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Earnings per Common Share
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings per Common Share Earnings per Common Share
Presented below is a summary of the components used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share. The Company applies the two-class method in computing both basic and diluted earnings per share, which requires the calculation of separate earnings per share amounts for common stock and unvested share-based awards. Unvested share-based awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends are considered securities which participate in undistributed earnings with common stock.
 Three months ended March 31,
20202019
Common shareholdersUnvested restricted stock shareholdersTotalCommon shareholdersUnvested restricted stock shareholdersTotal
Numerator:
Net (loss) income attributable to Nelnet, Inc.
$(39,974) (558) (40,532) 41,057  534  41,591  
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
39,405,454  550,060  39,955,514  39,855,122  518,173  40,373,295  
Earnings per share - basic and diluted
$(1.01) (1.01) (1.01) 1.03  1.03  1.03