Nexstar Media (NXST) Share-based Compensation (2011 - 2026)

Nexstar Media's Share-based Compensation history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $18.0 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Share-based Compensation changed 0.0% year-over-year to $18.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.0 million (down 98.65% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $95.0 million, up 21.79% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation was $18.0 million for Q1 2026 at Nexstar Media, up from -$41.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $30.0 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$41.0 million in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of $11.8 million and a median of $17.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Share-based Compensation tumbled 385.71% — and 2023, when it jumped 250.0%.
• Nexstar Media's Share-based Compensation stood at $7.0 million in 2022, then soared by 42.86% to $10.0 million in 2023, then surged by 110.0% to $21.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 295.24% to -$41.0 million in 2025, then soared by 143.9% to $18.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows NXST's Share-based Compensation at $18.0 million in Q1 2026, -$41.0 million in Q4 2025, and $26.0 million in Q3 2025.