Nexstar Media Group (NXST) closed at $187.97 on November 5, 2026, up 1.5% from the previous close, on volume of 798,573 shares (30-day average 315,171).
Data as of November 5, 2026.
5-Nov-2026
Nexstar Media Group Earnings Call Signals Record Growth
TipRanks (Thu, 5-Nov 7:11 PM ET)
TipRanks (Thu, 5-Nov 4:51 PM ET)
Nexstar Media GAAP EPS of $7.92 beats by $0.07, revenue of $2.13B beats by $60M
Seeking Alpha News (Thu, 5-Nov 7:15 AM ET)
Nexstar Media Group Reports Record Quarterly Net Revenue of $2.1 Billion
Business Wire (Thu, 5-Nov 7:00 AM ET)
Here are the major earnings before the open Thursday
Seeking Alpha News (Wed, 4-Nov 6:00 PM ET)
Nexstar Media Q3 2026 Earnings Preview
Seeking Alpha News (Wed, 4-Nov 2:05 PM ET)
Nexstar Media Group Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $1.86 Per Share
Business Wire (Fri, 30-Oct 7:00 AM ET)
Business Wire (Thu, 29-Oct 1:00 PM ET)
TEGNA Taps Brian Gregory to lead North Carolina Stations WCNC and WFMY
Globe Newswire (Wed, 28-Oct 10:30 AM ET)
TEGNA Recruits Seasoned Television Executive Mellynda Hartel to Lead Florida Stations
Globe Newswire (Mon, 26-Oct 1:30 PM ET)
Nexstar is the largest television station owner-operator in the United States with over 200 stations in 116 markets, reaching 220 million people. Of its 200 stations, 155 are affiliated with the four national broadcast networks: CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC. Assuming its merger with Tegna is affirmed, Nexstar's station total would exceed 259 and reach 80% of the US population. Nexstar also owns NewsNation (formerly WGN America), a cable news network, 75% of the fifth national broadcaster, The CW, and a 31% stake in Food Network and Cooking Channel.
Nexstar Media Group trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol NXST.
As of November 5, 2026, NXST stock price climbed to $187.97 with 798,573 million shares trading.
NXST has a beta of 0.08, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. NXST has a correlation of 0.00 to the broad based SPY ETF.
NXST has a market cap of $5.79 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Nexstar Media Group reported $2 billion in Revenue and $3.61 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $13 million and missed earnings estimates by -$3.67.
In the last 3 years, NXST traded as high as $254.30 and as low as $140.92.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that NXST belongs to (by Net Assets): IJH, SCHD, VTI, VB, DVY.
NXST has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -1.5%, while SPY returned +9.7%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in NXST shares. However, NXST has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning -3.3% and +14.0%, while SPY returned -4.7% and -5.2%, respectively. This indicates NXST has been having a stronger performance recently.
NXST support price is $180.98 and resistance is $189.26 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that NXST shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
