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Nexstar Media (NXST) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2025)

Nexstar Media (NXST) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 14 consecutive years, with 0.29 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 53.8% year-over-year to 0.29, compared with a TTM value of 0.25 through Dec 2025, up 28.41%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.25, up 28.41% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.29 for Q4 2025 at Nexstar Media, down from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.35 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.07 in Q1 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.19, with a median of 0.18 recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed 179.43% in 2023, then plummeted 59.09% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2021, then grew by 11.32% to 0.11 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 135.43% to 0.26 in 2023, then decreased by 27.24% to 0.19 in 2024, then surged by 53.8% to 0.29 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for NXST at 0.29 in Q4 2025, 0.33 in Q3 2025, and 0.29 in Q2 2025.