Nexstar Media Group (NXST US)
NXST US$164.40
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Share price activity
Displays share price activity. Volume = number of shares traded, Turnover = value of shares traded, VWAP = volume-weighted average price for the day, sourced from Morningstar.
- Last (Price)
- 164.40
- Change
- ▼ -1.86 (-1.12)
- Bid / Ask
- 164.37 - 164.62
- Volume
- 35,197
- Turnover
- 2,038,645
- Open
- 166.02
- Day Range
- 163.70 - 166.20
- VWAP
- 164.86
- Prev Close
- 166.26
- Last Trade
- 28/10 4:00pm
Key information
Displays key information on the security, sourced from Morningstar.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Shares Issued
- 30,808,301
- NTA/Share
- -177.53
- Last Dividend
- 1.86
- Dividend Ex Date
- 14 AUG 2026
- Dividend Pay Date
- 28 AUG 2026
Current (USD) · FY2025
Displays key financial data for the most recent fiscal year, in millions. Note - Per share data is in local currency terms irrespective of reporting currency, and may be different to the stated currency, sourced from Morningstar.
- Revenue
- 4,949.00
- EBITDA
- 1,313.00
- Profit
- 92.00
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- 3.00
- Dividend Per Share (DPS)
- 7.44
- Yield %
- 4.41
- Market Cap
- 5,064.88
- Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E)
- 31.13
Estimates (USD) · FY2027
Displays consensus analyst’s estimates for key measures for the next fiscal year, sourced from Morningstar.
- Revenue
- 7,629.05
- EBITDA
- 2,053.00
- Profit
- 569.55
- Earnings Per Share (EPS)
- 18.82
- Dividend Per Share (DPS)
- 0.00
Quantitative rating
Displays Morningstar’s Quantitative Equity Research Rating for the security: a star rating from 1 (overvalued) to 5 (undervalued) from the share price against a fair value estimated by a statistical model of Morningstar’s analyst ratings, with the model’s economic moat, financial health and fair value uncertainty, sourced from Morningstar.
Undervalued
- Economic Moat
- None
- Financial Health
- Moderate
- Uncertainty
- Medium
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 22 OCT 2026.
Quantitative Equity Rating Methodology – view here
Fair value estimate
Displays Morningstar’s quantitative fair value estimate for the security against the current share price, with the band around it: the five-star price below which the model would rate the stock five stars and the one-star price above which it would rate it one star, sourced from Morningstar.
Five-star price 194.87 Fair value 216.60 One-star price 240.75
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 22 OCT 2026.
Quantitative valuation
Displays where the share price sits in Morningstar’s quantitative fair value band, from the five-star price (undervalued) to the one-star price (overvalued), with the fair value estimate, the price to fair value ratio, the model’s valuation label and its uncertainty rating, sourced from Morningstar.
Buy
Sell
- Fair Value
- 216.60
- Price / Fair Value
- 0.78
- Valuation
- Undervalued
- Uncertainty
- Medium
Morningstar Quantitative Rating as of 22 OCT 2026. The slider runs from the five-star price (194.87) to the one-star price (240.75).
Displays useful ratios for the security, NB the pricing date used, sourced from Morningstar.
| Ratios |
|---|
| Currency (Price/reporting): USD/USD |
| Exchange Rate: 1.0000 |
Price, volume and trading statistics for the security, sourced from Morningstar.
| Price - closing or last bid | 168.61 |
| Price - 12 month high | 254.17 |
| Price - 12 month low | 153.17 |
| Pricing date | 21 OCT 2026 |
| Volume - avg. trading volume for the last ten days | 0.30 |
| Market capitalization | 5,199.21 |
| 12 Month High price date | 9 FEB 2026 |
| 12 Month Low price date | 5 OCT 2026 |
| Volume - avg. trading volume for the last 3 months | 0.34 |
| Price - 1 Day % Change | 2.29% |
| Price - 13 week price percent change | -7.30% |
| Price - 26 week price percent change | -19.79% |
| Price - 5 Day % Change | 2.41% |
| Price - 52 week price percent change | -13.08% |
| Price - YTD price percent change | -17.81% |
| Price % Change Month To Date | 0.64% |
Earnings, dividends, cash flow and book value per share, sourced from Morningstar.
| EPS excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | 3.000 |
| EPS excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | 5.280 |
| EPS Normalized - most recent fiscal year | 15.265 |
| Revenue/share - most recent fiscal year | 161.168 |
| Revenue/share - trailing 12 month | 190.371 |
| Book value per share - most recent fiscal year | 68.057 |
| Book value per share - most recent quarter | 73.524 |
| Book value (tangible) per share - most recent fiscal year | -177.528 |
| Book value (tangible) per share - most recent quarter | -349.538 |
| Cash per share - most recent fiscal year | 9.232 |
| Cash per share - most recent quarter | 7.076 |
| Cash Flow per share - most recent fiscal year | 32.436 |
| Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 36.027 |
| Dividend per share - most recent fiscal year | 7.440 |
| Dividends per share - trailing 12 month | 7.440 |
| EBITD per share - trailing 12 month | 49.440 |
| EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | 3.040 |
| EPS Basic excluding extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | 5.400 |
| EPS including extraordinary items - most recent fiscal year | 3.040 |
| EPS including extraordinary items - trailing 12 month | 5.390 |
| Free Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 31.135 |
Valuation multiples such as P/E, price to sales, price to book and enterprise value ratios, sourced from Morningstar.
