FOXA vs DIS vs NXST Stock Comparison

Fox, Walt Disney and Nexstar Media Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FOXA Fox Corp
$64.53 +2.3% 1M +5.3% 1Y
Market cap
$27.35B
P/E
16.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
6 wins
DIS Walt Disney Co
$110.24 +3.9% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$189.79B
P/E
22.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.86B
Div. yield
0.01%
Film and Television Communication Services
3 wins
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
$166.26 +2.6% 1M -12.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.06B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.88B
Div. yield
0.04%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Fox leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Fox 6, Walt Disney 3, Nexstar Media 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFOXADISNXSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.35B $189.79B $5.06B DIS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.2x 22.1x 26.9x FOXA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.4x 14.9x 5.0x NXST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +4.6% +10.5% NXST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.8% 8.7% 3.2% FOXA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.6% -18.0% 5.8% FOXA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x -1.2x 8.3x DIS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.04% NXST
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.3% -1.9% -12.8% FOXA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.6%/yr -8.3%/yr +2.1%/yr FOXA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.4% 27.2% 36.6% DIS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 57/100 50/100 FOXA

Percentile Scorecard

FOXADISNXST

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFOXADISNXST
Valuation 52 #26 of 53 41 #73 of 123 65 #19 of 53
Growth 40 #27 of 44 60 #43 of 107 28 #32 of 44
Profitability 88 #6 of 42 39 #65 of 105 73 #12 of 42
Financial Health 82 #12 of 61 63 #49 of 131 37 #39 of 61
Shareholder Returns 68 #9 of 26 81 #15 of 74 48 #14 of 26
Overall 66 57 50
  • FOXA ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media
  • DIS ranked among 134 companies in Communication Services
  • NXST ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFOXADISNXSTSPY
1 month +2.3%+3.9%+2.6% -0.2%
3 months +11.8%+11.5%-14.2% +3.9%
6 months +2.2%+8.6%-18.6% +8.2%
Year to date -11.7%-3.1%-18.1% +12.9%
1 year +5.3%-1.9%-12.8% +12.3%
3 years +119.2%+39.0%+22.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year +29.9%+11.6%+7.1% +23.3%
5 years +58.3%-35.0%+10.9% +67.9%
5 years, per year +9.6%-8.3%+2.1% +10.9%
10 years —+17.3%+243.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+1.6%+13.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFOXADISNXSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.4%27.2%36.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.5%27.6%37.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.030.620.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.15-0.07-0.35 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.0%-55.2%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.2%-5.5%-34.5% -1.2%
52-week high $76.11$116.65$253.64 $779.14
52-week low $48.79$92.42$154.70 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFOXADISNXST
P/E now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 18.4x 22.3xmedian 16.8x 27.1xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 0.6x 1.9xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.2xmedian 10.5x -6.6xmedian 9.7x 11.9xmedian 10.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.9xmedian 9.0x 23.0xmedian 9.2x 6.9xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.91median 0.44 0.38median 0.29 -0.85median 0.44

