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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

$170 -$38.84 (-18.60%)

NASDAQ · 15 Sep 2026 18:00 UTC

Previous Close

$170.52

Day Range

$167.11$170.75

Year Range

$154.47$254.3

Market Cap

5.19B

AVG Volume

381.47K

Trailing/Forward PE

30.17/9.5

PEG ratio

-0.72

Dividend Yield

4.37%

Next Earnings Date

2026-11-05

Primary Exchange

NASDAQ

Revenue (USD)

NXST Revenue (USD) by quarter
Period	Revenue (USD)
26 Q2	3.08B
26 Q1	1.4B
25 Q4	1.29B
25 Q3	1.2B
25 Q2	1.23B
25 Q1	1.23B
24 Q4	1.49B
24 Q3	1.37B
24 Q2	1.27B
24 Q1	1.28B

Net Income (USD)

NXST Net Income (USD) by quarter
Period	Net Income (USD)
26 Q2	120M
26 Q1	164M
25 Q4	-166M
25 Q3	70M
25 Q2	97M
25 Q1	108M
24 Q4	242M
24 Q3	187M
24 Q2	118M
24 Q1	175M

Operating Income (USD)

NXST Operating Income (USD) by quarter
Period	Operating Income (USD)
26 Q2	362M
26 Q1	265M
25 Q4	256M
25 Q3	175M
25 Q2	213M
25 Q1	220M
24 Q4	417M
24 Q3	335M
24 Q2	240M
24 Q1	275M

EBITDA (USD)

NXST EBITDA (USD) by quarter
Period	EBITDA (USD)
26 Q2	525M
26 Q1	466M
25 Q4	70M
25 Q3	752M
25 Q2	424M
25 Q1	440M
24 Q4	661M
24 Q3	547M
24 Q2	470M
24 Q1	532M

Cash Flows (USD)

NXST Cash Flows (USD) by quarter
Period	Cash Flows (USD)
26 Q2	253M
26 Q1	267M
25 Q4	136M
25 Q3	87M
25 Q2	218M
25 Q1	302M
24 Q4	376M
24 Q3	358M
24 Q2	139M
24 Q1	232M

EPS (USD)

NXST EPS (USD) by quarter
Period	EPS (USD)
26 Q2	3.66
26 Q1	5.09
25 Q4	-5.64
25 Q3	2.14
25 Q2	3.06
25 Q1	3.37
24 Q4	7.56
24 Q3	5.76
24 Q2	3.54
24 Q1	5.16

Expenses (USD)

NXST Expenses (USD) by quarter
Period	Expenses (USD)
26 Q2	502M
26 Q1	22M
25 Q4	262M
25 Q3	300M
25 Q2	291M
25 Q1	292M
24 Q4	305M
24 Q3	307M
24 Q2	306M
24 Q1	316M

Cash & Debt (USD)

NXST Cash & Debt (USD) by quarter
Period	Cash & Debt (USD)
26 Q2	218M
26 Q1	379M
25 Q4	280M
25 Q3	236M
25 Q2	234M
25 Q1	253M
24 Q4	144M
24 Q3	181M
24 Q2	146M
24 Q1	237M

Debt ratios

NXST Debt ratios by quarter
Period	Debt ratios
26 Q2	6.55
26 Q1	6.94
25 Q4	3.9
25 Q3	2.82
25 Q2	2.97
25 Q1	3.09
24 Q4	3.02
24 Q3	3.25
24 Q2	3.67
24 Q1	3.61

Margins

NXST Margins by quarter
Period	Margins
26 Q2	64.71%
26 Q1	47.56%
25 Q4	41.19%
25 Q3	37.23%
25 Q2	54.68%
25 Q1	55.35%
24 Q4	62.47%
24 Q3	58.78%
24 Q2	56.5%
24 Q1	57.32%

Return on Capital

NXST Return on Capital by quarter
Period	Return on Capital
26 Q2	5.35%
26 Q1	7.56%
25 Q4	-8.05%
25 Q3	3.06%
25 Q2	4.3%
25 Q1	4.8%
24 Q4	10.67%
24 Q3	8.34%
24 Q2	5.18%
24 Q1	7.46%

