Nexstar Media NXST
NASDAQ NXST
$186.14 -1.15 (-0.61%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Nexstar Media (NXST) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's (NXST) quarterly Cost of Revenue came in at $611.0 million in Q1 2026, up 10.89% YoY from $551.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 72.65% on a QoQ basis from $2.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Nexstar Media (NXST) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nexstar Media (NXST) has 16 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $611.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cost of Revenue rose 10.89% year-over-year to $611.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.4 billion (up 104.75% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.2 billion, up 0.63% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue declined to $611.0 million in Q1 2026, from $2.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cost of Revenue ranged from a high of $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.0 million in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $574.7 million and a median of $538.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Cost of Revenue.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Cost of Revenue slumped 99.81% — and 2025, when it jumped 300.36%.
  • Tracing NXST's Cost of Revenue over 5 years: stood at $502.0 million in 2022, then gained by 7.57% to $540.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 3.33% to $558.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 300.36% to $2.2 billion in 2025, then plunged by 72.65% to $611.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $611.0 million (Q1 2026), $2.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.70 Bn 5.48 Bn 1.06 Bn 929.00 Mn
2 Newsmax 1.40 Bn 1.35 Bn 23.33 Mn 30.01 Mn
3 Gray Media 482.16 Mn 306.16 Mn 270.00 Mn 569.00 Mn
4 iHeartMedia 440.79 Mn 266.35 Mn 576.68 Mn 400.56 Mn
5 E.W. Scripps 300.67 Mn 287.63 Mn 196.33 Mn 294.07 Mn
6 FuboTV 298.77 Mn -153.64 Mn 399.10 Mn -23.86 Mn
7 CuriosityStream 164.84 Mn 116.45 Mn 16.93 Mn 6.31 Mn
8 Mediaco Holding 88.37 Mn 86.56 Mn -1.26 Mn 35.23 Mn
9 Saga Communications 55.91 Mn 28.06 Mn 20.50 Mn 5.91 Mn
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.55 Mn 30.85 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 929.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2026 929.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 611.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 611.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.23 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 557.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 557.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 551.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 551.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 558.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 558.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 552.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 552.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 548.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 548.00 Mn