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.
Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) and Formula One Group (NASDAQ:FWONA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Nexstar Media Group has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Formula One Group has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Nexstar Media Group currently has a consensus price target of $208.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. Formula One Group has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.52%. Given Nexstar Media Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nexstar Media Group is more favorable than Formula One Group.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Nexstar Media Group had 10 more articles in the media than Formula One Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nexstar Media Group and 1 mentions for Formula One Group. Nexstar Media Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Formula One Group's score of 1.06 indicating that Nexstar Media Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Formula One Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock 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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This page (NASDAQ:NXST) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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