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NXST vs. FOXA, SBGI, WBD, GTN, FWONA, EVC, SALM, BBGI, 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), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (FWONA), Entravision Communications (EVC), Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Paramount Global (PARAA), and Pearson (PSO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Nexstar Media Group vs. Its Competitors

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

FOX currently has a consensus target price of $56.20, suggesting a potential downside of 6.16%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus target price of $220.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.11%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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
FOX$16.30B1.65$2.26B$4.9112.20
Nexstar Media Group$5.41B1.18$722M$19.2610.97

In the previous week, FOX had 5 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for FOX and 29 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. FOX's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Nexstar Media Group's score of 0.71 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
FOX
18 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nexstar Media Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.54 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 3.5%. FOX pays out 11.0% 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.

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
FOX13.88% 18.86% 9.56%
Nexstar Media Group 11.90%28.40%5.52%

FOX has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FOX beats Nexstar Media Group on 11 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$6.37B$16.48B$8.29B$9.84B
Dividend Yield3.54%2.54%3.10%4.07%
P/E Ratio10.9733.6116.6425.74
Price / Sales1.182.934.76115.83
Price / Cash4.1617.1316.8259.48
Price / Book2.862.034.366.15
Net Income$722M-$285.69M$226.22M$265.06M
7 Day Performance13.12%2.75%2.73%2.60%
1 Month Performance17.99%-2.68%2.11%2.83%
1 Year Performance31.57%48.22%20.64%25.58%

Nexstar Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
3.9534 of 5 stars
$211.31
+0.6%
$220.00
+4.1%
+33.0%$6.37B$5.41B10.9713,005Analyst Revision
FOXA
FOX
2.653 of 5 stars
$56.98
+2.6%
$53.53
-6.1%
+53.3%$25.62B$13.98B14.1710,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SBGI
Sinclair
3.5583 of 5 stars
$14.26
+1.1%
$18.50
+29.7%
+16.6%$992.07M$3.55B7.097,200Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.8893 of 5 stars
$12.80
-0.5%
$12.66
-1.1%
+69.3%$31.42B$39.32B-2.9135,000Insider Trade
GTN
Gray Media
4.5343 of 5 stars
$4.48
+0.5%
$6.17
+37.6%
+40.5%$455.20M$3.64B1.949,502Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
FWONA
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A
1.0769 of 5 stars
$88.89
+0.1%
$103.00
+15.9%
+26.1%$22.17B$3.32B-222.236,800Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.9321 of 5 stars
$2.34
+5.2%
N/A+45.1%$212.44M$364.95M-1.431,090
SALM
Salem Media Group
1.2562 of 5 stars
$0.93
+11.5%
N/A+240.8%$22.59M$261.57M-2.721,340Short Interest ↓
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
1.0531 of 5 stars
$4.10
+0.7%
N/AN/A$7.34M$240.29M-0.791,160Earnings Report
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.953 of 5 stars
$18.60
-5.2%
N/AN/A$12.54B$29.21B-619.7924,500Short Interest ↑
PSO
Pearson
3.4899 of 5 stars
$14.94
-0.2%
$18.00
+20.5%
+9.9%$9.76B$4.54B15.8917,116Short Interest ↓
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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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