Nexstar Media (NXST) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Nexstar Media (NXST) posted Debt Ratio of 0.67 for Q1 2026, up 14.96% on a QoQ basis from 0.58 in Q4 2025, and up 17.97% year-over-year from 0.57 in Q1 2025.

Nexstar Media (NXST) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nexstar Media's Debt Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.67 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 17.97% year-over-year to 0.67 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.67 (up 17.97% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.58, up 2.66% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.67 for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, up from 0.58 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 1196.2 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.55 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 70.9 and a median of 0.57 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio soared 210453.15% — and 2023, when it plunged 99.95%.
  • Nexstar Media's Debt Ratio stood at 0.55 in 2022, then gained by 3.25% to 0.57 in 2023, then increased by 0.48% to 0.57 in 2024, then advanced by 2.66% to 0.58 in 2025, then grew by 14.96% to 0.67 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NXST's Debt Ratio at 0.67 in Q1 2026, 0.58 in Q4 2025, and 0.57 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.66 Bn 5.23 Bn 785.00 Mn 0.67
2 Newsmax 840.22 Mn 799.79 Mn 21.36 Mn 0.11
3 iHeartMedia 565.51 Mn 430.46 Mn 509.13 Mn 1.03
4 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 0.56
5 E.W. Scripps 268.40 Mn 184.68 Mn 206.07 Mn 0.52
6 FuboTV 251.35 Mn -201.06 Mn 399.10 Mn 0.04
7 CuriosityStream 140.99 Mn 107.64 Mn 11.62 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 83.31 Mn 80.20 Mn -3.44 Mn 0.27
9 Saga Communications 51.99 Mn 21.56 Mn 17.72 Mn 0.03
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.48 Mn 31.05 Mn - 0.77

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.67
Dec 31, 2025 0.58
Sep 30, 2025 0.57
Jun 30, 2025 0.56
Mar 31, 2025 0.57
Dec 31, 2024 0.57
Sep 30, 2024 0.57
Jun 30, 2024 0.57
Mar 31, 2024 0.57
Dec 31, 2023 0.57
Sep 30, 2023 0.57
Jun 30, 2023 0.56
Mar 31, 2023 0.56
Dec 31, 2022 0.55
Sep 30, 2022 1,196.20
Jun 30, 2022 0.56
Mar 31, 2022 0.55
Dec 31, 2021 0.56
Sep 30, 2021 0.57
Jun 30, 2021 0.57