Nexstar Media (NXST) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026)
Nexstar Media (NXST) reported EBT Margin of 8.88% for Q2 2026, down 1.70 percentage points from 10.58% a year earlier and down 2.08 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nexstar Media (NXST) EBT Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Nexstar Media's EBT Margin came in at 3.61%, down 12.36 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 3.03%, down 14.71 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of -21.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBT Margin came in at 17.74% in FY2024 (+9.61 pp), 8.13% in FY2023 (-15.23 pp), 23.35% in FY2022 (-0.16 pp) and 23.52% in FY2021 (-1.02 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBT Margin spans a low of -16.60% in Q4 2025 and a high of 29.16% in Q3 2022.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was Q3 2024 (a gain of 16.63 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2025 (a drop of 39.27 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 10.96% (Q1 2026), -16.60% (Q4 2025) and 8.01% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -3.11% |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | 21.87% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 12.64% |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | 11.90% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 16.42% |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 14.44% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Nexstar Media | 4.98 Bn | 3.78 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 8.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.88% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.96% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -16.60% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.01% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.58% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.66% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.86% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.76% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.27% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 8.87% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.34% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 16.48% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 29.16% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 23.94% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.12% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 26.38% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.31% |
API Access
Nexstar Media EBT Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=NXST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "NXST", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=NXST&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();