Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST)

NASDAQ: NXST · USD

$164

-1.95 (-1.2%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	5.1B
Revenue (ttm)	5.9B
Net income (ttm)	166M
EPS (ttm)	$5.34
Shares out	30.8M
P/E (trailing)	30.7x
P/E (forward)	5.4x
Dividend	$7.44 (4.51%)
Volume	226,599
Beta	0.93

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Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 5.9B
Net income (ttm): 166M
EPS (ttm): $5.34
P/E (trailing): 30.7x
P/E (forward): 5.4x
Market cap: 5.1B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E5.4

P25 8.4P50 12.6P75 23.4

Trailing P/E30.7

P25 8.8P50 16.1P75 29.9

ROE7.4

P25 -39.5P50 -1P75 11.5

ROIC6.6

P25 -8P50 2.1P75 9.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001142417
Company name	Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	65336K103
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	13,005
Employees change	-289
Employees growth	-2.17%
Enterprise value	$16.9B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1996
Industry	Broadcasting
IPO date	2003-11-24
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US65336K1034
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-27
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$5.1B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$164.31
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	4833
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	NXST
U.S. state	Texas
Website	https://www.nexstar.tv

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	9.07x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	14.46x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	19.7x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	14.79x
Earnings yield	3.25%
EV/Earnings	101.92x
EV/EBIT	14.3x
EV/EBITDA	9.96x
EV/FCF	22.77x
EV/Sales	2.88x
FCF / EV yield	4.39%
FCF yield	14.71%
Forward EV/Sales	2.07x
Forward P/E	5.37x
Forward P/S	0.62x
Graham number	94.01883
Graham upside	-42.67%
Industry forward P/E	6.68x
Lynch fair value	$26.72
Lynch upside	-83.71%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	7.85x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	6.36x
P/B ratio	2.26x
P/E ratio	30.75x
P/FCF ratio	6.8x
P/OCF ratio	5.65x
P/S ratio	0.86x
Price/EBITDA ratio	2.97x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	20.13%
EBITDA margin	28.91%
Effective tax rate	20.75%
FCF margin	12.64%
Gross margin	55.07%
Operating margin	20.13%
Pretax margin	3.61%
Profit margin	3.2%
Profit per employee	$12,764
Profitable quarters	2
Profitable years	12
Revenue per employee	$451,826
ROA	5.09%
ROA (5Y)	5.85%
ROCE	7.2%
ROE	7.43%
ROE (5Y)	21.71%
ROIC	6.6%
ROIC (5Y)	8.51%
SBC / revenue	1.68%
Tax / revenue	0.75%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-72.4%
EPS growth (Q)	17.97%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-29.08%
EPS growth 10Y	6.48%
EPS growth 3Y	-33.84%
EPS growth 5Y	-23.94%
EPS growth quarters	2
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	-40.75%
FCF growth (Q)	16.06%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-5.24%
FCF growth 3Y	-12.31%
FCF growth 5Y	-5.08%
Gross profit growth	3.85%
Gross profit growth (Q)	58.11%
Gross profit growth 3Y	0.45%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.56%
Net income growth	-70.35%
Net income growth (Q)	23.71%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-28.48%
Net income growth 3Y	-38.07%
Net income growth 5Y	-29.54%
Net income growth quarters	2
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	-35.31%
OCF growth (Q)	20.65%
OCF growth (QoQ)	3.11%
OCF growth 10Y	14.74%
OCF growth 3Y	-11.11%
OCF growth 5Y	-4.62%
Operating income growth	-4.37%
Operating income growth (Q)	91.4%
Operating income growth 3Y	-1.5%
Operating income growth 5Y	-4.76%
Revenue growth	10.53%
Revenue growth (Q)	62.16%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	42.77%
Revenue growth 10Y	19.46%
Revenue growth 3Y	3.81%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.39%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-151M
Depreciation and amortization	$516M
EBIT	$1.2B
EBITDA	$1.7B
EPS	$5.34
FCF per share	$24.12
Financing cash flow	$2.5B
Free cash flow	$743M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$644M
Gross profit	$3.2B
Income taxes	$44M
Investing cash flow	$-3.4B
Net borrowing	$2.9B
Net cash flow	$-16M
Net income	$166M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$795M
Operating income	$1.2B
Revenue	$5.9B
Stock-based compensation	$99M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.13
Book value per share	$73.52
Debt / EBITDA	6.86
Debt / equity	5.34
Debt / FCF	16.27
Goodwill	$5B
Interest coverage	2.39
Long-term assets	$15.7B
Long-term liabilities	$14.2B
Net cash (debt)	$-11.9B
Net cash / market cap	-234.87%
Net debt / EBITDA	6.98
Net debt / equity	5.24
Net debt / FCF	15.97
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$2.2B
Shareholders' equity	$2.3B
Tangible book value	$-10.8B
Tangible book value per share	$-349.51
Total assets	$17.7B
Total cash	$218M
Total debt	$12.1B
Total liabilities	$15.5B
WACC	5.04%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.4
Current assets	$2B
Current liabilities	$1.3B
Current ratio	1.56
Net working capital	$888M
Quick ratio	1.4
Working capital	$721M
Working capital turnover	9.12

