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

Nexstar Media (NXST) Dividends Paid - Common (2012 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's (NXST) quarterly Dividends Paid - Common came in at $56.0 million in Q1 2026, down 1.75% YoY from $57.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.75% on a QoQ basis from $57.0 million in Q4 2025.

Nexstar Media (NXST) Dividends Paid - Common (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nexstar Media (NXST) has 15 years of Dividends Paid - Common data on file, last reported at $56.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common fell 1.75% year-over-year to $56.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $225.0 million (up 2.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $226.0 million, up 3.2% from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common slipped to $56.0 million in Q1 2026, from $57.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Dividends Paid - Common ranged from a high of $57.0 million in Q1 2024 to a low of $34.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $49.1 million and a median of $52.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Dividends Paid - Common.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Dividends Paid - Common jumped 35.29% — and 2026, when it fell 1.75%.
  • Tracing NXST's Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years: stood at $34.0 million in 2022, then soared by 35.29% to $46.0 million in 2023, then grew by 13.04% to $52.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 9.62% to $57.0 million in 2025, then fell by 1.75% to $56.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Dividends Paid - Common figures came in at $56.0 million (Q1 2026), $57.0 million (Q4 2025), and $56.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.70 Bn 5.48 Bn 1.06 Bn 57.00 Mn
2 Newsmax 1.40 Bn 1.35 Bn 23.33 Mn -
3 Gray Media 482.16 Mn 306.16 Mn 270.00 Mn 9.00 Mn
4 iHeartMedia 440.79 Mn 266.35 Mn 576.68 Mn 847,000.00
5 E.W. Scripps 300.67 Mn 287.63 Mn 196.33 Mn -
6 FuboTV 298.77 Mn -153.64 Mn 399.10 Mn -
7 CuriosityStream 164.84 Mn 116.45 Mn 16.93 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 88.37 Mn 86.56 Mn -1.26 Mn -
9 Saga Communications 55.91 Mn 28.06 Mn 20.50 Mn 1.59 Mn
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.55 Mn 30.85 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 57.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2026 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 56.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 56.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 56.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 56.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 56.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 56.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 52.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 52.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 55.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 55.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 55.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 55.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 57.00 Mn