| P/E excluding extraordinary items, most recent fiscal year | 31.93 |
| P/E Normalized, most recent fiscal year | 9.21 |
| Price to sales - most recent fiscal year | 0.89 |
| Price to Tangible Book - most fiscal year | — |
| Price to Free Cash Flow per Share - most recent fiscal year | 5.42 |
| Price to Cash Flow per share - trailing 12 month | 4.68 |
| Price to Book - most recent fiscal year | 2.29 |
| P/E excluding extraordinary items high, trailing 12 months | 84.55 |
| P/E excluding extraordinary items low, trailing 12 months | 9.85 |
| Net Debt, LFI | 11,580.00 |
| Net Debt, LFY | 6,094.00 |
| Dividend Yield - 5 Year Average | 2.83% |
| Dividend Yield - indicated annual dividend divided by closing price | 4.51% |
| Current Dividend Yield - Common Stock Primary Issue, LTM | 4.41% |
Cash flow, liquidity and leverage measures, sourced from Morningstar.
| Free Cash Flow - most recent fiscal year | 848.00 |
| LT debt/equity - most recent fiscal year | 301.75% |
| Payout ratio - most recent fiscal year | 248.00% |
| Total debt/total equity - most recent fiscal year | 309.12% |
| LT debt/equity - most recent quarter | 504.11% |
| Total debt/total equity - most recent quarter | 521.11% |
| Free Cash Flow - trailing 12 month | 961.00 |
| Payout ratio - trailing 12 month | 142.53% |
Key income statement lines for the most recent fiscal year, in millions, sourced from Morningstar.
| Revenue - most recent fiscal year | 4,949.00 |
| Revenue - trailing 12 month | 5,876.00 |
| EBITD - most recent fiscal year | 1,313.00 |
| EBITD - trailing 12 month | 1,526.00 |
| Earnings before taxes - most recent fiscal year | 150.00 |
| Earnings before taxes - trailing 12 month | 212.00 |
| Net Income available to common - most recent fiscal year | 92.00 |
| Net Income available to common - trailing 12 months | 166.00 |
| Earnings before taxes Normalized - most recent fiscal year | 623.00 |
| Net Income Available to Common, Normalized - most recent fiscal year | — |
| Earnings per Share, Normalized, Excluding Extraordinary Items, Avg. Diluted Shares Outstanding, TTM | 18.31 |
Profitability margins for the most recent fiscal year, sourced from Morningstar.
| Net Profit Margin % - 1st historical fiscal year | 1.68% |
| Net Profit Margin % - trailing 12 month | 2.86% |
| Operating margin - 1st historical fiscal year | 17.44% |
| Operating margin - trailing 12 month | 18.01% |
| Pretax margin - trailing 12 month | 3.61% |
| Pretax margin - 1st historical fiscal year | 3.03% |
| Operating Margin - 5 year average | 21.98% |
| Pretax Margin - 5 year average | 15.15% |
| Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, 5 Year Average | 21.60% |
| Free Operating Cash Flow/Revenue, TTM | 16.35% |
| Net Profit Margin - 5 year average | 11.15% |
Returns on average assets and equity for the fiscal year, the trailing 12 months and as 5 year averages, and net income and revenue per employee in whole currency, sourced from Morningstar.
| Return on average assets - most recent fiscal year | 0.74% |
| Return on average assets - trailing 12 month | 1.21% |
| Return on average equity - most recent fiscal year | 3.74% |
| Return on average equity - trailing 12 month | 7.61% |
| Return on average assets - 5 year average | 4.60% |
| Return on average equity - 5 year average | 22.77% |
| Net Income/employee - most recent fiscal year | 7,098.26 |
| Revenue/employee - most recent fiscal year | 423,244.68 |
Growth in revenue, earnings, dividends and book value over recent periods, sourced from Morningstar.
| Revenue growth rate, 5 year | 1.91% |
| EPS growth rate, 5 year | -29.62% |
| Growth rate% - dividend, 3 year | 27.38% |
| Revenue/share (5 yr growth) | 10.84% |
| Growth rate% - Revenue, 3 year | -1.70% |
| Growth rate% - EPS, 3 year | -50.11% |
| Book value per share growth rate, 5 year | 3.17% |
| Capital Spending growth rate, 5 year | -7.37% |
| Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation & Amortization, 5 Year CAGR | -8.12% |
Displays analyst’s forecasts for key measures. The estimates can be expanded to see the spread of the calls. Full lines = reported, and dotted lines are forward estimates. Click a measure to add or remove it from the chart, sourced from Morningstar.
Financial forecast (USD, millions except per share)
| Actuals | Estimates | |||||||
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | ||||
| Estimate breakdown | ||||||||
Financial metrics can be plotted on the graph to see trends. Multiple metrics from multiple statements can be plotted against each other, sourced from Morningstar.
Financials (USD, millions)
| Period end: | DEC 21 | DEC 22 | DEC 23 | DEC 24 | DEC 25 |
| Fiscal year: | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Period length: | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months |
Displays all company announcements released by the company to the exchange, sourced from Morningstar.
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Business Summary
Nexstar is the largest television station owner-operator in the United States with over 200 stations in 116 markets, reaching 220 million people. Of its 200 stations, 155 are affiliated with the four national broadcast networks: CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC. Assuming its merger with Tegna is affirmed, Nexstar's station total would exceed 259 and reach 80% of the US population. Nexstar also owns NewsNation (formerly WGN America), a cable news network, 75% of the fifth national broadcaster, The CW, and a 31% stake in Food Network and Cooking Channel.
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