Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$164.00
+6.01% today
1Y Change
-5.17%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → 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 $164.00 and down 5.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
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
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 |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
3.68%
Trailing 12M Payout
$5.58
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Nov 12, 2025 | Nov 26, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| May 19, 2025 | May 19, 2025 | Jun 2, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Feb 12, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.86 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | $1.69 | $1.69 | Quarterly |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 23, 2024 | $1.69 | $1.69 | Quarterly |
| May 9, 2024 | May 10, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | $1.69 | $1.69 | Quarterly |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Feb 9, 2024 | Feb 23, 2024 | $1.69 | $1.69 | Quarterly |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Nov 10, 2023 | Nov 27, 2023 | $1.35 | $1.35 | Quarterly |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Aug 10, 2023 | Aug 24, 2023 | $1.35 | $1.35 | Quarterly |
| May 11, 2023 | May 12, 2023 | May 26, 2023 | $1.35 | $1.35 | Quarterly |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Feb 10, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 | $1.35 | $1.35 | Quarterly |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Nov 14, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Aug 11, 2022 | Aug 25, 2022 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2022 | May 13, 2022 | May 27, 2022 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Feb 11, 2022 | Feb 28, 2022 | $0.90 | $0.90 | Quarterly |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 29, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 13, 2021 | Aug 27, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| May 13, 2021 | May 14, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | $0.70 | $0.70 | Quarterly |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | $0.56 | $0.56 | Quarterly |
| Aug 6, 2020 | Aug 7, 2020 | Aug 21, 2020 | $0.56 | $0.56 | Quarterly |
| May 14, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | May 29, 2020 | $0.56 | $0.56 | Quarterly |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Feb 14, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | $0.56 | $0.56 | Quarterly |
| Nov 7, 2019 | Nov 8, 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Aug 8, 2019 | Aug 9, 2019 | Aug 23, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| May 9, 2019 | May 10, 2019 | May 24, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Feb 7, 2019 | Feb 8, 2019 | Feb 22, 2019 | $0.45 | $0.45 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Nov 16, 2018 | Nov 30, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Aug 10, 2018 | Aug 24, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| May 10, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | May 25, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Feb 16, 2018 | Mar 2, 2018 | $0.38 | $0.38 | Quarterly |
| Nov 16, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Aug 9, 2017 | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 25, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| May 10, 2017 | May 12, 2017 | May 26, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Feb 10, 2017 | Feb 24, 2017 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Aug 10, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 | Aug 26, 2016 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| May 11, 2016 | May 13, 2016 | May 27, 2016 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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