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

Nexstar Media's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.32 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 214.76% year-over-year to 0.32; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.26, up 47.27%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.26, 47.27% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.32 in Q4 2025 per NXST's latest filing, down from 0.47 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.48 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.07 in Q4 2021.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.22, with a median of 0.18 recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 618.14% in 2022, then tumbled 65.2% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.07 in 2021, then surged by 618.14% to 0.48 in 2022, then plummeted by 65.2% to 0.17 in 2023, then crashed by 39.3% to 0.1 in 2024, then surged by 214.76% to 0.32 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NXST's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.32 (Q4 2025), 0.47 (Q3 2025), and 0.22 (Q2 2025).