Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

NXST Communication Services Broadcasting

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.9 billion, down 8.47% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+78.1%
EPS
+269.0%
Free cash flow
+690.7%
Total debt
+79.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

188.48 3.36 +1.82%
Market cap
$5.8B
P/E
16.8×
Fwd P/E
5.4×
Dividend yield
3.95%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.68
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
43/100

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) Current ratio

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.3×, down 0.8× from fiscal 2025 (2.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (fiscal 2019) to 2.1× (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is in line with the Broadcasting industry median of 1.3× and below the Communication Services sector median of 1.3×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.1× 25.07%
FY2024 1.7× 8.58%
FY2023 1.5× (15.65%)
FY2022 1.8× 0.79%
FY2021 1.8× 8.39%
FY2020 1.7× 16.05%
FY2019 1.4× (24.83%)
FY2018 1.9× 20.52%
FY2017 1.6× (17.80%)
FY2016 1.9× 7.62%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.3× (19.51%)
Jun 2026 1.6× (11.11%)
Mar 2026 1.8× (15.20%)
Dec 2025 2.1× 10.80%
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Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 2.1×
Ten-year median 1.8×
Current reading's percentile 100

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
NMAX Newsmax Inc. compare 2.4×
SBGI Sinclair, Inc. compare 2.0×
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc. compare 1.4×
SSP E.W. Scripps Company (The) compare 1.3×
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 1.3×
FUBO fuboTV Inc. compare 1.0×
GTN.A Gray Media Inc. compare 1.0×
GTN Gray Media Inc. compare 1.0×
CURI CuriosityStream Inc. compare 0.8×
Broadcasting industry median 1.3×
Communication Services sector median 1.3×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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