NXST Nexstar Media Groupdata gap · 84% coverage
Communication Services · Broadcasting · close $164.59 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Nexstar Media Group (NXST) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 45/100 (grade D), ranking #29 of 31 in Communication Services. Its strongest pillars are cash flow (67) and profitability (54); its weakest is balance sheet (25). Data gap: 3 factors without usable data, so 84% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 10.5% and operating margin 17.8%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: Consensus score (1–5), 90-day net rating shift, 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 84% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · no data · —| Consensus score (1–5) (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
| 90-day net rating shift (0.0%)data gap | derived | — |
Growth
weight 30.83% (→33.3%) · 46| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | 10.5% | 46 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (13.3%) | -72.5% | 21 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.7%) | 49.0% | 96 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 54| Operating margin (20.0%) | 17.8% | 54 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% (→20.0%) · 25| Net debt / EBITDA (10.7%) | 7.61× | 4 |
| Current ratio (5.3%) | 1.56 | 57 |
| Interest coverage (4.0%) | 2.75× | 38 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 67| FCF margin (6.7%) | 15.0% | 41 |
| FCF yield (6.7%) | 14.7% | 92 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% (→13.3%) · 40| P/E (inverted) (6.7%) | 31.23× | 22 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.7%) | 2.82× | 58 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 50.6 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 161.85 / 162.97 |
| 200-day SMA | 194.42 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 0.80× |
| 20-day return | 1.4% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: net debt/EBITDA above 4×
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseOperating · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is NXST's House Rating?
- NXST scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #29 of 31 Communication Services stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about NXST?
- We do not have enough analyst-sentiment data to score this stock.
- When does NXST report earnings next?
- NXST's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-11-05 (window 2026-11-02 to 2026-11-08), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is NXST a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology