Nexstar Media (NXST) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 11.54% year-over-year to $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.2 billion (up 1.76% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.1 billion, down 0.94% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $1.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, up from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.2 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $881.0 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $1.0 billion and a median of $1.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses climbed 29.52% — and 2023, when it declined 10.06%.
• Nexstar Media's Operating Expenses stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then retreated by 10.06% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then fell by 0.28% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then decreased by 2.15% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then increased by 8.02% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NXST's Operating Expenses at $1.1 billion in Q1 2026, $1.0 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.0 billion in Q3 2025.