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) EV/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) trades at a EV/Sales of 2.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.0× (May 2025) to 5.4× (March 2017); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Broadcasting industry median of 1.3× and above the Communication Services sector median of 1.4×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 2.5× 16.22%
FY2024 2.1× (15.16%)
FY2023 2.5× (4.00%)
FY2022 2.6× (10.69%)
FY2021 2.9× 5.95%
FY2020 2.8× (38.58%)
FY2019 4.5× 67.04%
FY2018 2.7× (15.93%)
FY2017 3.2× (15.54%)
FY2016 3.8× 3.51%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 2.3× (19.07%)
Jun 2026 2.9× (14.09%)
Mar 2026 3.4× 36.41%
Dec 2025 2.5× 4.87%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.0× High 5.4×
Ten-year median 3.0×
Current reading's percentile 22

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
FUBO fuboTV Inc. compare 0.1×
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc. compare 1.3×
SBGI Sinclair, Inc. compare 1.3×
SSP E.W. Scripps Company (The) compare 1.3×
CURI CuriosityStream Inc. compare 1.9×
GTN Gray Media Inc. compare 1.9×
GTN.A Gray Media Inc. compare 2.0×
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 2.5×
NMAX Newsmax Inc. compare 4.1×
Broadcasting industry median 1.3×
Communication Services sector median 1.4×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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