Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

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160.55−0.90 (−0.56%)today
At close: Oct 12, 4:00 PM EDT · May be delayed up to 15 min · USD
After hours160.550.00 (0.00%)Oct 12, 4:00 PM EDT

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Key statistics

Previous close161.45
Open160.95
Day range158.45162.04
52-week range153.17254.30
Off day high−0.92%
Off 52-week high−36.87%
Volume280.37K
Avg. volume (3M)351.97K
Market cap4.95B
EPS (TTM)5.28
Forward P/E6.89
P/E ratio (TTM)30.41
Dividend yield4.61% (7.44)
Beta (5Y)—
Shares outstanding30.81M
Short interest—
Earnings dateNov 5, 2026
Analyst target—
Profit margin—

Against its peers

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NXST NMAX SBGI MDIA IHRT SGA
Market cap 4.95B 1.34B 907.84M 88.22M 295.65M 53.09M
P/E (TTM) 30.4 518.0 16.3 — — —
Forward P/E 6.9 148.0 -6.4 — -4.9 17.4
Price/book 2.2 11.8 2.4 3.0 -0.2 0.4
Dividend yield 4.61% — 7.86% — — 11.96%
1-year change −16.98% −11.02% −3.56% −17.80% −26.44% −33.65%
Today −0.56% +0.19% −1.18% +1.94% −0.52% −0.12%

The closest companies by business and industry (Broadcasting). Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

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The businesses closest to Nexstar Media's by what they do, from their descriptions, with the same industry weighted in.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Newsmax, Inc.NMAX · Broadcasting 1.34B 10.36 +0.19%
Sinclair, Inc.SBGI · Broadcasting 907.84M 12.58 −1.18%
MediaCo Holding Inc.MDIA · Broadcasting 88.22M 1.0500 +1.94%
iHeartMedia, Inc.IHRT · Broadcasting 295.65M 1.9100 −0.52%
Saga Communications, Inc.SGA · Broadcasting 53.09M 8.35 −0.12%
The E.W. Scripps CompanySSP · Broadcasting 258.55M 2.7900 −2.45%
Gray Media, Inc.GTN · Broadcasting 456.22M 4.4300 −2.42%
FreeCast, Inc.CAST · Broadcasting 56.88M 1.1200 −3.45%

Other companies in Broadcasting, closest in size first.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Newsmax, Inc.NMAX · Boca Raton, FL 1.34B 10.36 +0.19%
Sinclair, Inc.SBGI · Hunt Valley, MD 907.84M 12.58 −1.18%
Gray Media, Inc.GTN · Atlanta, GA 456.22M 4.4300 −2.42%
iHeartMedia, Inc.IHRT · San Antonio, TX 295.65M 1.9100 −0.52%
FuboTV Inc.FUBO · New York, NY 263.99M 8.74 −1.13%
The E.W. Scripps CompanySSP · Cincinnati, OH 258.55M 2.7900 −2.45%
CuriosityStream Inc.CURI · Silver Spring, MD 166.15M 2.8000 0.00%
MediaCo Holding Inc.MDIA · New York, NY 88.22M 1.0500 +1.94%

Communication Services companies of a similar market value (4.97B).

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Iridium Communications Inc.IRDM · Telecom Services 4.99B 47.07 −0.84%
VEON Ltd.VEON · Telecom Services 5.56B 80.81 +5.21%
Lumen Technologies, Inc.LUMN · Telecom Services 5.21B 5.05 −4.36%
WPP plcWPP · Advertising Agencies 5.36B 24.87 −2.01%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.TKC · Telecom Services 4.36B 5.01 −0.20%
The Trade Desk, Inc.TTD · Advertising Agencies 5.65B 11.94 −1.16%
Versant Media Group, Inc.VSNT · Entertainment 4.26B 30.60 −0.13%
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.CNK · Entertainment 4.27B 36.87 +1.29%

Also based in Irving, Texas, then elsewhere in Texas.

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McKesson CorporationMCK · Irving, TX 111.43B 955.76 +1.80%
Vistra Corp.VST · Irving, TX 53.07B 158.13 −2.07%
Darling Ingredients Inc.DAR · Irving, TX 9.64B 61.06 +1.33%
Flowserve CorporationFLS · Irving, TX 8.98B 70.65 −2.26%
Caris Life Sciences, Inc.CAI · Irving, TX 8.39B 29.69 −0.03%
Fluor CorporationFLR · Irving, TX 6.65B 49.71 −1.91%
Builders FirstSource, Inc.BLDR · Irving, TX 5.61B 52.14 −1.34%

The stocks whose daily moves over the past year went most closely with Nexstar Media's: the correlation of their daily returns, where 1 would be moving as one.

Company Mkt cap Price Today
Gray Media, Inc.GTN · Correlation 0.55 456.22M 4.4300 −2.42%
Sinclair, Inc.SBGI · Correlation 0.46 907.84M 12.58 −1.18%
Newsmax, Inc.NMAX · Correlation 0.36 1.34B 10.36 +0.19%
The E.W. Scripps CompanySSP · Correlation 0.36 258.55M 2.7900 −2.45%

From the 4Search instruments index: what each company does (its business description), its industry, size, headquarters and the markets it serves; and from a year of daily prices, which move together. Prices may be delayed up to 15 min.

Latest news

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The Manila Times·Positive

Nexxen Announces Updates to its Board of Directors

Nexxen’s Senior Independent Director, Mr. Neil Jones, appointed Interim Board Chairperson following the previously announced decision of Mr. Christopher Stibbs not to stand for re-election NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nexxen…

FTVLive·Negative

This Will Piss Off Nexstar Employees

While rank-and-file employees across the country face a relentless corporate squeeze of lean budgets, denied cost-of-living raises, and workforce reductions, Nexstar Media Group founder and CEO Perry Sook has secured a sprawling coastal…

FTVLive·Negative

Supreme Court Shuts Down Nexstar

FTVLive The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major blow to Nexstar Media Group on Monday by refusing to hear the television giant's appeal in a high-stakes antitrust lawsuit brought by DirecTV. By turning away the appeal, the high court left…

@PRNewswire·Positive

NexPoint Fully Subscribes $46 Million Multifamily DST Offering

PR Newswire DALLAS, Oct. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NexPoint, a multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm, today announced that it has fully subscribed its NexPoint Oasis DST (the "Offering"), a Delaware statutory trust ("DST")…

rbr.com·

Nexstar Finalizes Its Q3 Earnings Release Plan

Radio & Television Business Report The nation’s largest owner of broadcast television stations — regardless of its “hold separate” situation involving TEGNA — has announced when it will unveil its earnings report for the three-month period…

@arkansasonline·Negative

Justices reject Nexstar’s bid to block antitrust suit

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Nexstar Media Group, which owns numerous local television stations, to block an antitrust suit brought by DirecTV challenging supposedly inflated content-distribution…

MarketBeat·Positive

CX Institutional Trims Stake in Nexstar Media Group, Inc. $NXST

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a dividend of $1.86 per share. This represents a $7.44 annualized dividend and a yield of…

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