Nexstar Media (NXST) Payout Ratio (2013 - 2026)

Nexstar Media (NXST) has reported Payout Ratio for 14 consecutive years, with 0.5 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Payout Ratio fell 18.03% year-over-year to 0.5; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 stood at 5.79 (up 1388.23% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.46, up 687.43% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio advanced to 0.5 in Q2 2026 per NXST's latest filing, from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Payout Ratio topped out at 5.88 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.19 in Q4 2025.
• Historically, Payout Ratio has averaged 0.78 across 5 years, with a median of 0.48 in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Payout Ratio surged 4748.14% in 2023, then tumbled 172.22% in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.45 in 2022, then jumped by 341.18% to 2.0 in 2023, then sank by 86.8% to 0.26 in 2024, then sank by 172.22% to 0.19 in 2025, then soared by 364.6% to 0.5 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.5, 0.35, and 0.19 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.