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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. Pending approval, Nexstar's merger with Tegna would bring Nexstar's station total to 259 in 133 markets, reaching 80% of the US population. Nexstar also owns NewsNation (formerly WGN), 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 March 20, 2026, NXST stock price climbed to $226.81 with 1,364,721 million shares trading.
NXST has a beta of 0.81, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. NXST has a correlation of 0.22 to the broad based SPY ETF.
NXST has a market cap of $6.88 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Nexstar Media Group reported $1 billion in Revenue and $6.93 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $39 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $3.20.
In the last 3 years, NXST traded as high as $254.30 and as low as $132.30.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that NXST belongs to (by Net Assets): SCHD, VTI, IJH, VB, DVY.
NXST has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +32.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +16.6%. In the last 3 month period, NXST beat the market returning +13.2%, while SPY returned -4.4%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks NXST has underperformed the stock market by returning -8.5%, while SPY returned -3.3%.
NXST support price is $217.16 and resistance is $228.94 (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.