Shares Outstanding

NXST Shares Outstanding by quarter
Period	Shares Outstanding
26 Q2	30.61M
26 Q1	30.37M
25 Q4	30.33M
25 Q3	30.36M
25 Q2	30.38M
25 Q1	30.53M
24 Q4	30.98M
24 Q3	32.02M
24 Q2	32.82M
24 Q1	33.45M

Dividends (USD)

NXST Dividends (USD) by quarter
Period	Dividends (USD)
Aug 26	1.86
May 26	1.86
Feb 26	1.86
Nov 25	1.86
Aug 25	1.86
May 25	1.86
Feb 25	1.86
Nov 24	1.69
Aug 24	1.69
May 24	1.69

Employee Count

NXST Employee Count by quarter
Period	Employee Count
2025	11.69K
2024	11.77K
2023	11.88K
2022	11.67K
2021	11.16K
2020	11.09K
2019	13.59K
2018	8.25K
2017	8.36K
2016	4.01K

Book Value Per Share (USD)

NXST Book Value Per Share (USD) by quarter
Period	Book Value Per Share (USD)
26 Q2	73.2
26 Q1	71.38
25 Q4	67.99
25 Q3	75.24
25 Q2	74.27
25 Q1	73.69
24 Q4	73.21
24 Q3	69.99
24 Q2	69.48
24 Q1	70.14

Total Assets (USD)

NXST Total Assets (USD) by quarter
Period	Total Assets (USD)
26 Q2	17.71B
26 Q1	18.1B
25 Q4	10.99B
25 Q3	11.25B
25 Q2	11.33B
25 Q1	11.41B
24 Q4	11.47B
24 Q3	11.69B
24 Q2	11.82B
24 Q1	11.95B

PE Ratio

NXST PE Ratio by quarter
Period	PE Ratio
Sep 26	27.77
Sep 26	27.54
Sep 26	28.8
Aug 26	29.85
Aug 26	30.31
Aug 26	30.87
Aug 26	31.56
Jul 26	35.07
Jul 26	33.74
Jul 26	33.81
Jul 26	32.04
Jul 26	33.33
Jun 26	30.19
Jun 26	30.22
Jun 26	32.12
Jun 26	33.5
May 26	32.84
May 26	34.73
May 26	35.96
May 26	37.33
May 26	56.3
Apr 26	56.7
Apr 26	55.86
Apr 26	51.17
Apr 26	50.19
Mar 26	59.3
Mar 26	63.1
Mar 26	65
Mar 26	68.93
Feb 26	69.84
Feb 26	13.59
Feb 26	13.57
Feb 26	12.99
Jan 26	12.47
Jan 26	12.51
Jan 26	12.7
Jan 26	12.24
Jan 26	12.26
Dec 25	12.03
Dec 25	11.86
Dec 25	11.96
Dec 25	11.1
Nov 25	11.28
Nov 25	11.11
Nov 25	10.7
Nov 25	11.19
Oct 25	9.38
Oct 25	9.14
Oct 25	9.11
Oct 25	9.22
Oct 25	9.63
Sep 25	9.48
Sep 25	10.01
Sep 25	9.91
Sep 25	9.98
Aug 25	9.8
Aug 25	9.92
Aug 25	9.89
Aug 25	8.95
Aug 25	8.6
Jul 25	8.84
Jul 25	8.62
Jul 25	8.39
Jul 25	8.45
Jun 25	8.04
Jun 25	8.01
Jun 25	7.76
Jun 25	7.88
May 25	7.94
May 25	7.99
May 25	8.23
May 25	7.69
May 25	6.55
Apr 25	6.53
Apr 25	6.33
Apr 25	6.52
Apr 25	6.58
Mar 25	7.57
Mar 25	7.59
Mar 25	7.29
Mar 25	7.63
Feb 25	7.26
Feb 25	8.06
Feb 25	8.27
Feb 25	8.16
Jan 25	8.26
Jan 25	8.5
Jan 25	8.24
Jan 25	8.11
Jan 25	8.67
Dec 24	8.58
Dec 24	8.54
Dec 24	8.87
Dec 24	9.17
Nov 24	9.2
Nov 24	9.15
Nov 24	8.72
Nov 24	8.95
Nov 24	13.45
Oct 24	12.98

