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$158.49 +1.48 (+0.94%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

NXST vs. FWONA, SBGI, EVC, BBGI, SALM, 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), Beasley Broadcast Group (BBGI), Salem Media Group (SALM), Paramount Global (PARAA), Paramount Global (PARA), TEGNA (TGNA), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), and Gray Television (GTN.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Nexstar Media Group vs.

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

Nexstar Media Group presently has a consensus price target of $204.29, indicating a potential upside of 28.90%. Formula One Group has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.85%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Formula One Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nexstar Media Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Formula One Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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
Nexstar Media Group11.39% 26.03% 5.01%
Formula One Group N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 4 more articles in the media than Formula One Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 7 mentions for Formula One Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Formula One Group's score of 0.40 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nexstar Media Group$5.22B0.94$346M$17.299.17
Formula One Group$3.72B5.39$270.29M$1.1574.16

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

Nexstar Media Group received 342 more outperform votes than Formula One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.62% of users gave Nexstar Media Group an outperform vote while only 58.20% of users gave Formula One Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nexstar Media GroupOutperform Votes
530
71.62%
Underperform Votes
210
28.38%
Formula One GroupOutperform Votes
188
58.20%
Underperform Votes
135
41.80%

Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula One Group has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Nexstar Media Group beats Formula One Group on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXST vs. The Competition

MetricNexstar Media GroupTelevision broadcasting stations IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.92B$5.84B$8.40B$9.08B
Dividend Yield4.25%3.83%2.79%4.20%
P/E Ratio9.1710.6118.2717.16
Price / Sales0.940.848.67115.67
Price / Cash4.305.5633.4537.88
Price / Book2.321.135.564.78
Net Income$346M$74.45M$267.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.71%-3.87%-2.09%-1.21%
1 Month Performance-6.29%-2.78%-0.16%3.09%
1 Year Performance-0.55%-3.37%10.18%16.48%

Nexstar Media Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXST
Nexstar Media Group
4.8837 of 5 stars
$158.49
+0.9%
$204.29
+28.9%
+1.8%$4.92B$5.22B9.1713,294Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FWONA
Formula One Group
0.7398 of 5 stars
$86.53
+0.9%
$82.00
-5.2%
+45.0%$20.34B$3.22B75.206,800Insider Trade
News Coverage
SBGI
Sinclair
4.4657 of 5 stars
$17.46
+1.4%
$20.10
+15.1%
+26.7%$1.16B$3.13B-5.227,300
EVC
Entravision Communications
1.813 of 5 stars
$2.47
+1.6%
N/A-41.6%$222.27M$1.15B-1.971,657Positive News
Gap Down
BBGI
Beasley Broadcast Group
2.6836 of 5 stars
$8.56
-7.6%
N/AN/A$13.15M$238.75M5.541,127Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SALM
Salem Media Group
N/A$0.18
+2.9%
N/A-63.2%$0.00$258.65M-0.511,436Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PARAA
Paramount Global
0.9614 of 5 stars
$22.65
-1.3%
N/A+13.0%$15.11B$29.65B-2.8024,500Positive News
PARA
Paramount Global
1.0586 of 5 stars
$11.10
-0.6%
$12.43
+12.0%
-31.2%$7.40B$28.87B-1.3621,900
TGNA
TEGNA
3.0022 of 5 stars
$18.55
+0.3%
$19.00
+2.4%
+20.7%$2.99B$2.91B6.546,200Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
TV
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.
3.1958 of 5 stars
$1.93
-2.0%
$5.25
+172.0%
-46.2%$1.07B$70.94B-2.7732,932Positive News
GTN.A
Gray Television
N/A$6.25
-9.0%
N/A-23.4%$622.92M$3.46B4.588,610

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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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