Growth Metrics

Nexstar Media (NXST) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Nexstar Media (NXST) has disclosed Return on Sales for 15 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 28.0% year-over-year to 0.23%, compared with a TTM value of 0.01% through Dec 2025, up 5.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.01%, up 9.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.23% for Q4 2025 at Nexstar Media, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.23% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.51% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.07%, with a median of 0.1% recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales tumbled -53bps in 2024, then increased 28bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.21% in 2021, then plummeted by -43bps to 0.12% in 2022, then crashed by -85bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plummeted by -2986bps to 0.51% in 2024, then soared by 54bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for NXST at 0.23% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.07% in Q2 2025.