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NXST vs. FOXA, SBGI, WBD, GTN, EVC, SALM, BBGI, FWONA, PARAA, and PSO

Should you be buying Nexstar Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexstar Media Group include FOX (FOXA), Sinclair (SBGI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Gray Media (GTN), Entravision Communications (EVC), Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (FWONA), Paramount Global (PARAA), and Pearson (PSO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Nexstar Media Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, FOX had 17 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for FOX and 3 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. FOX's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Nexstar Media Group's score of 0.96 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nexstar Media Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FOX
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of FOX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Nexstar Media Group presently has a consensus price target of $205.71, suggesting a potential upside of 8.34%. FOX has a consensus price target of $53.53, suggesting a potential downside of 4.87%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than FOX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nexstar Media Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FOX
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Nexstar Media Group pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX pays out 13.4% 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. Nexstar Media Group has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and FOX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Nexstar Media Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nexstar Media Group$5.41B1.07$722M$19.749.62
FOX$13.98B1.81$1.50B$4.0214.00

Nexstar Media Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to FOX's net margin of 11.58%. Nexstar Media Group's return on equity of 29.21% beat FOX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nexstar Media Group12.21% 29.21% 5.64%
FOX 11.58%17.99%8.99%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NXST vs. The Competition

MetricNexstar Media GroupMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.79B$17.04B$8.31B$9.50B
Dividend Yield4.04%2.59%3.13%4.00%
P/E Ratio9.6241.6521.3619.98
Price / Sales1.073.043.2882.73
Price / Cash3.6517.6716.6758.45
Price / Book2.632.064.765.82
Net Income$722M-$285.69M$215.28M$258.42M
7 Day Performance3.15%2.05%1.67%1.94%
1 Month Performance7.75%12.57%41.84%12.08%
1 Year Performance8.50%49.54%17.67%20.90%

Nexstar Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
3.9767 of 5 stars
$189.87
-1.0%
$205.71
+8.3%
+7.9%$5.79B$5.41B9.6213,005
FOXA
FOX
3.3673 of 5 stars
$55.96
+1.5%
$53.53
-4.3%
+52.3%$25.16B$13.98B13.9210,200Positive News
SBGI
Sinclair
3.8271 of 5 stars
$15.53
+2.9%
$18.50
+19.1%
+3.2%$1.08B$3.53B7.737,200
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.5104 of 5 stars
$12.01
+2.4%
$12.41
+3.4%
+54.4%$29.48B$38.34B-2.7335,000
GTN
Gray Media
4.5258 of 5 stars
$5.65
+5.3%
$6.17
+9.2%
-12.7%$573.19M$3.64B2.449,502
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.5499 of 5 stars
$2.53
+1.0%
N/A+12.3%$229.71M$378.62M-1.551,090Positive News
SALM
Salem Media Group
0.9188 of 5 stars
$0.89
+1.9%
N/A+292.0%$24.09M$261.57M-2.601,340Gap Down
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
N/A$4.16
+1.5%
N/AN/A$7.46M$234.82M-0.801,160
FWONA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A
0.7889 of 5 stars
$92.80
+0.3%
$101.25
+9.1%
+28.0%$23.15B$3.32B-232.006,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.6129 of 5 stars
$23.08
+0.2%
N/A+3.7%$15.56B$29.21B-2.8024,500
PSO
Pearson
3.9149 of 5 stars
$14.32
-0.2%
$18.00
+25.7%
+9.4%$9.47B$3.55B15.2317,116Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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