profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Nexstar Media Group
$207.94+0.96% today
+13.2% in 1 year
1-year low $154.701-year high $253.64
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $58.80 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Nexstar Media Group sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.21 billion in 2022 to $4.95 billion in 2025, with $109 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Nexstar Media Group handed back 47% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $125M$226M
Free cash flow 2025$743M
Bought back its own shares$125M
Paid as dividends$226M
Cash vs. debt$280M vs. $6.4B
Nexstar Media Group vs. similar companies
Nexstar Media Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nexstar Media Group | 58.8× · Expensive | ||
 TBS Holdings,Inc. | 21.8× · Fair price | ||
 Nippon Television Holdings | 15.7× · Fair price | ||
 Fuji Media Holdings | No profit yet | ||
 TEGNA | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Nexstar Media Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,501 | 4,648 | 5,211 | 4,933 | 5,407 | 4,949 | |
| – | – | 3,206 | 2,780 | 3,186 | 2,714 | |
| 1,375 | 1,175 | 1,445 | 743 | 1,292 | 863 | |
| – | – | 2,216 | 1,789 | 2,211 | 1,314 | |
| 812 | 834 | 971 | 346 | 722 | 109 | |
| 17.37 | 18.98 | 24.16 | 9.64 | 21.41 | 3.00 | |
| – | – | 61.5% | 56.4% | 58.9% | 54.8% | |
| 30.6% | 25.3% | 27.7% | 15.1% | 23.9% | 17.4% | |
| 18.0% | 17.9% | 18.6% | 7.0% | 13.4% | 2.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,404 | 13,265 | 12,679 | 12,078 | 11,468 | 10,846 |
| Cash | 153 | 191 | 204 | 135 | 144 | 280 |
| Total debt | 7,668 | 7,415 | 7,001 | 6,837 | 6,560 | 6,374 |
| Total liabilities | 10,867 | 10,407 | 9,910 | 9,765 | 9,200 | 8,784 |
| 2,518 | 2,850 | 2,741 | 2,299 | 2,257 | 2,064 | |
| 47 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 31 | |
| – | – | 12.6% | 7.3% | 12.6% | 5.0% | |
| 32.2% | 29.3% | 35.4% | 15.1% | 32.0% | 5.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,254 | 1,215 | 1,403 | 999 | 1,250 | 891 | |
| 217 | 151 | 157 | 149 | 145 | 148 | |
| 1,037 | 1,064 | 1,246 | 850 | 1,105 | 743 | |
| Dividends paid | 101 | 118 | 142 | 191 | 219 | 226 |
| 282 | 537 | 881 | 605 | 601 | 125 | |
| 48 | 47 | 62 | 60 | 78 | 78 |
Valuation
- 58.8×
- 8.4×
- –
- 2.7×
- 1.3×
- 8.6×
- 9.5×
- 11.6%
- 1.7%
- 3.8%
Profitability
- 54.8%
- 17.4%
- 2.2%
- 33.3%
- 5.1%
- 9.6%
- 7.5%
- 0.9%
- 5.4%
- –
Growth
- +1.9%
- −29.6%
- −32.8%
- +27.1%
- −8.6%
Financial health
- 4.6×
- 3.09
- 67.7%
- 1.4×
- 2.07
- 1.76
- 0.28
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 39%of 436
Top 34%of 438
Bottom 14%of 347
Bottom 31%of 440
Top 20%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $250.00
- Range
- $250.00 – $250.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 6.15 | 4.43 | +38.8% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | 4.30 | 4.01 | +7.2% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2.14 | 2.62 | −18.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 3.06 | 2.95 | +3.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | 3.37 | 3.26 | +3.4% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 7.56 | 9.22 | −18.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 5.27 | 5.41 | −2.6% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 3.54 | 4.17 | −15.1% |
3.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$38a year at today's yield, before tax
+27.1%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.76 in 2015 → $7.44 in 2025
How safe it looks
207.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 30.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
34No pass
Benjamin Graham
29No pass
Philip Fisher
29No pass
Peter Lynch
6No pass
Joel Greenblatt
13No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
30No pass
Questions about Nexstar Media Group
Is Nexstar Media Group a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Nexstar Media Group AI analysis
What does Nexstar Media Group do?
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. operates as a diversified media company that produces and distributes local and national news, sports, and entertainment contents on the television and digital platforms in the United States. It is in Broadcasting, based in Irving, TX, United States.
Does Nexstar Media Group pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.8% a year, about 207% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $226 million in dividends.
Is Nexstar Media Group stock halal?
No. Nexstar Media Group does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 100% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Nexstar Media Group stock done over the past year?
Up 13.2% over the past twelve months, to $207.94. It traded between $154.70 and $253.64 and is 18.0% below its high.
Who are Nexstar Media Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are TBS Holdings,Inc., Nippon Television Holdings, Fuji Media Holdings and TEGNA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Nexstar Media Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.