Growth Metrics

Nexstar Media (NXST) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nexstar Media's FCF Margin history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 13.89% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin fell 2068.0% year-over-year to 13.89%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 17.6%, down 540.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 17.6%, 539.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 13.89% in Q4 2025 per NXST's latest filing, up from 9.85% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 42.48% in Q1 2022 to a low of 4.77% in Q4 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 22.08%, with a median of 20.71% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: plummeted -2954bps in 2022, then surged 1639bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 34.32% in 2021, then crashed by -86bps to 4.77% in 2022, then surged by 343bps to 21.17% in 2023, then soared by 63bps to 34.57% in 2024, then tumbled by -60bps to 13.89% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NXST's FCF Margin are 13.89% (Q4 2025), 9.85% (Q3 2025), and 20.26% (Q2 2025).