Nexstar Broadcasting (NXST)

Communication Services · Broadcasting
$161.45 -0.41% on the day Market cap $4.7B 52-week range $153.17 to $254.30 Prices as of Oct 11, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-10% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $4.7B, Nexstar Broadcasting's free cash flow of $743M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -10% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Nexstar Broadcasting's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-10.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years12.7% a year
Revenue, same period18.1% a year
Price to free cash flow6.4x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from NXST's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability5
Growth9
Financial health3
Cash efficiency7

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Nexstar Broadcasting's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.6B$5.2B$4.9B$5.4B$4.9B
Net income$834M$971M$346M$722M$109M
Free cash flow$1.1B$1.2B$850M$1.1B$743M
EPS (diluted)$18.98$24.16$9.64$21.41$3.00
Operating margin25.3%25.2%14.4%23.5%17.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025. Every breakdown, year by year.

Reportable Broadcast Segment$4.7B93%
Other Segments$346M7%
Corporate (Unallocated)$10M0%

Superinvestors who own NXST

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $77M0.03%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Added $21M0.19%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $15M0.04%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Nexstar Broadcasting's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of NXST in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Nexstar Broadcasting's stock price imply?

At a market value of $4.7B, Nexstar Broadcasting would need its free cash flow to grow about -10% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 13% a year.

Are Nexstar Broadcasting insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of NXST in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Nexstar Broadcasting?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold NXST in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Mario Gabelli, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.