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nexstar media group - NXST

NXST

Close Chg Chg %
209.45 -3.09 -1.48%

Closed Market

206.36

-3.09 (1.48%)

Volume: 311.33K

Last Updated:

Aug 15, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT

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Company Overview: nexstar media group - NXST

NXST Key Data

Open

$209.67

 Day Range

206.32 - 211.21

52 Week Range

141.66 - 212.44

 Market Cap

$6.41B

Shares Outstanding

30.32M

 Public Float

28.35M

Beta

1.03

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

10.65

 EPS

$20.10

Yield

336.00%

 Dividend

$1.86

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Aug 15, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

363.45K

  

NXST Performance

1 Week
 
 10.47%
 
1 Month
 
 11.64%
 
3 Months
 
 16.90%
 
1 Year
 
 25.76%
 
5 Years
 
 124.55%
 

NXST Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 11
Full Ratings ➔

About nexstar media group - NXST

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is a television broadcasting and digital media company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and operation of television stations and interactive community websites and digital media services. The firm offers services free over-the-air programming which includes programs produced by networks with which the stations are affiliated, programs that the stations produce, and first-run and rerun syndicated programs that the stations acquire. It also provides digital publishing and content management platforms to media publishers and advertisers. The company was founded by Perry A. Sook in 1996 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

NXST At a Glance

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
545 East John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
Phone 1-972-373-8800 Revenue 5.41B
Industry Broadcasting Net Income 702.00M
Sector Consumer Services 2024 Sales Growth 9.609%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 13,005
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NXST Valuation

P/E Current 10.652
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 7.38
Price to Sales Ratio 0.958
Price to Book Ratio 2.143
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 4.145
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 5.653
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.194
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.574

NXST Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 415,763.168
Income Per Employee 53,979.239
Receivables Turnover 5.26
Total Asset Turnover 0.453

NXST Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.656
Quick Ratio 1.656
Cash Ratio 0.184

NXST Profitability

Gross Margin 43.98
Operating Margin 23.858
Pretax Margin 17.736
Net Margin 12.983
Return on Assets 5.878
Return on Equity 30.817
Return on Total Capital 7.74
Return on Invested Capital 7.728

NXST Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 301.861
Total Debt to Total Capital 75.116
Total Debt to Total Assets 58.622
Long-Term Debt to Equity 294.728
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 73.341
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Annual Financials for Nexstar Media Group - NXST

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
4.65B 5.21B 4.93B 5.41B
Sales Growth
+3.27% +12.10% -5.33% +9.61%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
2.45B 2.67B 3.09B 3.03B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
588.54M 662.10M 941.00M 808.00M
Depreciation
166.56M 159.90M 176.00M 185.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
300.91M 309.30M 311.00M 299.00M
COGS Growth
+7.24% +8.81% +16.01% -2.10%
Gross Income
2.20B 2.54B 1.84B 2.38B
Gross Income Growth
-0.83% +15.78% -27.72% +29.31%
Gross Profit Margin
+47.27% +48.82% +37.28% +43.98%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.02B 1.10B 1.10B 1.09B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.02B 1.10B 1.10B 1.09B
SGA Growth
+12.72% +7.58% -0.54% -0.73%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
23.49M 135.80M 35.00M 24.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.15B 1.31B 708.00M 1.27B
Non Operating Income/Expense
226.28M 247.30M 140.00M 137.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
124.58M 153.40M 104.00M 70.00M
Interest Expense
282.65M 336.60M 447.00M 444.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-15.70% +19.09% +32.80% -0.67%
Gross Interest Expense
282.65M 336.60M 447.00M 444.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.09B 1.22B 401.00M 959.00M
Pretax Income Growth
-1.02% +11.32% -67.05% +139.15%
Pretax Margin
+23.52% +23.36% +8.13% +17.74%
Income Tax
262.88M 273.60M 131.00M 276.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
257.37M 375.30M 207.00M 309.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
5.51M (101.70M) (76.00M) (33.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
124.58M 153.40M 104.00M 70.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
830.44M 943.50M 270.00M 683.00M
Minority Interest Expense
(4.13M) (27.60M) (76.00M) (19.00M)
Net Income
834.57M 971.10M 346.00M 702.00M
Net Income Growth
+2.85% +16.36% -64.37% +102.89%
Net Margin Growth
+17.95% +18.64% +7.01% +12.98%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
834.57M 971.10M 346.00M 702.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
834.57M 971.10M 346.00M 702.00M
EPS (Basic)
19.8079 24.6792 9.797 21.7264
EPS (Basic) Growth
+9.66% +24.59% -60.30% +121.77%
Basic Shares Outstanding
42.13M 39.35M 35.32M 32.31M
EPS (Diluted)
18.9752 24.1645 9.6556 21.405
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+9.25% +27.35% -60.04% +121.68%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
43.98M 40.19M 35.83M 32.80M
EBITDA
1.76B 2.10B 1.68B 2.10B
EBITDA Growth
-5.90% +19.45% -19.97% +24.58%
EBITDA Margin
+37.90% +40.38% +34.14% +38.80%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 219.50
Number of Ratings 11 Current Quarters Estimate 2.532
FY Report Date 09 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 13.133
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.06 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 21.41 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 25.546
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 7 7 8 8
Mean Estimate 2.53 3.87 13.13 25.55
High Estimates 3.02 4.55 14.16 31.00
Low Estimate 1.68 2.63 11.12 19.78
Coefficient of Variance 21.29 15.98 8.32 13.47

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 8
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 4 4 4
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Nexstar Media Group - NXST

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 12,235 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 657 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 15,093 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 11,709 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $167.25 per share 1,958,330.25
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 14,156 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 10,162 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 9,411 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $167.25 per share 1,573,989.75
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 9,225 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 11,579 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Lee Ann Gliha EVP, Chief Financial Officer 657 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jun 6, 2025 Sean Compton President, Networks 14,248 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $167.25 per share 2,382,978.00
Jun 6, 2025 Andrew Alford President, Broadcasting 938 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Brett E. Jenkins See Remarks 23,505 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Dana Zimmer See Remarks 3,042 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Blake Russell EVP, Operations 22,319 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Brett E. Jenkins See Remarks N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Brett E. Jenkins See Remarks 22,977 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $175.53 per share 4,033,152.81

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