Nexstar Media Group - NXST Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nexstar Media Group in the last year. There are currently 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" NXST shares.
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5 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Nexstar Media Group's stock. Their NXST share price forecasts range from $200.00 to $246.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $223.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.4% from the stock's current price.
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Nexstar Media Group's stock was trading at $150.98 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NXST stock has increased by 12.6% and is now trading at $170.04.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 8th 2022.
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Nexstar Media Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, November 8th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXST) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The company reported $5.56 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.46 by $0.10. The company earned $1.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. Nexstar Media Group had a net margin of 18.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.36%. The company's revenue was up 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.51 EPS.

Nexstar Media Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Thursday, August 25th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 10th.
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Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.05%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 16.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NXST will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.54% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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173 employees have rated Nexstar Media Group Chief Executive Officer Perry A. Sook on Glassdoor.com. Perry A. Sook has an approval rating of 46% among the company's employees. This puts Perry A. Sook in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Nexstar Media Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NXST."

Nexstar Media Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (6.78%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.65%), Park West Asset Management LLC (2.25%), State Street Corp (1.61%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.37%) and Brown Advisory Inc. (1.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Alford, Blake Russell, Brett Jenkins, Charles Thomas Mcmillen, Dana Zimmer, Dennis Miller, Elizabeth Ryder, Gary Weitman, Gregory R Raifman, John R Muse, Karen A Brophy, Lisbeth Mcnabb, Martin Pompadur, Perry A Sook, Sean Compton, Thomas Carter, Timothy C Busch and William Sally.
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One share of NXST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $170.04.

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) has a market capitalization of $6.87 billion and generates $4.65 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $834.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $21.64 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,473 workers across the globe.

Nexstar Media Group's mailing address is 545 EAST JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY SUITE 700, IRVING TX, 75062. The official website for the company is www.nexstar.tv. The company can be reached via phone at (972) 373-8800, via email at nxst@jcir.com, or via fax at 972-373-8888.