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.47%
Dividend growth	2.34%
Dividend growth (10Y)	23.38%
Dividend growth (3Y)	14.55%
Dividend growth (5Y)	22.84%
Dividend growth years	12
Dividend payment date	2026-08-28
Dividend payment years	14
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$7.44
Dividend yield	4.52%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-14
FCF payout ratio	30.85%
Last dividend	$1.86
Payout ratio	139.24%
Shareholder yield	5.99%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	240.65%
10Y return CAGR	16.15%
10Y total return	346.78%
150-day SMA	$180.91
15Y price change	1,697.98%
15Y return CAGR	23.97%
15Y total return	2,409.91%
1D price change	-1.17%
1M price change	1.71%
1M total return	1.71%
1W price change	-2.46%
1W total return	-2.46%
1Y price change	-13.57%
1Y return CAGR	-10.33%
1Y total return	-10.32%
20-day SMA	$162.60
200-day SMA	$192.78
20Y price change	4,442.01%
20Y return CAGR	23.06%
20Y total return	6,240.47%
3M price change	-11.26%
3M total return	-10.38%
3Y price change	21.68%
3Y return CAGR	11.08%
3Y total return	37.08%
50-day SMA	$168.63
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$254.30
52-week high date	2026-02-09
52-week low	$153.17
52-week low date	2026-10-05
5Y price change	13.64%
5Y return CAGR	6.08%
5Y total return	34.3%
6M price change	-19.49%
6M total return	-17.92%
All-time high	$254.30
All-time high date	2026-02-09
All-time low	$0.42
All-time low date	2008-10-27
Average true range (ATR)	$4.90
Average volume	300.3K
Beta (1Y)	0.13
Beta (2Y)	0.53
Beta (5Y)	0.93
Change from 52-week high	-35.39%
Change from 52-week low	7.27%
Change from all-time high	-35.17%
Change from all-time low	39,155.95%
Change from open	-0.8%
Day's gap	-0.38%
Dollar volume	$37.2M
High price	$165.63
Low price	$164.20
Monthly RSI	45.78
Open price	$165.63
Position in 52-week range	7.69%
Premarket change	0.2%
Premarket close	$166.26
Premarket price	$166.59
Premarket volume	214
Previous close	$166.26
Price vs 150-day SMA	-8.86%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.4%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-14.48%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.23%
Relative volume	0.75
RSI	49.39
Sharpe ratio	-0.24
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.34
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.2
Sortino ratio	-0.17
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.65
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.45
Volume	226.6K
Weekly RSI	41.06
YTD price change	-18.8%
YTD total return	-16.55%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	28.6M
Float percentage	92.89%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.83%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.47%
Shares held by insiders	7%
Shares held by institutions	100.11%
Shares outstanding	30.8M
Short % of float	9.67%
Short % of shares	8.98%
Short ratio	7.1 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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