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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 62.2%, EPS grew 18.1%, free cash flow grew 21.0% and total debt rose 84.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

163.95 0.70 −0.43%
Market cap
$5.1B
P/E
30.4×
Fwd P/E
5.6×
Dividend yield
4.54%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.68
Beneish M
−2.80
Dividend safety
43/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.99
Total sells 11.25
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — 1 — — — —
Sell — — — — 16 — 14 25 — 3 1 —
Insider Ownership 6.35%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,070.00
Revenue 5,875.00
Net Income 168.00
Free Cash Flow 754.00
Net Debt 11,526.00
Current Ratio 1.56 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 5.24 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 30.36
Fwd P/E 5.60
P/S ratio 0.85
P/B ratio 2.24
Past 5Y EPS Growth (29.62%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 948.43% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (39.43%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 57.61% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 137.28% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 93.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 1.81%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 26.65%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 36.60%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 75.41%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.43
Annual Dividend Rate 7.44
Annual Dividend Yield 4.54%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 7.40
1.86
1.86
1.86
2025 7.44
1.86
1.86
1.86
1.86
2024 6.76
1.69
1.69
1.69
1.69
2023 5.40
1.35
1.35
1.35
1.35
2022 3.60
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.90
2021 2.80
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
2020 2.24
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
2019 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2018 1.50
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2017 1.20
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.30
2016 0.96
0.24
0.24
0.24
0.24
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 147 144 280 218
Receivables 1,095 1,028 1,075 1,584
Inventory — — — —
Other 224 84 61 61
1,466 1,297 1,473 2,005
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 235 133 133 162
ST’ Debt 124 124 111 331
Other 116 78 64 90
961 783 711 1,284

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 18.63% 1.91% (1.70%)
Cash Flow 15.81% (6.61%) (14.04%)
Earnings 1.71% (35.30%) (54.41%)
Book Value 37.21% (4.24%) (9.64%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,396 1,993 — — —
’25 1,234 1,229 1,198 1,288 4,949
’24 1,284 1,269 1,366 1,488 5,407
’23 1,257 1,240 1,132 1,304 4,933
’22 1,210 1,245 1,269 1,487 5,211
’21 1,114 1,132 1,157 1,246 4,648
’20 1,092 915 1,118 1,377 4,501
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 289 298 — — —
’25 337 247 117 190 891
’24 276 176 387 411 1,250
’23 494 185 138 182 999
’22 519 290 376 218 1,403
’21 448 147 286 333 1,215
’20 415 302 160 377 1,254
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 267 265 — — —
’25 302 219 86 136 743
’24 232 139 358 376 1,105
’23 458 144 112 146 860
’22 490 301 352 354 1,497
’21 416 127 260 274 1,077
’20 355 248 106 331 1,040
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5.09 3.61 — — —
’25 3.37 3.06 2.14 (5.63) 3.00
’24 5.16 3.54 5.27 7.56 21.41
’23 2.97 2.64 0.70 3.32 9.64
’22 5.99 5.56 7.30 5.30 24.16
’21 4.42 4.51 3.90 6.19 18.98
’20 3.30 2.13 4.08 7.97 17.37
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 34.65 55.95 60.30 76.60 43.37 106.67 148.10 132.30 147.25 141.66