Free Cash Flow Yield

NXST Free Cash Flow Yield by quarter
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	14.23%
Sep 26	14.35%
Sep 26	13.72%
Aug 26	13.24%
Aug 26	13.04%
Aug 26	12.8%
Aug 26	12.52%
Jul 26	12.24%
Jul 26	12.72%
Jul 26	12.69%
Jul 26	13.39%
Jul 26	12.87%
Jun 26	14.21%
Jun 26	14.2%
Jun 26	13.36%
Jun 26	12.81%
May 26	13.06%
May 26	12.36%
May 26	11.93%
May 26	11.5%
May 26	12.11%
Apr 26	12.02%
Apr 26	12.2%
Apr 26	13.32%
Apr 26	13.58%
Mar 26	11.5%
Mar 26	10.8%
Mar 26	10.49%
Mar 26	9.89%
Feb 26	9.76%
Feb 26	13.99%
Feb 26	14.01%
Feb 26	14.63%
Jan 26	15.25%
Jan 26	15.2%
Jan 26	14.97%
Jan 26	15.53%
Jan 26	15.51%
Dec 25	15.8%
Dec 25	16.03%
Dec 25	15.9%
Dec 25	17.13%
Nov 25	16.85%
Nov 25	17.11%
Nov 25	17.77%
Nov 25	16.98%
Oct 25	21.09%
Oct 25	21.65%
Oct 25	21.71%
Oct 25	21.44%
Oct 25	20.55%
Sep 25	20.87%
Sep 25	19.76%
Sep 25	19.95%
Sep 25	19.82%
Aug 25	20.18%
Aug 25	19.94%
Aug 25	20.01%
Aug 25	22.1%
Aug 25	20.85%
Jul 25	20.3%
Jul 25	20.82%
Jul 25	21.38%
Jul 25	21.23%
Jun 25	22.31%
Jun 25	22.4%
Jun 25	23.11%
Jun 25	22.77%
May 25	22.58%
May 25	22.44%
May 25	21.8%
May 25	23.34%
May 25	23.37%
Apr 25	23.45%
Apr 25	24.18%
Apr 25	23.47%
Apr 25	23.25%
Mar 25	20.22%
Mar 25	20.15%
Mar 25	21%
Mar 25	20.06%
Feb 25	21.09%
Feb 25	18.27%
Feb 25	17.82%
Feb 25	18.05%
Jan 25	17.83%
Jan 25	17.33%
Jan 25	17.88%
Jan 25	18.17%
Jan 25	16.99%
Dec 24	17.17%
Dec 24	17.24%
Dec 24	16.6%
Dec 24	16.06%
Nov 24	16.02%
Nov 24	16.1%
Nov 24	16.88%
Nov 24	16.46%
Nov 24	10.65%
Oct 24	11.04%

Price to Sales

NXST Price to Sales by quarter
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	0.75
Sep 26	0.74
Sep 26	0.78
Aug 26	0.81
Aug 26	0.82
Aug 26	0.83
Aug 26	0.85
Jul 26	1.13
Jul 26	1.09
Jul 26	1.09
Jul 26	1.03
Jul 26	1.08
Jun 26	0.97
Jun 26	0.98
Jun 26	1.04
Jun 26	1.08
May 26	1.06
May 26	1.12
May 26	1.16
May 26	1.2
May 26	1.24
Apr 26	1.25
Apr 26	1.23
Apr 26	1.13
Apr 26	1.11
Mar 26	1.31
Mar 26	1.39
Mar 26	1.43
Mar 26	1.52
Feb 26	1.54
Feb 26	1.36
Feb 26	1.36
Feb 26	1.3
Jan 26	1.25
Jan 26	1.26
Jan 26	1.28
Jan 26	1.23
Jan 26	1.23
Dec 25	1.21
Dec 25	1.19
Dec 25	1.2
Dec 25	1.11
Nov 25	1.13
Nov 25	1.12
Nov 25	1.07
Nov 25	1.12
Oct 25	1.12
Oct 25	1.09
Oct 25	1.09
Oct 25	1.1
Oct 25	1.15
Sep 25	1.13
Sep 25	1.19
Sep 25	1.18
Sep 25	1.19
Aug 25	1.17
Aug 25	1.18
Aug 25	1.18
Aug 25	1.07
Aug 25	1.05
Jul 25	1.08
Jul 25	1.05
Jul 25	1.03
Jul 25	1.03
Jun 25	0.98
Jun 25	0.98
Jun 25	0.95
Jun 25	0.96
May 25	0.97
May 25	0.98
May 25	1.01
May 25	0.94
May 25	0.87
Apr 25	0.87
Apr 25	0.85
Apr 25	0.87
Apr 25	0.88
Mar 25	1.01
Mar 25	1.01
Mar 25	0.97
Mar 25	1.02
Feb 25	0.97
Feb 25	0.92
Feb 25	0.94
Feb 25	0.93
Jan 25	0.94
Jan 25	0.97
Jan 25	0.94
Jan 25	0.92
Jan 25	0.99
Dec 24	0.98
Dec 24	0.97
Dec 24	1.01
Dec 24	1.04
Nov 24	1.05
Nov 24	1.04
Nov 24	0.99
Nov 24	1.02
Nov 24	1.16
Oct 24	1.12

