NXST—56

Nexstar Media Group Inc

BroadcastingVerified

Score breakdown

Profitability+32Sentiment+15Risk penalty-3Missing signals-3

Quality breakdown

Key fields100Profile38Conclusion82AI synthesis40Observations23

Nexstar Media Group Inc (NXST.O) is currently classified as Broadcasting within Broadcasting (Consumer Cyclicals). Classification confidence: 0.92 (verified market data). Capital structure on the latest snapshot: total assets 10,846,000,000 USD, total equity 2,064,000,000, short-term debt 0, long-term debt 6,333,000,000. Net cash position is approximately -6,053,000,000 USD. Profitability profile: revenue 4,949,000,000, gross profit 2,741,000,000, operating income 468,000,000, net income 109,000,000. Return on equity ~5.3%. Return on assets ~1.0%. Operating-cash-flow to net-income ratio is 8.17. Risk profile from automated assessment: liquidity risk medium, dilution risk low. Flags: Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt..

30-day price · NXST-5.01 (-2.5%)

Low$195.13High$209.89Close$199.19As of5 May, 00:00 UTC

Profile

CompanyNexstar Media Group Inc

TickerNXST.O

SectorConsumer Cyclicals

BusinessCyclical Consumer Services

Industry groupCyclical Consumer Services

IndustryBroadcasting

AI analysis

Business. Nexstar Media Group Inc is classified under Consumer Cyclicals / Broadcasting and appears profitable on the latest normalized snapshot.

Classification. Classification confidence is 0.92 based on verified market data; matched terms: Broadcasting, Cyclical Consumer Services, Consumer Cyclicals.

Key takeaways

Return on equity is about 5.3%.
Debt to equity is about 3.07x.
Analyst estimate: Mean price target = 261.11 USD
Analyst estimate: Median price target = 280.00 USD

Financial snapshot

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Revenue$4.95B

Gross profit$2.74B

Operating income$468.0M

Net income$109.0M

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Operating cash flow$891.0M

CapEx-$170.0M

Free cash flow$472.0M

Total assets$10.85B

Total liabilities$8.78B

Total equity$2.06B

Cash & equivalents$280.0M

Long-term debt$6.33B

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Valuation

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Tangible book$2.06B

Net cash-$6.05B

Current ratio2.1

Debt/Equity3.1

ROA1.0%

ROE5.3%

Cash conversion8.2%

CapEx/Revenue-3.4%

SBC/Revenue—

Asset intensity—

Dilution ratio0.0%

Risk assessment

Dilution riskLow

Liquidity riskMedium

Net cash is negative after subtracting total debt.

Industry benchmarks

Activity: Broadcasting · cohort 54 companies

MetricNXSTActivity

Op margin9.5%4.2% medp25 -21.2% · p75 11.4%above median

Net margin2.2%2.2% medp25 -17.7% · p75 10.8%above median

Gross margin55.4%47.6% medp25 26.8% · p75 61.6%above median

CapEx / revenue-3.4%-3.3% medp25 -7.6% · p75 -1.8%below median

Debt / equity307.0%25.3% medp25 2.3% · p75 78.7%top quartile

Observations

IR observations

Mean price target261.11 USD

Median price target280.00 USD

High price target290.00 USD

Low price target188.89 USD

Mean recommendation1.75 (1=strong buy, 5=strong sell)

Strong-buy count3.00

Buy count4.00

Hold count1.00

Sell count0.00

Strong-sell count0.00

Mean EPS estimate25.70 USD

Last actual EPS17.49 USD

Source data

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Company fundamentalsperiod FQ-7 · history via verified-market-data

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Source: analysis-pipeline (hybrid)Generated: 2026-05-06 19:56 UTCJob: cd936289