramping fast — most-recent FY $360.8M vs prior $7.2M (4911% YoY, 10% multi-yr CAGR). Rapid, proven backlog growth is the classic profile PE/strategic acquirers target.
+12
recent_large_win
2 large award(s) ≥$5M in the last ~2 FYs (top: $983.7M, Department of Education). Fresh strategic wins de-risk the pipeline for an acquirer.
+8
target_size_band
Lifetime obligations $2.50B — squarely in the small/mid tuck-in size band acquirers shop in.
Obligation trajectory (by federal FY)
| FY | Obligated | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | $137.1M | 1 |
| FY2017 | $157.2M | 5 |
| FY2018 | $155.0M | 5 |
| FY2019 | $46.8M | 5 |
| FY2020 | $1.09B | 5 |
| FY2023 | $18.7M | 1 |
| FY2024 | $521.6M | 3 |
| FY2025 | $7.2M | 2 |
| FY2026 | $360.8M | 2 |
Recent awards
| Start | Amount | Agency | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | $204.8M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2025-10-01 | $156.0M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2025-04-22 | $4.3M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2025-01-01 | $2.9M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2024-07-01 | $392.4M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2024-04-01 | $79.3M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2024-04-01 | $49.9M | Department of Education | 522390 |
| 2023-04-25 | $18.7M | Department of Education | 522390 |
Largest single award: $983.7M from Department of Education (2019-11-26).
How to read these scores. Cassandra computes leading-indicator signals strictly from public federal award history (USAspending.gov) and public SEC filings (EDGAR). Scores are pattern-based and probabilistic — they describe profiles that historically correlate with acquisitions and major corporate events. They are not predictions of certainty, not insider or material non-public information (MNPI), and not investment advice. Do your own diligence.