WBD vs TV vs NXST Stock Comparison

Warner Bros. Discovery, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B and Nexstar Media Prices as of Oct 6, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
$30.98 +9.7% 1M +62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$77.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$36.12B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
4 wins
TV Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
$2.36 -2.9% 1M -2.1% 1Y
Market cap
$143.89B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.23B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
1 win
NXST Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
$167.34 +1.1% 1M -12.5% 1Y
Market cap
$5.04B
P/E
26.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.88B
Div. yield
0.04%
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Nexstar Media leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Nexstar Media 5, Warner Bros. Discovery 4, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWBDTVNXSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $77.70B $143.89B $5.04B TV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -24.6x -291.7x 26.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.1x 5.1x NXST
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -6.1% +5.5% +10.5% NXST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -8.8% -15.3% 3.2% NXST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.6% 2.9% 5.8% NXST
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 7.5x 64.6x 8.3x WBD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +62.4% -2.1% -12.5% WBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.2%/yr -26.9%/yr +2.0%/yr WBD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.7% 39.1% 36.6% WBD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 33/100 50/100 NXST

Percentile Scorecard

WBDTVNXST

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

AxisWBDTVNXST
Valuation 23 #42 of 54 4 #47 of 49 68 #18 of 54
Growth 25 #34 of 45 20 #37 of 46 30 #32 of 45
Profitability 36 #28 of 43 33 #31 of 46 74 #12 of 43
Financial Health 41 #37 of 62 76 #13 of 50 36 #40 of 62
Shareholder Returns – – 44 #15 of 26
Overall 31 33 50
  • WBD ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media
  • TV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • NXST ranked among 63 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodWBDTVNXSTSPY
1 month +9.7%-2.9%+1.1% -1.0%
3 months +18.6%-14.5%-8.7% +2.9%
6 months +13.2%-23.4%-17.9% +6.4%
Year to date +7.5%-18.9%-17.6% +11.4%
1 year +62.4%-2.1%-12.5% +13.1%
3 years +201.4%-1.3%+18.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year +44.5%-0.4%+5.9% +21.5%
5 years +17.1%-79.1%+10.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.2%-26.9%+2.0% +10.9%
10 years +11.3%-90.9%+221.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +1.1%-21.4%+12.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureWBDTVNXSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.7%39.1%36.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 18.6%39.3%37.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.500.730.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.34-0.05-0.34 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.5%-86.3%-39.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-31.4%-34.0% -2.5%
52-week high $30.98$3.44$253.64 $779.14
52-week low $17.10$2.21$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.

MultipleWBDTVNXST
P/E now vs peer median -24.6xmedian 18.8x -300.0xmedian 11.6x 27.3xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 0.7x 45.5xmedian 1.1x 0.9xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.0xmedian 11.1x 4,188xmedian 6.9x 12.0xmedian 11.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.6xmedian 9.4x —median 5.6x 6.9xmedian 9.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 1.6x 23.0xmedian 1.3x 2.3xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median -1.04median 0.44 9.75median 0.24 -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 monthsWBDTVNXST
Revenue $36.12B $3.23B $5.88B
Gross profit $17.06B $1.78B $3.21B
Operating income -$1.27B $307.39M $1.04B
Net income -$3.15B -$116.03M $168.00M
Free cash flow $2.18B – $743.00M
EPS (diluted) $-1.23 $-0.01 $6.08
Cash & equivalents $3.37B $1.70B $218.00M
Total debt $32.02B $14.34B $36.59B
Shares (diluted) 2.58B 68.12B 30.91M
Enterprise value $63.36B $135.62B $3.87B

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
MetricWBDTVNXST
P/E -24.6x -300.0x 27.3x
P/FCF 35.6x – 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 22.7x – 5.8x
P/S 2.2x 45.5x 0.9x
P/B 2.3x 23.0x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 9.6x 29.5x -1.8x
EV/EBITDA 28.0x 4,188x 12.0x
EV/EBIT -83.6x 485.2x 16.0x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 46.2x 2.8x
EV/FCF 48.8x – 22.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.1x – 18.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.04 9.75 -0.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWBDTVNXST
Revenue growth (1Y) -6.1% 5.5% 10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.8% -11.8% 3.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.6% -37.1% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.2% -18.9% 0.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -675.6% 255.7% -11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.8% 5.3% 0.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -595.1% 68.3% -71.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 22.3% -27.1% -35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -500.2% -18.4% -70.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.6% -30.8% -31.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -32.9% – -35.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.7% – -11.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -46.4% – -40.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -10.9% – -12.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWBDTVNXST
Gross margin 47.2% 55.2% 54.6%
EBITDA margin 10.5% 1.1% 23.7%
Operating margin -3.5% 9.5% 17.8%
Pretax margin -10.4% 8.3% 3.6%
Net margin -8.8% -15.3% 3.2%
FCF margin 6.0% – 12.6%
Operating cash flow margin 9.5% – 15.2%
Return on equity -9.3% -1.9% 8.3%
Return on assets -3.2% -0.9% 1.0%
Return on invested capital -1.6% 2.9% 5.8%
Return on capital employed -1.6% 2.7% 6.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.1x – 5.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% – 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWBDTVNXST
Debt / assets 32.9% 34.8% 66.3%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.7x 5.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 7.5x 64.6x 8.3x
Debt / FCF 14.7x – 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 65.0% 52.7% 87.2%
Equity / assets 35.0% 47.3% 12.8%
Interest coverage -0.6x 0.7x 2.1x
Current ratio 0.8x 2.4x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.8x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.5x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.82 13.50 1.07

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWBDTVNXST
Dividend yield – – 4.4%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 4.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 134.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 30.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 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.

ConsensusWBDTVNXST
Forward P/E – 13.1xFY2026 5.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.08FY2026 $0.18FY2026 $32.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -472.4%FY2026 – +997.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +38.9% -45.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $34.48BFY2026 $3.07BFY2026 $8.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.6%FY2026 -9.0%FY2026 +68.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.6% -4.0% -4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWBDTVNXST
Held by institutions 77.8% 0.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,319 106 486
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.9% -4.9% +4.0%
Institutions buying 628 44 220
Institutions selling 436 33 181
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.33 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.

WBDTVNXST
WBD 1.00 0.13 0.15
TV 0.13 1.00 0.15
NXST 0.15 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WBD, TV and NXST?

Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) $77.70B, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) $143.89B, Nexstar Media (NXST) $5.04B.

Which company is growing faster?

Nexstar Media (NXST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -6.1%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) +5.5%, Nexstar Media (NXST) +10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nexstar Media (NXST) has the highest net margin (Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -8.8%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -15.3%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 3.2%). On return on invested capital, Nexstar Media (NXST) leads (Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -1.6%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 2.9%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 5.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) returned the most: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +62.4%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -2.1%, Nexstar Media (NXST) -12.5%. Over five years, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) compounded fastest (Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +3.2%/yr, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) -26.9%/yr, Nexstar Media (NXST) +2.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 0.00%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 0.00%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 0.04%. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has been the steadiest (Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 26.7%, Grupo Televisa, S.A.B (TV) 39.1%, Nexstar Media (NXST) 36.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WBD, TV 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, Nexstar Media (NXST) leads on 5. 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.