Nexstar Media Group (NXST) Competitors $202.95 -1.65 (-0.81%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$202.84 -0.11 (-0.05%) As of 04:11 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock NXST vs. FOXA, SBGI, WBD, GTN, FWONA, EVC, SALM, BBGI, FWONK, and PARAAShould 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), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), and Paramount Global (PARAA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector. Nexstar Media Group vs. Its Competitors FOX Sinclair Warner Bros. Discovery Gray Media Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A Entravision Communications Salem Media Group Beasley Broadcast Group Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C Paramount Global Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) and FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation. Do analysts prefer NXST or FOXA? Nexstar Media Group presently has a consensus price target of $225.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.86%. FOX has a consensus price target of $56.47, indicating a potential downside of 1.75%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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) 1 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86FOX 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.44 Is NXST or FOXA 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 Nexstar Media Group11.90% 28.40% 5.52% FOX 13.88%18.86%9.56% Is NXST or FOXA a better dividend stock? Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Nexstar Media Group pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FOX pays out 11.4% 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. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NXST or FOXA? 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of FOX shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of FOX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, NXST or FOXA? Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FOX has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation and earnings, NXST or FOXA? 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 RatioNexstar Media Group$5.41B1.14$722M$19.2610.54FOX$16.30B1.57$2.26B$4.9111.70 Does the media refer more to NXST or FOXA? In the previous week, FOX had 23 more articles in the media than Nexstar Media Group. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for FOX and 12 mentions for Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat FOX's score of 1.10 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Nexstar Media Group 10 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive FOX 20 Very Positive mention(s) 7 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryFOX beats Nexstar Media Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Nexstar Media Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NXST and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart NXST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNexstar Media GroupMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$6.15B$16.45B$8.35B$10.26BDividend Yield3.60%2.71%3.01%4.60%P/E Ratio10.5435.7018.4726.53Price / Sales1.143.155.15165.78Price / Cash4.1019.8414.9729.90Price / Book2.812.115.086.32Net Income$722M$446.33M$255.59M$270.12M7 Day Performance0.14%2.60%1.46%2.12%1 Month Performance-1.65%3.72%18.45%6.31%1 Year Performance21.93%41.36%51.52%25.51% Nexstar Media Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NXSTNexstar Media Group4.7517 of 5 stars$202.95-0.8%$225.00+10.9%+22.5%$6.15B$5.41B10.5413,005Positive NewsFOXAFOX1.9934 of 5 stars$62.48+1.6%$56.47-9.6%+48.2%$27.40B$16.30B12.7310,400Positive NewsSBGISinclair4.2571 of 5 stars$13.93+0.7%$18.30+31.4%+1.1%$963.92M$3.48B16.787,200WBDWarner Bros. Discovery2.479 of 5 stars$12.35+2.0%$13.14+6.4%+129.2%$29.98B$39.32B41.1735,000Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGap DownGTNGray Media4.7867 of 5 stars$6.21+1.4%$6.88+10.8%+11.9%$624.77M$3.64B4.119,502FWONALiberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A1.9792 of 5 stars$92.20+1.9%$103.00+11.7%+28.3%$22.58B$3.32B90.396,800Positive NewsEVCEntravision Communications2.0943 of 5 stars$2.49+0.2%N/A+28.8%$225.62M$396.70M-1.881,090SALMSalem Media Group0.378 of 5 stars$0.85-0.2%N/A+227.7%$25.13M$261.57M-2.501,340BBGIBeasley Broadcast Group1.4019 of 5 stars$4.72+2.3%N/AN/A$8.48M$227.39M-0.931,160FWONKLiberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C2.9098 of 5 stars$101.84+1.1%$111.22+9.2%+31.2%$22.53B$3.32B99.846,800News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst DowngradePARAAParamount GlobalN/A$16.91flatN/AN/A$11.40B$29.21B-563.4824,500News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies FOX Competitors Sinclair Competitors Warner Bros. 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