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

Nexstar Media (NXST) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.02% for Q1 2026, up 27.82% on a QoQ basis from 0.01% in Q4 2025, and little changed year-over-year from 0.02% in Q1 2025.

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

Nexstar Media's Return on Invested Capital history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02% for 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 was 0.02% for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.07% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 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.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Invested Capital reached 3 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 6 bps in 2022.
  • Nexstar Media's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.02% in 2022, then tumbled by 41 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 34 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then retreated by 20 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then gained by 28 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NXST's Return on Invested Capital at 0.02% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Nexstar Media 5.66 Bn 5.23 Bn 785.00 Mn 0.02%
2 Newsmax 840.22 Mn 799.79 Mn 21.36 Mn -
3 iHeartMedia 565.51 Mn 430.46 Mn 509.13 Mn 0.00%
4 Gray Media 389.45 Mn 130.45 Mn 213.00 Mn 0.22%
5 E.W. Scripps 268.40 Mn 184.68 Mn 206.07 Mn 0.01%
6 FuboTV 251.35 Mn -201.06 Mn 399.10 Mn 0.01%
7 CuriosityStream 140.99 Mn 107.64 Mn 11.62 Mn -
8 Mediaco Holding 83.31 Mn 80.20 Mn -3.44 Mn -0.01%
9 Saga Communications 51.99 Mn 21.56 Mn 17.72 Mn -
10 Beasley Broadcast 37.48 Mn 31.05 Mn - -0.03%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 30, 2021 0.06%