Communication Services
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.(NXST)
Live Price
Offline$164.16
-1.00% today
1Y Change
-5.17%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 26, 2026
- Market Cap
- $6.14B
- Revenue Growth
- -8.5%
- EPS Growth
- -86.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.7%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $6.14B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $164.16 and down 5.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 โ Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -8.5%, EPS growth of -86.0%, a dividend yield of 3.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -8.5%, EPS -86.0%, free cash flow -32.8% with operating margin 17.5% and ROIC 4.6%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 56.3 and price/sales 1.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines NXST price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-8.5% vs +5.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+17.5% vs +3.6% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -8.5% and EPS is at -86.0%, with operating margin around 17.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | -1.0% | -4.0% | -11.6% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +7.2% | +2.0% | +3.0% | -10.8% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | -18.3% | +0.7% | -3.0% | -0.2% |
Benchmark Edge
NXST vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
NXST trails SPY
NXST is 23.16 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
NXST had 29.87 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
NXST beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
NXST
-5.17%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-23.16 pts
Relative to SPY
NXST Max Drawdown
-39.01%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NXST and SPY.
| Year | NXST | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -21.47% | +6.71% | -28.18 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +18.61% | +11.19% | +7.42 pts | NXST |
Company Overview
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., a television broadcasting and digital media company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and operation of television stations and interactive community websites and digital media services in the United States. The company offers free programming to television viewing audiences. As of December 31, 2020, it provided sales, programming, and other services through various local service agreements to 37 power television stations owned by independent third parties; and owned, operated, programmed, or provided sales and other services to 198 television stations. The company also offers video and display advertising platforms that are delivered locally or nationally through its own and various third party websites and mobile applications, as well as owns WGN America, a national general entertainment cable network. Its stations are affiliates of ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, The CW, MyNetworkTV, and other broadcast television networks. The company was formerly known as Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. and changed its name to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in January 2017. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
- Leadership
- Perry A. Sook
- IPO Date
- Nov 25, 2003
- Employees
- 11.8k
- Street Address
- 545 East John Carpenter Freeway
- Mailing
- Irving, TX, 75062
- Region
- Irving, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 972 373 8800
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 56.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 7.5
- Price/Sales
- 1.2
- Price/Book
- 3.0
Growth
- Revenue
- -8.5%
- EPS
- -86.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- -32.8%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 47.1%
- Operating Margin
- 17.5%
- Net Margin
- 2.2%
- ROE
- 4.9%
- ROIC
- 4.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 3.32
- Current Ratio
- 2.07
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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