Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) vs E.W. Scripps Company (The) (SSP)

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and E.W. Scripps Company (The) are both Broadcasting companies. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.1B against $262.3M — 19.3× the size. E.W. Scripps Company (The) has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Nexstar Media Group, Inc. trades at 30.4×. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.5% against −14.2%. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.83% vs −61.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.74% vs −25.6%). Across the 20 metrics below, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. leads on 16 and E.W. Scripps Company (The) on 4.

Valuation

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
P/E 30.36 n/m —
P/S 0.85 0.12 0.13
P/B 2.24 n/m 0.39
Price to free cash flow 6.66 6.92 5.57
EV/EBITDA 8.77 11.93 8.60
EV/Sales 2.82 1.30 1.29
Earnings yield 3.29% (518.22%) (16.59%)
Free cash flow yield 15.02% 14.44% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
Gross margin 100.00% 40.36% 40.36%
Operating margin 17.75% (50.29%) (12.31%)
Net margin 2.83% (61.13%) (8.55%)
Free cash flow margin 12.83% 1.73% (0.22%)
Return on equity 7.41% (462.40%) (5.70%)
Return on assets 1.14% (29.31%) (5.59%)
Return on invested capital 4.74% (25.60%) (0.41%)

Growth

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.49% (14.18%) (11.30%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (85.99%) (285.15%) (48.38%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.91% 2.97% 2.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (35.30%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
Debt to equity 5.24 24.77 0.46
Current ratio 1.56 1.34 1.41
Net debt to EBITDA 3.66 7.67 3.66

Dividend

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
Dividend yield 4.54% — 7.99%
Payout ratio 1.43 — —

Size

Metric NXST SSP Broadcasting median
Market cap 5.07b 262.26m 160.81m

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