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

189.65 1.68 +0.89%
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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) trades at a P/E ratio of 16.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.3× (November 2018) to 83.7× (March 2026); the current reading is higher than 66% of that period. That is above the Communication Services sector median of 15.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 67.0× 827.34%
FY2024 7.2× (55.89%)
FY2023 16.4× 132.05%
FY2022 7.1× (7.18%)
FY2021 7.6× 26.71%
FY2020 6.0× (74.35%)
FY2019 23.4× 153.85%
FY2018 9.2× 24.04%
FY2017 7.4× (64.64%)
FY2016 21.0× (10.48%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 14.4× (56.42%)
Jun 2026 33.1× (11.48%)
Mar 2026 37.4× (44.25%)
Dec 2025 67.0× 453.75%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.3× High 83.7×
Ten-year median 11.9×
Current reading's percentile 72

P/E ratio against peers

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NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 16.8×
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Communication Services sector median 15.1×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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