EV/EBITDA

NXST EV/EBITDA by quarter
Period	EV/EBITDA
Sep 26	9.42
Sep 26	9.4
Sep 26	9.53
Aug 26	9.64
Aug 26	9.69
Aug 26	9.75
Aug 26	9.82
Jul 26	10.32
Jul 26	10.19
Jul 26	10.2
Jul 26	10.03
Jul 26	10.15
Jun 26	9.85
Jun 26	9.85
Jun 26	10.03
Jun 26	10.17
May 26	10.1
May 26	10.28
May 26	10.4
May 26	10.54
May 26	7.54
Apr 26	7.57
Apr 26	7.51
Apr 26	7.21
Apr 26	7.15
Mar 26	7.74
Mar 26	7.98
Mar 26	8.1
Mar 26	8.36
Feb 26	8.42
Feb 26	5.91
Feb 26	5.9
Feb 26	5.77
Jan 26	5.65
Jan 26	5.66
Jan 26	5.71
Jan 26	5.6
Jan 26	5.61
Dec 25	5.55
Dec 25	5.51
Dec 25	5.54
Dec 25	5.34
Nov 25	5.38
Nov 25	5.35
Nov 25	5.25
Nov 25	5.36
Oct 25	5.84
Oct 25	5.76
Oct 25	5.76
Oct 25	5.79
Oct 25	5.91
Sep 25	5.87
Sep 25	6.03
Sep 25	6
Sep 25	6.02
Aug 25	5.97
Aug 25	6
Aug 25	5.99
Aug 25	5.71
Aug 25	5.75
Jul 25	5.82
Jul 25	5.75
Jul 25	5.68
Jul 25	5.7
Jun 25	5.57
Jun 25	5.56
Jun 25	5.49
Jun 25	5.52
May 25	5.54
May 25	5.56
May 25	5.63
May 25	5.46
May 25	5.16
Apr 25	5.15
Apr 25	5.09
Apr 25	5.15
Apr 25	5.17
Mar 25	5.49
Mar 25	5.5
Mar 25	5.4
Mar 25	5.51
Feb 25	5.39
Feb 25	5.62
Feb 25	5.68
Feb 25	5.64
Jan 25	5.67
Jan 25	5.74
Jan 25	5.67
Jan 25	5.63
Jan 25	5.79
Dec 24	5.77
Dec 24	5.76
Dec 24	5.85
Dec 24	5.94
Nov 24	5.95
Nov 24	5.94
Nov 24	5.81
Nov 24	5.88
Nov 24	6.86
Oct 24	6.75

