Nexstar Media Group Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Nexstar Media Group ratio analysis
Nexstar Media Group earned a net margin of 2.2% in FY 2025, down from 13.4% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 5.3%, meaning Nexstar Media Group generated 0.05 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 3.07 versus 2.89 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.07.
At the end of FY 2025, NXST traded at 69.6 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 6.3 to 69.6, with a median of 8.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Nexstar Media Group financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 69.61 | 7.51 | 16.26 | 7.24 | 7.95 | 6.29 | 24.27 | 9.74 | 7.77 | 21.90 |
| Price / sales | 1.28 | 0.96 | 1.12 | 1.32 | 1.37 | 1.09 | 1.76 | 1.32 | 1.47 | 1.76 |
| Price / book | 3.07 | 2.30 | 2.41 | 2.51 | 2.23 | 1.95 | 2.64 | 1.97 | 2.28 | 11.48 |
| Operating margin | 17.2% | 23.5% | 14.4% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 30.6% | 21.6% | 27.4% | 20.8% | 26.0% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 13.4% | 7.0% | 18.6% | 17.9% | 18.0% | 7.6% | 14.1% | 19.5% | 8.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 15.0% | 20.4% | 17.2% | 23.9% | 22.9% | 23.0% | 7.2% | 22.8% | 1.5% | 22.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 5.3% | 32.0% | 15.1% | 35.4% | 29.3% | 32.2% | 11.3% | 21.0% | 30.2% | 54.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.0% | 6.3% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 6.3% | 6.1% | 1.6% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 3.07 | 2.89 | 2.97 | 2.54 | 2.60 | 3.04 | 4.18 | 2.15 | 2.78 | 13.85 |
| Current ratio | 2.07 | 1.66 | 1.53 | 1.81 | 1.79 | 1.66 | 1.43 | 1.90 | 1.57 | 1.92 |
| Revenue growth | -8.5% | 9.6% | -5.3% | 12.1% | 3.3% | 48.1% | 9.9% | 13.8% | 120.4% | 23.1% |
| EPS growth | -86.0% | 122.1% | -60.1% | 27.3% | 9.3% | 261.9% | -41.5% | -18.5% | 248.4% | 19.4% |