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 67.20 80.45 89.75 119.93 133.25 171.16 204.62 217.76 191.86 223.36
People
People Employees 4,527 9,113 8,959 16,193 12,412 12,473 12,971 13,294 13,005 12,832
Revenue/emp, $m 0.24 0.27 0.31 0.19 0.36 0.37 0.40 0.37 0.42 0.39
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 1,103 2,432 2,767 3,039 4,501 4,648 5,211 4,933 5,407 4,949
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 171 241 533 373 1,105 1,093 1,217 401 959 150
EBT margin, % 15.47 9.93 19.26 12.28 24.54 23.52 23.35 8.13 17.74 3.03
Net income 93 475 388 236 808 830 943 270 683 83
Depreciation 141 354 350 484 582 604 808 987 844 807
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 35.95 53.15 60.52 66.09 100.20 110.32 132.43 139.68 167.34 163.07
Earnings 2.98 10.38 8.52 5.01 18.06 19.81 24.68 9.78 21.73 3.04
Cash flow 9.26 2.38 16.12 9.08 27.92 28.84 35.66 28.29 38.69 29.36
Capex (1.02) (1.15) (2.23) (4.20) (4.77) (3.28) 2.39 (3.94) (4.49) (4.88)
Free cash flow 8.25 1.24 13.89 4.88 23.15 25.56 38.04 24.35 34.20 24.48
Book value 9.27 34.56 40.88 44.65 56.47 67.82 70.37 65.49 69.39 67.32
Shares, m 31 46 46 46 45 42 39 35 32 30
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 21.02 7.43 9.22 23.40 6.00 7.61 7.06 16.38 7.23 67.01
P/S 1.75 1.45 1.30 1.77 1.09 1.37 1.32 1.15 0.94 1.25
P/B 6.78 2.23 1.92 2.63 1.93 2.23 2.48 2.45 2.28 3.02
EV/Sales 3.78 3.19 2.69 4.49 2.76 2.92 2.61 2.50 2.12 2.47
EV/FCF 16.49 137.14 11.70 60.76 11.93 12.60 9.08 14.36 10.39 16.44
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 284 109 737 417 1,254 1,215 1,403 999 1,250 891
Capex (31) (52) (102) (193) (214) (138) 94 (139) (145) (148)
Free cash flow 253 57 635 224 1,040 1,077 1,497 860 1,105 743
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 174 386 363 404 479 625 722 505 514 762
Total debt 2,359 4,362 3,981 8,493 7,668 7,415 6,951 6,837 6,523 6,333
Net debt 2,245 4,247 3,836 8,244 7,499 7,209 6,731 6,690 6,379 6,053
Shareholders’ equity 284 1,581 1,869 2,053 2,537 2,858 2,769 2,313 2,242 2,043
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.81 9.09 5.36 2.19 5.92 6.25 7.49 2.80 5.96 0.82
ROIC 7.10 5.42 8.30 3.98 8.57 7.30 8.63 4.92 9.19 6.55
ROE 49.38 50.92 22.58 11.74 35.36 30.92 34.52 13.62 30.82 4.29
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. vs peers in Broadcasting (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc. $5.1B 30.4× 5.6× +62.16% (above 0%: growing) +18.12% (above 0%: growing) +21.00% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 18.16%
NMAX Newsmax Inc. $1.2B 167× — (loss-making) +16.53% (above 0%: growing) n/m +94.72% (above 0%: growing) 43.12% 2.41% Compare
FUBO fuboTV Inc. $919.4M — (loss-making) 9.5× +37.99% (above 0%: growing) n/m +83.25% (above 0%: growing) 7.28% (1.80%) Compare
SBGI Sinclair, Inc. $918.4M 16.5× 7.1× +7.14% (above 0%: growing) n/m −56.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 47.98% 5.95% Compare
GTN.A Gray Media Inc. $671.6M — (loss-making) 2.2× +8.68% (above 0%: growing) n/m +2,750.00% (above 0%: growing) 29.56% 16.21% Compare
GTN Gray Media Inc. $468.7M — (loss-making) 2.2× +8.68% (above 0%: growing) n/m +2,750.00% (above 0%: growing) 29.56% 16.21% Compare
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc. $323.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +4.67% (above 0%: growing) n/m +448.77% (above 0%: growing) 59.01% 3.63% Compare
SSP E.W. Scripps Company (The) $262.3M — (loss-making) 4.6× −9.20% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −117.88% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.03% (236.04%) Compare
CURI CuriosityStream Inc. $160.8M 261× 27.8× +22.26% (above 0%: growing) +1,002.94% (above 0%: growing) −249.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 72.84% 39.49% Compare
Median of peers $570.1M 167× 5.8× +8.68% — +88.99% 41.58% 4.79%

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) key facts

  • Concern: Nexstar Media Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.9 billion, down 8.47% from fiscal 2024.
  • Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) is a Broadcasting company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NXST traded at $163.95, a market capitalization of $5.1 billion.
  • Nexstar Media Group, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share, a yield of 4.54%, with a payout ratio of 142.8%.
  • Return on equity was 4.29% and debt-to-equity 5.24.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.68 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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