Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
General ticker "NXST" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Entertainment
- Capitalization: $5.9B (TTM average)
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 28.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 177.47$, high 183.64$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-05-15, amount 1.86$ (Y4.10%)
- Total employees count: 13005 (-2.2%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Liquidity and credit risks, Declining MVPD subscribers, Economic downturns and volatility, Losing CEO risk, Customer retention
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [179.60$, 263.69$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [185.98$, 273.73$]
Financial Metrics affecting the NXST estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 15.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 14.43 > 12.90
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 17.17
- Negative: Interest expense per share per price, % of 6.14 > 3.31
- Positive: -3.75 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 0.76
- Positive: -9.55 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of -1.24
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: -0.03 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 1.52
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 19.03 <= 19.24
Short-term NXST quotes
Long-term NXST plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $4,935.00MM | $5,409.00MM | $4,946.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $4,227.00MM | $4,141.00MM | $4,097.00MM |
| Operating Income | $708.00MM | $1,268.00MM | $849.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-307.00MM | $-309.00MM | $-699.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $447.00MM | $444.00MM | $379.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $401.00MM | $959.00MM | $150.00MM |
| Taxes | $131.00MM | $276.00MM | $67.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $346.00MM | $722.00MM | $109.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,299.00MM | $2,257.00MM | $2,064.00MM |
| Assets | $12,078.00MM | $11,468.00MM | $10,846.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $999.00MM | $1,250.00MM | $891.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $149.00MM | $145.00MM | $148.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-173.00MM | $-102.00MM | $-173.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-899.00MM | $-1,151.00MM | $-582.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $9.80 | $22.35 | $3.59 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.