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) Return on assets

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.38%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.82%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.82% (fiscal 2025) to 9.09% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Broadcasting industry median of −5.59% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 0.82% (5.14)
FY2024 5.96% 3.16
FY2023 2.80% (4.69)
FY2022 7.49% 1.24
FY2021 6.25% 0.33
FY2020 5.92% 3.73
FY2019 2.19% (3.17)
FY2018 5.36% (3.73)
FY2017 9.09% 5.28
FY2016 3.81% (0.97)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.82% High 9.09%
Ten-year median 5.36%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 2.38%
SBGI Sinclair, Inc. compare 1.73%
CURI CuriosityStream Inc. compare 0.03%
GTN.A Gray Media Inc. compare −0.56%
GTN Gray Media Inc. compare −0.56%
FUBO fuboTV Inc. compare −1.37%
NMAX Newsmax Inc. compare −2.62%
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc. compare −5.59%
SSP E.W. Scripps Company (The) compare −29.3%
Broadcasting industry median −5.59%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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