Nelnet Stock Falls 9% on Modified Government Contract, Layoffs
By Sabela Ojea
Shares of Nelnet Inc. on Thursday fell 8.7% to $82.41 in after-hours trading after company said it laid off about 7% of its workforce after the U.S. government modified the terms of a contract.
The financial services firm said its loan servicing contracts with the Education Department have been modified and it will now earn a lower price per borrower each month.
Furthermore, the Education Department is transferring 1 million borrowers from the company's loan servicing to another federal provider, Nelnet added.
Both the price reduction and the unexpected transfer of borrowers will significantly affect the company's diversified services division, it said.
About 550 associates who worked at the diversified services division have been fired. Other workers in areas that supported the division are also being laid off, Nelnet said.
As of the end of 2022, Nelnet had 4,478 diversified services division workers, and 8,237 employees in total.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com
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