NXST vs. FOXA, SBGI, WBD, GTN, EVC, SALM, BBGI, FWONA, PARAA, and PSO
Should you be buying Nexstar Media Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nexstar Media Group include FOX (FOXA), Sinclair (SBGI), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Gray Media (GTN), Entravision Communications (EVC), Salem Media Group (SALM), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (FWONA), Paramount Global (PARAA), and Pearson (PSO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Nexstar Media Group vs. Its Competitors
FOX (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
FOX pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Nexstar Media Group pays an annual dividend of $7.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. FOX pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nexstar Media Group pays out 37.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FOX has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Nexstar Media Group has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Nexstar Media Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 5 more articles in the media than FOX. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 6 mentions for FOX. FOX's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Nexstar Media Group's score of 1.31 indicating that FOX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FOX has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FOX currently has a consensus target price of $53.53, indicating a potential downside of 4.32%. Nexstar Media Group has a consensus target price of $205.71, indicating a potential upside of 14.17%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than FOX.
52.5% of FOX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of FOX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Nexstar Media Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
FOX has higher revenue and earnings than Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FOX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nexstar Media Group has a net margin of 12.21% compared to FOX's net margin of 11.58%. Nexstar Media Group's return on equity of 29.21% beat FOX's return on equity.
Summary
Nexstar Media Group beats FOX on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
