Growth Metrics

Nexstar Media (NXST) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Nexstar Media (NXST) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 15 consecutive years, with $20.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 4.76% year-over-year to $20.0 million, compared with a TTM value of $78.0 million through Dec 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $78.0 million, changed 0.0% over the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation was $20.0 million for Q4 2025 at Nexstar Media, up from $19.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $21.0 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $10.4 million in Q2 2021.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $16.2 million, with a median of $17.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Share-based Compensation dropped 18.42% in 2021, then soared 53.85% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $12.7 million in 2021, then surged by 49.61% to $19.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 15.79% to $16.0 million in 2023, then soared by 31.25% to $21.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 4.76% to $20.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for NXST at $20.0 million in Q4 2025, $19.0 million in Q3 2025, and $21.0 million in Q2 2025.