Nexstar Media (NXST) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's Return on Capital Employed history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 6.79% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 460.0% year-over-year to 6.79% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.79% (down 460.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.13%, down 341.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed was 6.79% for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, down from 8.22% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 24.22% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 6.38% in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 10.84% and a median of 9.8% in 2022 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed soared 1719 bps — and 2023, when it sank 1772 bps.
• Nexstar Media's Return on Capital Employed stood at 24.09% in 2022, then sank by 74 bps to 6.38% in 2023, then jumped by 84 bps to 11.73% in 2024, then slipped by 30 bps to 8.22% in 2025, then declined by 17 bps to 6.79% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NXST's Return on Capital Employed at 6.79% in Q1 2026, 8.22% in Q4 2025, and 9.72% in Q3 2025.