Nexstar Media Group (NXST) Competitors

FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Is FOXA or NXST a better dividend stock?

FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. FOX pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexstar Media Group pays out 38.6% 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. FOX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Nexstar Media Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Nexstar Media Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend FOXA or NXST?

FOX presently has a consensus target price of $56.20, suggesting a potential downside of 7.58%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus target price of $225.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than FOX.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FOX	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Nexstar Media Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FOXA or NXST?

52.5% of FOX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.8% of FOX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FOXA or NXST?

FOX has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FOXA or NXST more profitable?

FOX has a net margin of 13.88% compared to Nexstar Media Group's net margin of 11.90%. Nexstar Media Group's return on equity of 28.40% beat FOX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FOX	13.88%	18.86%	9.56%
Nexstar Media Group	11.90%	28.40%	5.52%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FOXA or NXST?

FOX has higher revenue and earnings than Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, 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
FOX	$16.30B	1.66	$2.26B	$4.91	12.38
Nexstar Media Group	$5.41B	1.16	$722M	$19.26	10.73

Does the media prefer FOXA or NXST?

In the previous week, FOX had 9 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for FOX and 17 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat FOX's score of 0.83 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
FOX	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nexstar Media Group	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

FOX beats Nexstar Media Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.