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Communication Services

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.(NXST)

Live Price

Offline

$164.00

+6.01% 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.

Decision context

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 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.

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.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

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

NXSTSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for NXST and SPY.

YearNXSTSPYExcessLeader
2026-21.47%+6.71%-28.18 ptsSPY
2025+18.61%+11.19%+7.42 ptsNXST

Earnings Reports

๐Ÿ“… Last reportedMay 14, 2026
PeriodB/MEPSEPS ฮ”RevenueRev ฮ”Report
โ€”
Feb 26, 26
โœ“
4.30
Est 4.01
+7.2%
1.3B
Est 1.3B
+3.1%
Feb 26
โ€”
Nov 6, 25
โœ—
2.14
Est 2.62
-18.3%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
-4.2%
Nov 6
โ€”
Aug 7, 25
โœ“
3.06
Est 2.95
+3.7%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+1.4%
Aug 7
โ€”
May 8, 25
โœ“
3.37
Est 3.26
+3.4%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+0.6%
May 8
โ€”
Feb 27, 25
โœ—
7.56
Est 9.22
-18.0%
1.5B
Est 1.2B
+19.1%
Feb 27
โ€”
Nov 7, 24
โœ—
5.27
Est 5.41
-2.6%
1.4B
Est 1.5B
-7.5%
Nov 7
โ€”
Aug 8, 24
โœ—
3.54
Est 4.17
-15.1%
1.3B
Est 1.3B
-2.1%
Aug 8
โ€”
May 9, 24
โœ“
5.16
Est 3.97
+30.0%
1.3B
Est 1.3B
-0.4%
May 9
โ€”
Feb 28, 24
โœ—
3.32
Est 4.15
-20.0%
1.3B
Est 1.3B
-0.8%
Feb 28
โ€”
Nov 8, 23
โœ—
0.70
Est 1.23
-43.1%
1.1B
Est 1.3B
-14.1%
Nov 8
โ€”
Aug 8, 23
โœ“
2.64
Est 2.35
+12.3%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+0.2%
Aug 8
โ€”
May 9, 23
โœ“
2.97
Est 2.67
+11.2%
1.3B
Est 1.2B
+1.5%
May 9
โ€”
Feb 28, 23
โœ“
8.04
Est 7.57
+6.2%
1.5B
Est 1.5B
-0.3%
Feb 28
โ€”
Nov 8, 22
โœ“
7.30
Est 5.41
+34.9%
1.3B
Est 1.3B
-1.6%
Nov 8
โ€”
Aug 4, 22
โœ“
5.56
Est 5.06
+9.9%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+1.0%
Aug 4
โ€”
May 10, 22
โœ“
5.99
Est 4.89
+22.5%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+2.0%
May 10
โ€”
Feb 22, 22
โœ“
6.19
Est 4.96
+24.8%
1.2B
Est 1.2B
+0.9%
Feb 22
โ€”
Nov 2, 21
โœ“
4.05
Est 3.82
+6.0%
1.2B
Est 1.1B
+1.3%
Nov 2
โ€”
Aug 4, 21
โœ“
4.33
Est 3.70
+17.0%
1.1B
Est 1.1B
+0.6%
Aug 4
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