NXST — Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Communication Services · ETF XLC · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
NMS
Communication Services · Broadcasting
Nexstar is the largest television station owner-operator in the United States with over 200 stations in 116 markets, reaching 220 million people. Of its 200 stations, 155 are affiliated with the four national broadcast networks: CBS, Fox, NBC, and ABC. Assuming its merger with Tegna is affirmed Nexstar's station total would exceed 259 and reach 80% of the US population. Nexstar also owns NewsNation (formerly WGN), a cable news network, 75% of the fifth national broadcaster, the CW, and a 31% stake in Food Network and Cooking Channel.
Price & today
$156.53
ATR(14) 6.60 (4.22%)
| Stock today | -3.58% |
| Sector ETF today | -1.37% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -2.21% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLC | 0.67 |
| 60-day correlation with XLC | 0.50 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $166.99 |
| 20 EMA | $172.42 |
| 50 EMA | $178.73 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 27.2 oversold |
| 52-week high distance | -38.45% |
| 52-week low distance | +2.83% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (24d) |
| Sector rank | #58 |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-05 (TNS, 47d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
6.7
ADR%
3.6
RMV (tight)
58.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
-2.4
Rel Vol
412.0%
U/D 50d
0.69
U/D 25d
0.38
Accum/Dist 25d
1 / 4
EPS YoY
+55.0%
LoD dist
21.0
Off 52w High
38.4%
Above 52w Low
1.3%
1W / 1M
-7.4 / -16.5
Avg $Vol 50d
63.4M
Mkt Cap (B)
4.8
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
no
Sector XLC
-1.6% 1W
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
53.1
Fwd P/E
8.7
PEG
9.4
Price/Book
2.9
Profit margin
2.2%
ROE
3.8%
Debt/Equity
320.9
Rev growth
-13.3%
Analyst target
$261 (+67%)
Analyst rating
STRONG_BUY
Institutional %
102.6%
Insider %
6.7%
Float %
92.3%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
146 / 147
Industry
Broadcasting
Float
28.2M
Float turnover 20d
1.4%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
66.8M / 63.4M
Days to cover
2.6
Short % float
6.5%
Institutional %
102.6%
Weinstein stage
4
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-24 | 4.04 | +411% | 1,366.0 | +21% |
| Feb-25 | 5.63 | +36% | 1,487.0 | +14% |
| May-25 | 3.31 | -11% | 1,234.0 | -4% |
| Aug-25 | 3.22 | +6% | 1,229.0 | -3% |
| Nov-25 | 1.05 | -74% | 1,198.0 | -12% |
| Feb-26 | 5.48 | -3% | 1,289.0 | -13% |
| May-26 | 6.61 | +100% | 1,396.0 | +13% |
| Aug-26 | 4.98 | +55% | 1,993.0 | +62% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).