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NXST vs. FWONA, SBGI, EVC, SALM, BBGI, PARAA, PARA, TGNA, TV, and GTN.A

Should you be buying Nexstar Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexstar Media Group include Formula One Group (FWONA), Sinclair (SBGI), Entravision Communications (EVC), Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Paramount Global (PARAA), Paramount Global (PARA), TEGNA (TGNA), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), and Gray Television (GTN.A).

Nexstar Media Group vs.

Formula One Group (NASDAQ:FWONA) and Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

Nexstar Media Group has higher revenue and earnings than Formula One Group. Formula One Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nexstar Media Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Formula One Group$3.65B4.89-$32.40M-$0.13-551.54
Nexstar Media Group$5.41B0.86$346M$21.537.08

Formula One Group presently has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.83%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus target price of $208.43, suggesting a potential upside of 36.64%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Formula One Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Formula One Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Nexstar Media Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Nexstar Media Group has a net margin of 11.39% compared to Formula One Group's net margin of 0.00%. Nexstar Media Group's return on equity of 26.03% beat Formula One Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Formula One GroupN/A N/A N/A
Nexstar Media Group 11.39%26.03%5.01%

Nexstar Media Group received 346 more outperform votes than Formula One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.79% of users gave Nexstar Media Group an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Formula One Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Formula One GroupOutperform Votes
191
58.41%
Underperform Votes
136
41.59%
Nexstar Media GroupOutperform Votes
537
71.79%
Underperform Votes
211
28.21%

In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 4 more articles in the media than Formula One Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 9 mentions for Formula One Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Formula One Group's score of 0.56 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Formula One Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nexstar Media Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Formula One Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

8.4% of Formula One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Formula One Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats Formula One Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXST vs. The Competition

MetricNexstar Media GroupTelevision broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.65B$5.68B$7.41B$7.58B
Dividend Yield4.86%4.28%3.49%4.33%
P/E Ratio8.829.3315.9517.78
Price / Sales0.860.797.6994.51
Price / Cash4.045.8516.4234.64
Price / Book2.241.004.123.99
Net Income$346M$74.45M$259.47M$247.24M
7 Day Performance3.21%1.86%4.87%6.12%
1 Month Performance-10.21%-7.83%-7.24%-7.11%
1 Year Performance-4.58%-1.33%-7.47%-0.85%

Nexstar Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
4.9849 of 5 stars
$152.45
-0.1%
$208.43
+36.7%
-4.5%$4.65B$5.41B8.8213,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FWONA
Formula One Group
1.0848 of 5 stars
$71.22
-2.0%
$82.33
+15.6%
+20.5%$17.75B$3.65B61.936,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SBGI
Sinclair
4.1092 of 5 stars
$13.29
-3.6%
$19.30
+45.2%
+20.9%$883.37M$3.55B-4.037,300Positive News
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.8128 of 5 stars
$1.90
-1.8%
N/A-10.2%$172.40M$364.95M-1.531,090
SALM
Salem Media Group
N/A$0.53
+3.0%
N/A+15.6%$14.43M$261.57M-1.561,340News Coverage
Gap Up
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
1.676 of 5 stars
$5.14
-2.0%
N/AN/A$9.22M$240.29M3.081,160
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.9283 of 5 stars
$22.57
+0.3%
N/A+4.9%$15.05B$29.21B-2.7524,500Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PARA
Paramount Global
2.4139 of 5 stars
$10.86
-1.9%
$12.09
+11.3%
-2.5%$7.24B$29.21B-1.3224,500Analyst Forecast
TGNA
TEGNA
3.7966 of 5 stars
$15.69
-2.1%
$21.75
+38.7%
+16.7%$2.51B$3.10B5.546,200Short Interest ↓
TV
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
3.4663 of 5 stars
$1.62
-2.7%
$4.23
+162.1%
-46.7%$894.39M$62.26B-2.2137,400Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
GTN.A
Gray Television
N/A$6.86
-3.2%
N/A-1.4%$696.59M$3.64B4.578,610Gap Down
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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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