Nexstar Media NXST
NASDAQ NXST
$186.14 -1.15 (-0.61%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Nexstar Media's (NXST) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.02% in Q1 2026, little changed YoY from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and up 27.82% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q4 2025.

Nexstar Media (NXST) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nexstar Media (NXST) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.02% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.02% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.02% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.06%, down 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital climbed to 0.02% in Q1 2026, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.07% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.02% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Invested Capital: up 3 bps in 2022, down 6 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing NXST's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.02% in 2022, then sank by 41 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then jumped by 34 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then declined by 20 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then increased by 28 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.70 Bn 5.48 Bn 1.06 Bn 0.00%
2 Newsmax 1.40 Bn 1.35 Bn 23.33 Mn -0.06%
3 Gray Media 482.16 Mn 306.16 Mn 270.00 Mn 0.84%
4 iHeartMedia 440.79 Mn 266.35 Mn 576.68 Mn 0.00%
5 E.W. Scripps 300.67 Mn 287.63 Mn 196.33 Mn -0.17%
6 FuboTV 298.77 Mn -153.64 Mn 399.10 Mn -
7 CuriosityStream 164.84 Mn 116.45 Mn 16.93 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 88.37 Mn 86.56 Mn -1.26 Mn 0.00%
9 Saga Communications 55.91 Mn 28.06 Mn 20.50 Mn -
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.55 Mn 30.85 Mn - 0.02%

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 0.00%
Mar 31, 2026 0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.02%
Dec 31, 2022 0.02%
Sep 30, 2022 0.04%
Jun 30, 2022 0.06%
Mar 31, 2022 0.07%
Dec 31, 2021 0.08%
Sep 30, 2021 0.06%