Price/Operating Cashflow

NXST Price/Operating Cashflow by quarter
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
Sep 26	5.84
Sep 26	5.79
Sep 26	6.06
Aug 26	6.28
Aug 26	6.37
Aug 26	6.49
Aug 26	6.64
Jul 26	6.86
Jul 26	6.6
Jul 26	6.62
Jul 26	6.27
Jul 26	6.52
Jun 26	5.91
Jun 26	5.91
Jun 26	6.29
Jun 26	6.56
May 26	6.43
May 26	6.8
May 26	7.04
May 26	7.31
May 26	6.89
Apr 26	6.94
Apr 26	6.83
Apr 26	6.26
Apr 26	6.14
Mar 26	7.25
Mar 26	7.72
Mar 26	7.95
Mar 26	8.43
Feb 26	8.54
Feb 26	6.32
Feb 26	6.31
Feb 26	6.04
Jan 26	5.8
Jan 26	5.81
Jan 26	5.91
Jan 26	5.69
Jan 26	5.7
Dec 25	5.6
Dec 25	5.51
Dec 25	5.56
Dec 25	5.16
Nov 25	5.25
Nov 25	5.17
Nov 25	4.97
Nov 25	5.2
Oct 25	4.3
Oct 25	4.19
Oct 25	4.18
Oct 25	4.23
Oct 25	4.42
Sep 25	4.35
Sep 25	4.59
Sep 25	4.55
Sep 25	4.58
Aug 25	4.5
Aug 25	4.55
Aug 25	4.54
Aug 25	4.11
Aug 25	4.3
Jul 25	4.42
Jul 25	4.3
Jul 25	4.19
Jul 25	4.22
Jun 25	4.02
Jun 25	4
Jun 25	3.88
Jun 25	3.94
May 25	3.97
May 25	3.99
May 25	4.11
May 25	3.84
May 25	3.78
Apr 25	3.77
Apr 25	3.66
Apr 25	3.77
Apr 25	3.8
Mar 25	4.37
Mar 25	4.39
Mar 25	4.21
Mar 25	4.41
Feb 25	4.19
Feb 25	4.69
Feb 25	4.81
Feb 25	4.75
Jan 25	4.81
Jan 25	4.95
Jan 25	4.79
Jan 25	4.72
Jan 25	5.04
Dec 24	4.99
Dec 24	4.97
Dec 24	5.16
Dec 24	5.34
Nov 24	5.35
Nov 24	5.32
Nov 24	5.08
Nov 24	5.21
Nov 24	7.53
Oct 24	7.27

Price to Book

NXST Price to Book by quarter
Period	Price to Book
Sep 26	2.33
Sep 26	2.31
Sep 26	2.42
Aug 26	2.5
Aug 26	2.54
Aug 26	2.59
Aug 26	2.65
Jul 26	2.67
Jul 26	2.57
Jul 26	2.57
Jul 26	2.44
Jul 26	2.54
Jun 26	2.3
Jun 26	2.3
Jun 26	2.44
Jun 26	2.55
May 26	2.5
May 26	2.64
May 26	2.74
May 26	2.84
May 26	2.98
Apr 26	3
Apr 26	2.95
Apr 26	2.7
Apr 26	2.65
Mar 26	3.13
Mar 26	3.34
Mar 26	3.44
Mar 26	3.64
Feb 26	3.69
Feb 26	3.08
Feb 26	3.07
Feb 26	2.94
Jan 26	2.82
Jan 26	2.83
Jan 26	2.88
Jan 26	2.77
Jan 26	2.78
Dec 25	2.72
Dec 25	2.68
Dec 25	2.71
Dec 25	2.51
Nov 25	2.55
Nov 25	2.52
Nov 25	2.42
Nov 25	2.53
Oct 25	2.64
Oct 25	2.57
Oct 25	2.56
Oct 25	2.59
Oct 25	2.71
Sep 25	2.66
Sep 25	2.81
Sep 25	2.79
Sep 25	2.8
Aug 25	2.75
Aug 25	2.79
Aug 25	2.78
Aug 25	2.52
Aug 25	2.5
Jul 25	2.57
Jul 25	2.51
Jul 25	2.44
Jul 25	2.46
Jun 25	2.34
Jun 25	2.33
Jun 25	2.26
Jun 25	2.29
May 25	2.31
May 25	2.33
May 25	2.4
May 25	2.24
May 25	2.09
Apr 25	2.08
Apr 25	2.01
Apr 25	2.08
Apr 25	2.1
Mar 25	2.41
Mar 25	2.42
Mar 25	2.32
Mar 25	2.43
Feb 25	2.31
Feb 25	2.14
Feb 25	2.19
Feb 25	2.16
Jan 25	2.19
Jan 25	2.25
Jan 25	2.18
Jan 25	2.15
Jan 25	2.3
Dec 24	2.27
Dec 24	2.26
Dec 24	2.35
Dec 24	2.43
Nov 24	2.44
Nov 24	2.43
Nov 24	2.31
Nov 24	2.37
Nov 24	2.55
Oct 24	2.46

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