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) Shares outstanding

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025 was $30.7M, down 6.37% from $32.8M in fiscal 2024. At the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 it was $31.0M. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $30.7M (fiscal 2025) to $47.9M (fiscal 2019) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. ranks 11th of 17 Broadcasting companies by shares outstanding.

Shares outstanding, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
FY2025 $30.7M (6.37%)
FY2024 $32.8M (8.48%)
FY2023 $35.8M (10.83%)
FY2022 $40.2M (8.63%)
FY2021 $44.0M (5.86%)
FY2020 $46.7M (2.51%)
FY2019 $47.9M 1.08%
FY2018 $47.4M 0.56%
FY2017 $47.1M 48.90%
FY2016 $31.7M (1.33%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Shares outstanding Change
Sep 2026 $31.0M 0.34%
Jun 2026 $30.9M (0.83%)
Mar 2026 $31.2M 1.49%
Dec 2025 $30.7M 0.19%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $30.7M High $47.9M
Ten-year median $40.2M
Current reading's percentile 9

Shares outstanding against peers

What Shares outstanding is

Shares (Diluted, Weighted) tells an investor how many shares a company’s earnings are spread across once potential new shares are counted.

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