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFOXADISNXST
Revenue $17.13B $98.86B $5.88B
Gross profit – $43.29B $3.21B
Operating income – -$40.54B $1.04B
Net income $1.73B $9.24B $168.00M
Free cash flow $1.47B $8.29B $743.00M
EPS (diluted) $3.84 $4.93 $6.08
Cash & equivalents $4.21B $5.19B $218.00M
Total debt $6.61B $46.04B $11.74B
Shares (diluted) 439.00M 1.74B 30.91M
Enterprise value $13.16B $167.55B $3.89B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFOXADISNXST
P/E 16.5x 22.3x 27.1x
P/FCF 18.9x 23.0x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 14.1x 11.2x 5.7x
P/S 1.6x 1.9x 0.9x
P/B 2.4x 1.6x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 3.1x 1.8x -1.8x
EV/EBITDA 11.2x -6.6x 11.9x
EV/EBIT 13.3x -5.7x 15.9x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 2.3x 2.8x
EV/FCF 20.6x 27.9x 22.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.3x 13.6x 18.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.91 0.38 -0.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFOXADISNXST
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 4.6% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.7% 4.0% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -6.5% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 14.6% 0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -18.3% -11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 7.7% 0.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -24.7% -26.4% -71.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.3% 46.3% -35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -21.8% -22.9% -70.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.0% 58.8% -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -40.7% -11.3% -35.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 30.8% -11.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -51.0% -28.2% -40.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 42.8% -12.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFOXADISNXST
Gross margin – 43.8% 54.6%
EBITDA margin 15.7% -35.4% 23.7%
Operating margin – -41.0% 17.8%
Pretax margin 13.3% 12.9% 3.6%
Net margin 9.8% 8.7% 3.2%
FCF margin 8.6% 8.4% 12.6%
Operating cash flow margin 11.5% 17.2% 15.2%
Return on equity 15.1% 8.0% 8.3%
Return on assets 7.8% 4.5% 1.0%
Return on invested capital 9.6% -18.0% 5.8%
Return on capital employed 11.7% -23.9% 6.3%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.8x 5.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.5% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFOXADISNXST
Debt / assets 29.4% 22.5% 66.3%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 5.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x -1.2x 8.3x
Debt / FCF 4.5x 5.6x 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 47.8% 42.9% 87.2%
Equity / assets 52.2% 57.1% 12.8%
Interest coverage – – 2.1x
Current ratio 3.2x 0.7x 1.6x
Quick ratio 2.9x 0.6x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.6x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.23 1.51 1.07

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFOXADISNXST
Dividend yield 0.9% 1.4% 4.5%
Net buyback yield 7.2% 4.3% –
Shareholder yield 8.1% 5.7% 4.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 18.6% 134.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 20.7% 30.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 109.9% 2.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 10.6%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFOXADISNXST
Forward P/E 11.4xFY2027 14.9xFY2026 5.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.66FY2027 $7.38FY2026 $32.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.4%FY2027 +24.5%FY2026 +998.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.2% -2.6% -45.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $16.94BFY2027 $95.51BFY2026 $8.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.1%FY2027 +1.2%FY2026 +68.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.9% +14.2% -4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFOXADISNXST
Held by institutions 100.0% 75.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 744 2,942 486
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.3% +1.8% +4.0%
Institutions buying 374 1,211 220
Institutions selling 273 1,369 181
Buyers to sellers 1.37 0.88 1.22

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FOXADISNXST
FOXA 1.00 0.28 0.28
DIS 0.28 1.00 0.25
NXST 0.28 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FOXA, DIS and NXST?

Walt Disney (DIS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fox (FOXA) $27.35B, Walt Disney (DIS) $189.79B, Nexstar Media (NXST) $5.06B.

Which stock is cheaper, FOXA, DIS and NXST?

Fox (FOXA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fox (FOXA) 16.2x, Walt Disney (DIS) 22.1x, Nexstar Media (NXST) 26.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nexstar Media (NXST) is cheapest (Fox (FOXA) 11.4x, Walt Disney (DIS) 14.9x, Nexstar Media (NXST) 5.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nexstar Media (NXST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fox (FOXA) +5.1%, Walt Disney (DIS) +4.6%, Nexstar Media (NXST) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fox (FOXA) has the highest net margin (Fox (FOXA) 9.8%, Walt Disney (DIS) 8.7%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 3.2%). On return on invested capital, Fox (FOXA) leads (Fox (FOXA) 9.6%, Walt Disney (DIS) -18.0%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fox (FOXA) returned the most: Fox (FOXA) +5.3%, Walt Disney (DIS) -1.9%, Nexstar Media (NXST) -12.8%. Over five years, Fox (FOXA) compounded fastest (Fox (FOXA) +9.6%/yr, Walt Disney (DIS) -8.3%/yr, Nexstar Media (NXST) +2.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nexstar Media (NXST) has the highest dividend yield: Fox (FOXA) 0.00%, Walt Disney (DIS) 0.01%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 0.04%. Fox (FOXA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Walt Disney (DIS) has been the steadiest (Fox (FOXA) 36.4%, Walt Disney (DIS) 27.2%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 36.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FOXA, DIS and NXST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fox (FOXA) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.