Nexstar Media (NXST) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Nexstar Media (NXST) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $284.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 5.96% year-over-year to $284.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $870.0 million (down 31.87% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $888.0 million, down 28.39% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow climbed to $284.0 million in Q1 2026, from $184.0 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $514.0 million in Q1 2022 to a low of $54.0 million in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of $265.2 million and a median of $232.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow sank 67.13% — and 2024, when it soared 659.26%.
• Tracing NXST's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $71.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 23.94% to $54.0 million in 2023, then soared by 659.26% to $410.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 55.12% to $184.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 54.35% to $284.0 million in 2026.
• The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $284.0 million (Q1 2026), $184.0 million (Q4 2025), and $184.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.