Communication Services / BroadcastingUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

6.2B

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E8

P25 9.1P50 13.9P75 26.1

Trailing P/E42.6

P25 9.5P50 16.4P75 38.9

ROEn/a

P25 -39P50 -0.5P75 11.8

ROIC9.9

P25 -10.3P50 2.5P75 10

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Indicator catalog

All NXST market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

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Showing 260 of 260 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Cik	0001142417
Company name	Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	65336K103
Employees	13,005
Employees Change	-289%
Employees Change Percent	-2.17
Enterprise value	$12.5B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Broadcasting
IPO Date	2003-11-24
Isin	US65336K1034
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$6.2B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$203
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	393,002.69x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	4833
Symbol	NXST
Website	https://www.nexstar.tv

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.39%
EV Earnings	84.65x
EV Sales Forward	2.27x
EV/EBIT	13.36x
EV/EBITDA	8.87x
EV/FCF	17.7x
EV/Sales	2.45x
FCF yield	11.43%
Forward P/E	7.97x
P/B ratio	2.98x
P/E ratio	42.58x
P/S ratio	1.21x
PE Ratio10 Y	14.02x
PE Ratio3 Y	17.63x
PE Ratio5 Y	13.45x
PEG ratio	0.07x
PS Forward	1.12x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	18.35%
EBITDA Margin	27.65%
FCF margin	13.85%
Gross margin	55.63%
Gross Profit	$2.8B
Gross Profit Growth	-10.09%
Gross Profit Growth Q	13.77%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-4.19%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	0.14%
Net Income	$148M
Net Income Growth	-74.81%
Net Income Growth Q	51.85%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-43.71%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-29.59%
Pretax Margin	3.23%
Profit Margin	3.23%
Profit Per Employee	$11,380
Profitable Years	12
Roa5y	5.85
Roe5y	21.71
ROIC	9.88
Roic5y	8.51

Growth

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

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	17.31%
Cagr15y	26.66%
Cagr1y	35.01%
Cagr20y	21.36%
Cagr3y	11.5%
Cagr5y	9.98%
Div CAGR10	24.08%
Div CAGR3	18.25%
Div CAGR5	24.18%
EPS Growth	-75.82
EPS Growth Q	51.04
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-39.28
EPS Growth5 Y	-23.79
FCF Growth	-39.75%
FCF Growth Q	-11.59%
FCF Growth3 Y	-16.45%
FCF Growth5 Y	-8.41%
OCF Growth	-35.7%
OCF Growth Q	-14.24%
OCF Growth10 Y	15.51%
OCF Growth3 Y	-15.11%
OCF Growth5 Y	-8.12%
Revenue Growth	-4.59x
Revenue Growth Q	13.13x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-0.94x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.47x

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Cash	$280M
Debt	$6.6B
Debt EBITDA	$4.68
Debt Equity	$3.21
Debt FCF	$9.34
Equity	$2.1B
Interest Coverage	2.33
Net Cash	$-6.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-102
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.48
Net Debt Equity	$3.07
Net Debt FCF	$8.95
Tangible Book Value	$-5.4B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-177
WACC	7.38

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	3.92%
Dividend Growth	4.79%
Dividend Growth Years	13%
Dividend per share	$7.44
Dividend Years	14
Dividend Yield	3.67%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-15
Last Dividend	$1.86
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	156.21%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y total return	393.6%
1Y total return	34.98%
200-day SMA	205.4
3Y total return	38.63%
50-day SMA	212.4
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	60.86%
All Time High	254.3
All Time High Change	-20.26%
All Time High Date	2026-02-09
All Time Low	0.42
All Time Low Change	48,183.33%
All Time Low Date	2008-10-27
ATR	8.68
Beta	0.96
Beta1y	0.52
Beta2y	0.6
Ch YTD	-0.13
High	204.1
High52	254.3
High52 Date	2026-02-09
High52ch	-20.26%
Low	191.1
Low52	160
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	26.74%
Ma50ch	-4.52%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-1.25%
RSI	50.27
RSI Monthly	53.59
RSI Weekly	47.03
Sharpe ratio	0.94x
Sortino ratio	1.56
Total Return	7.59%
Tr YTD	0.67
Tr15y	3,366.33%
Tr1m	7.35%
Tr1w	0.21%
Tr3m	-7.62%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	8
Analyst Count Top	3
Analyst Price Target Top	$270
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$4.47
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	32.64
Earnings Revenue Estimate	1,263,467,136x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	2.39x
Operating Income	$938M
Operating Income Growth	-25.85
Operating Income Growth Q	19.3
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-12.37
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-7.75
Operating margin	18.35
Price target	$259
Price Target Change	$27.78
Price Target Change Top	$33.14

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	28,385,866%
Float Percent	92.95%
Net Borrowing	3,184,000,000
Shares Insiders	6.95%
Shares Institutions	98.49%
Shares Out	30,538,000
Shares Qo Q	2.77%
Shares Yo Y	-3.92%
Short Float	5.01%
Short Ratio	2.6
Short Shares	4.66

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$628M
Average Volume	334,430.2x
Bv Per Share	68.06
CAPEX	$-135M
Ch10y	280.2
Ch15y	2,431.7
Ch1m	7.35
Ch1w	0.21
Ch1y	30.09
Ch20y	3,408.5
Ch3m	-8.35
Ch3y	23.46
Ch5y	37.48
Ch6m	6.37
Change	4.25%
Change From Open	4.25
Close	194.5
Days Gap	0
Depreciation Amortization	475,000,000
Dollar Volume	82,387,898.9
Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$938M
EBITDA	$1.4B
EPS	$4.76
F Score	3
FCF	$708M
FCF EV Yield	5.65x
FCF Per Share	$23.18
Financing CF	2,765,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,996
Graham Number	85.39883
Graham Upside	-57.89
Income Tax	$19M
Investing CF	-3,425,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-07
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-27
Lynch Fair Value	$23.81
Lynch Upside	-88.26
Ma150	207.2
Ma150ch	-2.12%
Ma20	200.9
Ma20ch	0.92%
Net CF	183,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	194.5
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	8.75
P OCF Ratio	7.35
Payment Date	2026-05-29
Position In Range	90.19
Post Close	202.8
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.2
Postmarket Price	$200
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$4.38
Relative Volume	1.21x
Revenue	5,111,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.57x
Share Based Comp	80,000,000
Tax By Revenue	0.37x
Tax Rate	11.52%
Tr20y	4,703.69%
Tr6m	8.25%
Us State	Texas
Volume	406,272

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Income

NXST dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+3.7%

$7.44 annual per share

Payout ratio

+156.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+24.2%

13 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+7.6%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-15

Performance

NXST stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns NXST?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+98.5%

Float: +93.0% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+6.9%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

NXST momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

50.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-1.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.96

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.94

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

NXST vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
DIS	The Walt Disney Company	187.6B	17.3x	1.9x	9.2%	+10.8%	+7.0%	Hold
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	4.9T	30.6x	11.5x	28.3%	+16.5%	+165.7%	Buy
META	Meta Platforms Inc.	1.5T	22.2x	7.2x	29.8%	+17.9%	+2.5%	Strong Buy

Questions

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