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NXST

Stock
Communication Services
Entertainment

Performance overview

NXST Price
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Forward-looking statistics

Beta
0.73
Risk
29.91%

Detailed forecast

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Individual forecast components (weighted-sum)

Company Profile

Nexstar Media Group Inc is the largest television station owner-operator in the United States with over 200 stations in 116 markets. Of its 200 stations, 155 are affiliated with the four national broadcast networks: CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC. The 2019 merger with Tribune made Nexstar the top broadcast affiliate for both Fox and CBS as well as the number-two partner for NBC and number three for ABC. The firm has stations in 12 of the top 20 television markets and reaches 68% of us TV households. Nexstar also owns NewsNation (formerly WGN), a nationwide pay-television network, 75% of The CW, and a 31% stake in Food Network and Cooking Channel.

Company info

SectorCommunication Services
IndustryEntertainment
Employees8K
Market cap$5.1B

Fundamentals

Enterprise value$11.8B
Revenue$5.4B
Revenue per employee—
Profit margin12.23%
Debt to equity301.78

Security info

ExchangeNASDAQ
Type of shareCommon Stock
Earnings per share (EPS)$19.61
Dividend per share$7.44
Revenue per share$169.62
Avg trading volume (30 day)$52M
Avg trading volume (10 day)$61M
Put-call ratio—

Macro factor sensitivity

Growth+3.8
Credit+3.1
Liquidity-1.6
Inflation+0.7
Commodities+0.3
Interest Rates-1.5

Valuation

Dividend yield4.10%
PEG Ratio11.70
Price to sales1.02
P/E Ratio11.70
Enterprise Value to Revenue2.19
Price to book2.45

Upcoming events

Next earnings dayAugust 7, 2025
Next dividend day—
Ex. dividend dayMay 19, 2025

News

New Strong Buy Stocks for July 9th

MLCO, SVM, ATEYY, NXST and KOP have been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List on July 9, 2025.

Zacks Investment Research (July 9, 2025)
Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Tech And Telecom Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields

During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.

Benzinga (June 2, 2025)
Final Trades: Toast, Nexstar Media Group, Salesforce and Intuitive Surgical

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

CNBC Television (February 18, 2025)
Jim Cramer recommends three media stocks that could do well in the run-up to the election

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday pointed to three media stocks poised to do well as the presidential race tightens: Fox, The New York Times and Nexstar. "As much as I really do loathe talking politics on the show, I think the suddenly close election gives you an opportunity to try to profit from some of the media stocks that are about to be inundated with both viewers and political ad dollars," he said.

CNBC (July 31, 2024)

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