Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) Stock

About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) stock trades at $167.34 with a market capitalization of $5.16B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.56, price-to-book of 2.10, price-to-sales of 0.68. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $154.34 and $254.30, and currently trades 34.2% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.79%.

On profitability, Nexstar Media Group, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 8.56%, return on capital employed of 6.44%, an operating margin of 17.44%, a net profit margin of 2.70%.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Nexstar Media Group, Inc. reported revenue of $1.1B rising to $4.9B, a change of +348.7% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 1.9% a year over five years, -1.7% over three, -8.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $109.0M.

Operating margin went from 26.0% in 2016 to 17.4% in 2025, a fall of 8.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 2.70%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $7.0B and net profit $188.0M.

Borrowings rose from $2.3B to $6.9B, cash from operations was $891.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 23.4% over five years, and was 5.3% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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