NXSTNexstar Media Group Inc
+5.9% today · +9.5% over a year
5/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 53% of the instruments we score
Priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 3.70%.
Nexstar Media Group Inc (NXST) belongs to the Communication services sector and is listed on Nasdaq; country: United States. Its market value is about €5.5B. Over the past 12 months the price changed by +9.5%, with an annualised volatility of 37% and a largest fall of 38%. The dividend has not been lowered for 13 years.
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Communication services companies in USA (n = 92)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Betasupports the score · better than 78% of peers
- EBIT / EVsupports the score · better than 83% of peers
- Share issuance (1 y)weighs on the score · better than 32% of peers
Red flags and notes
- Caution. Net debt above 4× EBITDA or interest cover below 2×. More in the glossary → Net debt above 4× EBITDA or interest cover below 2×.
- Sources disagree Dividend or fundamental sources disagree beyond tolerance.
Our sources disagree or are incomplete for this instrument.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 18.0
- P/B
- 2.5
- P/S
- 0.9
- EV/EBIT
- 12.2
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 20.8%
- Market cap (EUR)
- €5.5B
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 15.7%
- Return on invested capital
- 9.9%
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 5.61
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 3.70%
- Payout ratio
- 67%
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 22.8%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 13
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- +5.9%
- 1 month
- +24.6%
- 1 year
- +9.5%
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 36.8%
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −38.4%
- Beta
- 0.73
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
Similar companies
Same sector and region, closest in market value.
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|---|---|---|---|
| TTDTrade Desk Inc/The | 7/10 | 0.0% | −65.3% |
| MSGSMadison Square Garden Sports Corp. | 1/10 | 0.0% | 92.2% |
| VSNTVersant Media Group Inc. | —/10 | 3.2% | — |
| IRDMIridium Communications Inc | 3/10 | 1.3% | 174.2% |
| CNKCinemark Holdings Inc | —/10 | 0.9% | 44.8% |
| LUMNLumen Technologies | 1/10 | 0.0% | −58.9% |
| SPHRSphere Entertainment Co. | 2/10 | 0.0% | 57.5% |
News and filings
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 30 Sep 2026
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.: 8-K — Results of operations
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 5 Nov 2026
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC.: 8-K — Other events
A filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.SEC EDGAR · Filing · 30 Oct 2026
What the marks mean
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
Show the log: 6 entries
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating change | 5/10 | 5 · 3 | — | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 2 → 5/10 | 4 · 3 | removed: Yield trap | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 4 → 2/10 | 2 · 2 | Serious warning. Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high. More in the glossary → | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 2 → 4/10 | 3 · 3 | removed: Yield trap | Available with Invest Pro | |
| Rating change | 1 → 2/10 | 2 · 2 | removed: Dividend outgrows earnings, Payout above earnings | Available with Invest Pro | |
| First rating | 1/10 | 1 · 1 | Caution. Dividends grew 5+ points a year faster than earnings over five years and the payout is above 75 %. More in the glossary →Caution. Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow. More in the glossary → | Available with Invest Pro |
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