Nexstar Media Group (NXST) Competitors

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) and Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TGNA or NXST?

TEGNA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nexstar Media Group. TEGNA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexstar Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TEGNA	$2.91B	0.90	$476.72M	$2.86	5.43
Nexstar Media Group	$4.93B	1.16	$346M	$11.82	14.74

Does the media favor TGNA or NXST?

In the previous week, TEGNA had 12 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for TEGNA and 21 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. TEGNA's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Nexstar Media Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TEGNA	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nexstar Media Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TGNA or NXST?

TEGNA has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TGNA or NXST?

Nexstar Media Group received 64 more outperform votes than TEGNA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.37% of users gave Nexstar Media Group an outperform vote while only 62.78% of users gave TEGNA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TEGNA	Outperform Votes 452 62.78%	Underperform Votes 268 37.22%
Nexstar Media Group	Outperform Votes 516 71.37%	Underperform Votes 207 28.63%

Do analysts recommend TGNA or NXST?

TEGNA currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.54%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus target price of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.25%. Given TEGNA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than TEGNA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TEGNA	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Nexstar Media Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TGNA or NXST?

92.2% of TEGNA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TEGNA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TGNA or NXST more profitable?

TEGNA has a net margin of 19.48% compared to TEGNA's net margin of 8.29%. TEGNA's return on equity of 17.18% beat Nexstar Media Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TEGNA	19.48%	11.86%	4.74%
Nexstar Media Group	8.29%	17.18%	3.40%

Is TGNA or NXST a better dividend stock?

TEGNA pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $6.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. TEGNA pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexstar Media Group pays out 57.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TEGNA has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Nexstar Media Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Nexstar Media Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats TEGNA on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.