Nexstar Media (NXST) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.2 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 4.47% year-over-year to 0.2 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.26 (up 50.8% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.25, up 44.1% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.2 for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, down from 0.31 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.85 in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.07 in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of 0.26 and a median of 0.22 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 309.74% — and 2024, when it tumbled 85.11%.
• Nexstar Media's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2022, then jumped by 77.89% to 0.85 in 2023, then tumbled by 85.11% to 0.13 in 2024, then soared by 144.25% to 0.31 in 2025, then plunged by 36.35% to 0.2 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NXST's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.2 in Q1 2026, 0.31 in Q4 2025, and 0.3 in Q3 2025.