NXST — Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc

Founder-Led

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates NXST Bearish with a Setup Score of 33, net conviction 18, actionability 62. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score33
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction18
Actionability62 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. operates as a diversified media company that produces and distributes local and national news, sports, and entertainment contents on the television and digital platforms in the United States. It owns, operates, programs, or provides sales and other services to power television and radio stations; and provides television programming services. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$174.05
Market Cap$5.39B
Float28.3M
Shares Outstanding30.5M
P/E (Forward)5.03
P/E (TTM)37.34
Price/Sales (TTM)1.06
vs. Analyst Target+44.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin3.23%
Operating Margin (TTM)22.21%
Revenue (TTM)$5.11B
Earnings Growth (YoY)51.00%
Dividend Rate7.4%
Analyst Target Price$251.63 (10 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $4.50B $812M $2.78B $2.00B
2021 $4.65B $834M $2.79B $1.97B
2022 $5.21B $971M $3.21B $2.22B
2023 $4.93B $346M $2.81B $1.79B
2024 $5.41B $722M $3.19B $2.21B
2025 $4.95B $109M $1.93B $1.31B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $1.23B $97.0M
Sep 2025 $1.20B $70.0M
Dec 2025 $1.29B -$166M
Mar 2026 $1.40B $164M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership6.7%
Institutional Ownership100.7%
Short Float6.4%
% of All Funds Holding5.75%
Number of Funds Holding473

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$180.51Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$200.36Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$187.29Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$175.09Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$197.44Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$185.82Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$175.36Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$248.00 resistance 1.41x 3 months ago
$150.00 support 1.24x 13 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (90 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.28% 0.00% 48.89% 17.80% -6.72%
1 Day -0.47% -0.15% 46.67% 11.56% -13.56%
1 Week 0.27% 0.46% 53.33% 23.48% -48.31%
2 Weeks 1.47% 1.26% 53.33% 95.00% -40.68%
1 Month 3.02% 1.92% 53.93% 129.29% -44.92%

Next earnings: August 6, 2026 (25 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan4.4%56.5%23
Feb4.1%43.5%23
Mar-0.6%56.5%23
Apr5.2%60.9%23
May1.1%56.5%23
Jun-1.4%56.5%23
Jul0.5%63.6%22
Aug10.7%50.0%22
Sep2.1%54.5%22
Oct-3.9%36.4%22
Nov5.0%59.1%22
Dec4.4%73.9%23

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.02% 49.1% 1065
Tuesday 0.18% 49.6% 1168
Wednesday 0.23% 49.3% 1169
Thursday 0.08% 50.5% 1144
Friday 0.10% 50.5% 1139

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 100.7%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 6.7%

Founder-led management: Perry A. Sook (Chairman/Chief Executive Officer)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings56
Net Value-$6.8M
Net Shares Change11,687
% of Float0.0%
C-Suite Filings53
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
SOOK PERRY A Chief Executive Officer +$2.0M 1 1 buy
COMPTON SEAN President, Networks -$980,000 1 1 sell
Biard Michael President & COO -$399,011.013 2 2 sell
ZIMMER DANA President, Distribution & Strategy -$149,629.56 1 1 sell
WEITMAN GARY EVP, Chief Communications Officer -$102,771.891 2 2 sell
Jenkins Brett EVP, Chief Technology & Digital Officer -$51,413.81 1 1 sell
Russell Blake EVP, Operations -$44,581.41 1 1 sell
Knapp Lindsey EVP, Human Resources -$15,885.33 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2026-03-26 – 2026-03-31 16 13 -$5.3M 14 C-suite
2026-05-19 – 2026-06-01 14 11 -$1.9M 14 C-suite
2026-06-03 – 2026-06-16 25 10 -$2.3M 24 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-29 SOOK PERRY A Chief Executive Officer +$2.0M Transaction at $162.26, now +7.3%
2026-06-15 Biard Michael President & COO -$213,750.149 Transaction at $174.21, now -0.1%
2026-06-05 WEITMAN GARY EVP, Chief Communications Officer -$58,190.481 Transaction at $182.42, now -4.6%
2026-05-27 Biard Michael President & COO -$185,260.865 Transaction at $187.32, now -7.1%
2026-05-19 COMPTON SEAN President, Networks -$980,000 Transaction at $196.00, now -11.2%
2026-06-16 ZIMMER DANA President, Distribution & Strategy -$149,629.56 Transaction at $170.81, now +1.9%

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AI Consult Analysis

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