nexstar media group - NXST

NXST

Close Chg Chg %
221.73 -3.78 -1.70%

Open Market

217.95

-3.78 (1.70%)

Volume: 99.75K

Last Updated:

Mar 25, 2026, 12:07 PM EDT

Company Overview: nexstar media group - NXST

NXST Key Data

Open

$222.26

Day Range

214.73 - 223.75

52 Week Range

141.66 - 254.20

Market Cap

$6.72B

Shares Outstanding

30.33M

Public Float

28.33M

Beta

0.78

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

74.01

EPS

$3.02

Yield

335.54%

Dividend

$1.86

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 13, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

404.12K

 

NXST Performance

1 Week
 
-2.24%
 
1 Month
 
-11.67%
 
3 Months
 
8.19%
 
1 Year
 
25.66%
 
5 Years
 
56.31%
 

NXST Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 10
Full Ratings ➔

About nexstar media group - NXST

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a television broadcasting and digital media company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and operation of television stations and interactive community websites and digital media services. The firm offers services free over-the-air programming which includes programs produced by networks with which the stations are affiliated, programs that the stations produce, and first-run and rerun syndicated programs that the stations acquire. It also provides digital publishing and content management platforms to media publishers and advertisers. The company was founded by Perry A. Sook in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

NXST At a Glance

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
545 East John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
Phone 1-972-373-8800 Revenue 4.95B
Industry Broadcasting Net Income 92.00M
Sector Consumer Services Employees 12,832
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026
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NXST Valuation

P/E Current 76.847
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 67.771
Price to Sales Ratio 1.26
Price to Book Ratio 2.984
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 7.00
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 7.627
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.54
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.526

NXST Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 385,676.434
Income Per Employee 7,169.576
Receivables Turnover 4.604
Total Asset Turnover 0.438

NXST Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.072
Quick Ratio 2.072
Cash Ratio 0.394

NXST Profitability

Gross Margin 38.978
Operating Margin 17.438
Pretax Margin 3.031
Net Margin 1.859
Return on Assets 0.814
Return on Equity 4.258
Return on Total Capital 1.06
Return on Invested Capital 1.055

NXST Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 320.543
Total Debt to Total Capital 76.221
Total Debt to Total Assets 60.222
Long-Term Debt to Equity 313.178
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 74.47
  • Income Statement
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Nexstar Media Group - NXST

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
5.21B 4.93B 5.41B 4.95B
Sales Growth
+12.10% -5.33% +9.61% -8.47%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.67B 3.09B 3.03B 3.02B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
662.10M 941.00M 808.00M 785.00M
Depreciation
159.90M 176.00M 185.00M 169.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
309.30M 311.00M 299.00M 302.00M
COGS Growth
+8.81% +16.01% -2.10% -0.30%
Gross Income
2.54B 1.84B 2.38B 1.93B
Gross Income Growth
+15.78% -27.72% +29.31% -18.88%
Gross Profit Margin
+48.82% +37.28% +43.98% +38.98%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.10B 1.10B 1.09B 1.06B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.10B 1.10B 1.09B 1.06B
SGA Growth
+7.58% -0.54% -0.73% -2.30%
Other Operating Expense
- - - 3.00M
-
Unusual Expense
135.80M 35.00M 24.00M 395.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.31B 708.00M 1.27B 468.00M
Non Operating Income/Expense
247.30M 140.00M 137.00M 61.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
153.40M 104.00M 70.00M 30.00M
Interest Expense
336.60M 447.00M 444.00M 379.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+19.09% +32.80% -0.67% -14.64%
Gross Interest Expense
336.60M 447.00M 444.00M 379.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.22B 401.00M 959.00M 150.00M
Pretax Income Growth
+11.32% -67.05% +139.15% -84.36%
Pretax Margin
+23.36% +8.13% +17.74% +3.03%
Income Tax
273.60M 131.00M 276.00M 67.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
375.30M 207.00M 309.00M 196.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(101.70M) (76.00M) (33.00M) (129.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
153.40M 104.00M 70.00M 30.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - (17.00M)
-
Consolidated Net Income
943.50M 270.00M 683.00M 66.00M
Minority Interest Expense
(27.60M) (76.00M) (19.00M) (26.00M)
Net Income
971.10M 346.00M 702.00M 92.00M
Net Income Growth
+16.36% -64.37% +102.89% -86.89%
Net Margin Growth
+18.64% +7.01% +12.98% +1.86%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
971.10M 346.00M 702.00M 92.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
971.10M 346.00M 702.00M 92.00M
EPS (Basic)
24.6792 9.797 21.7264 3.0314
EPS (Basic) Growth
+24.59% -60.30% +121.77% -86.05%
Basic Shares Outstanding
39.35M 35.32M 32.31M 30.35M
EPS (Diluted)
24.1645 9.6556 21.405 2.9961
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+27.35% -60.04% +121.68% -86.00%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
40.19M 35.83M 32.80M 30.71M
EBITDA
2.10B 1.68B 2.10B 1.65B
EBITDA Growth
+19.45% -19.97% +24.58% -21.45%
EBITDA Margin
+40.38% +34.14% +38.80% +33.30%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 280.286
Number of Ratings 10 Current Quarters Estimate 4.434
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 25.27
Last Quarter’s Earnings -5.63 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 3.00 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 17.477
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 6 7 6
Mean Estimate 4.43 4.85 25.27 17.48
High Estimates 4.90 6.28 29.00 19.00
Low Estimate 3.85 2.77 21.11 14.21
Coefficient of Variance 10.22 26.70 10.73 9.93

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 7 7
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 3 1 2
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Buy

Insider Actions for Nexstar Media Group - NXST

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 893,016 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 856,066 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 810,807 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 846,472 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $247.24 per share 209,281,737.28
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 60,670 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 36,949 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 4, 2026 Perry A. Sook Chief Executive Officer; Director 40,446 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 657 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 11,579 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 11,709 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $167.25 per share 1,958,330.25
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 12,235 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 9,225 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 14,156 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 657 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 14,248 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $167.25 per share 2,382,978.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 15,093 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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