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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Nexstar Media Group, Inc.NXST · telecom | |
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| Grade |  Dfourth fifth of 558 graded peers; percentile 70.2, sampling error 2.1 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 372 of 558 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 55.7 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 55.2 |
| Growth and financing | Dpercentile 64.4 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $10.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 10 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Feb 27, 2026224 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $162.062026-10-08; market equity $5.0B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 27, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
We are a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across our television and digital platforms, including more than 317,000 hours of programming produced annually by our business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with over 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets in 40 states and the District of Columbia reaching over 225 million people.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 55.7 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | not computable | 28.0% | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Return on invested capital | 5.6% | [3-11] | 8.9% | 57.2 | 181 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Accruals ratio | (7.0%) | [1,12-14] | (7.3%) | 54.1 | 703 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | not computable | 2.4 pts | |||||
| five annual gross margins are required; found 0 | |||||||
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 55.2 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 2.30 | [1,3,7,15-18] | 1.93 | 41.0 | 625 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 4.59x | [3,6,8,19] | 1.71x | 78.3 | 190 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Interest coverage | not computable | 2.81x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2016-12-31; latest annual assets end 2025-12-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 2.07x | [15-16] | 1.96x | 46.2 | 756 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 64.4 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (1.7%) | [2,20-22] | 5.1% | 69.7 | 615 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | (15.8%) | [13,23-29] | 12.4% | 86.6 | 314 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | (16.0%) | [3-5,15-16,19,23,30-31] | 15.1% | 60.9 | 262 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | (5.1%) | [1,14,32-33] | 3.4% | 71.4 | 641 | 2025-12-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (0.6%) | [34-35] | 0.5% | 33.5 | 434 | 2026-02-26 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite 0.186; sampling error 2.1 percentile points on 558 peers.
Among 558 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367 | Rekor Systems, Inc. (REKR) Rekor Systems, Inc. (REKR) Dfourth fifth; percentile 69.4 Nasdaq · Communications Equipment, NEC market equity $45.6M; last close $0.33 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 7 of 14 inputs | 69.4 | D | fortress balance sheet |
| 368 | i3 Verticals, Inc. (IIIV) i3 Verticals, Inc. (IIIV) Dfourth fifth; percentile 69.6 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software last close $15.50 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs | 69.6 | D | fortress balance sheet |
| 369 | Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (MX) Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (MX) Dfourth fifth; percentile 69.8 NYSE · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $115.4M; last close $3.15 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 69.8 | D | fortress balance sheet |
| 370 | Bruker Corp. (BRKR) Bruker Corp. (BRKR) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.1 Nasdaq · Laboratory Analytical Instruments last close $57.90 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 70.1 | D | |
| 371 | Bruker Corp. (BRKRP) Bruker Corp. (BRKRP) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.1 Nasdaq · Laboratory Analytical Instruments last close $473.35 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 70.1 | D | |
| 372 | Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.2 Nasdaq · Television Broadcasting Stations market equity $5.0B; last close $162.06 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 70.2 | D | |
| 373 | Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Cars.com Inc. (CARS) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.4 NYSE · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation market equity $521.4M; last close $9.75 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 70.4 | D | |
| 374 | Blackbaud Inc. (BLKB) Blackbaud Inc. (BLKB) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.6 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $2.0B; last close $44.86 No active warnings; 13 of 14 inputs | 70.6 | D | |
| 375 | ATN International, Inc. (ATNI) ATN International, Inc. (ATNI) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.7 Nasdaq · Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) market equity $437.6M; last close $28.38 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 70.7 | D | |
| 376 | DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) Dfourth fifth; percentile 70.8 NYSE · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. market equity $14.6B; last close $123.86 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 70.8 | D | |
| 377 | Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. (EVLV) Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. (EVLV) Dfourth fifth; percentile 71.0 Nasdaq · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC market equity $829.6M; last close $4.58 Warnings: late filer, fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 71.0 | D | late filer, fortress balance sheet |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | D | 74.3 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | D | 70.2 | 558 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | D | 71.6 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | D | 75.9 | 558 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 558 graded peers, about 111 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | (4.4%) | (0.3%) | 46 | hotter than 46 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (36.1%) | (29.7%) | 39 | closer to its high than 39 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 5.1% | 1.4% | 79 | pricier than 21 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 14.9% | 2.7% | 92 | pricier than 8 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.45 | 0.24 | 70 | pricier than 30 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.99 | 0.33 | 75 | pricier than 25 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (51.9%) | 3.2% | 3 | more equity-funded than 3 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.01 | (0.23) | 69 | ahead of 69 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $5.0B; EBIT $849.0M; free cash flow $743.0M; book equity $2.3B; sales $4.9B; debt $11.7B; cash $218.0M[36].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2025-12-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 1.0% | ✓ pass[12,14] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $891.0M | ✓ pass[13] |
| Return on assets improved | (5.0 pts) | ✗ fail[12,14,32,37] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $782.0M | ✓ pass[12-13] |
| Long-term leverage fell | 1.4 pts | ✗ fail[1,14,32,38-39] |
| Current ratio improved | 41.5 pts | ✓ pass[15-16,30-31] |
| No new shares issued | (0.6%) | ✓ pass[34-35] |
| Gross margin improved | n/a | |
| Asset turnover improved | (1.6 pts) | ✗ fail[2,14,20,32] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $218.0M[40] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $894.0M[13,40-44] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 63 |
| 10-Q received Aug 7, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $56.7M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 224 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $10.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $4.9B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $849.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $150.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $67.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $6.3B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $2.1B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $280.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $6.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $2.3B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $144.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $109.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $891.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $11.5B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.5B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $711.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $3.5B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $8.8B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $471.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $5.4B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $4.9B | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $5.2B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $148.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.2B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $145.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $999.0M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $149.0M | 2023-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.4B | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $157.0M | 2022-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.3B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $783.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $12.1B | 2023-12-31 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $12.7B | 2022-12-31 | 2024-02-28 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,327,997 | 2026-02-26 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,509,206 | 2025-02-27 | 2025-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 30,808,301 | 2026-08-07 | 2026-08-07 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $722.0M | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $6.2B | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $6.4B | 2024-12-31 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $218.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-07 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $587.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-07 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $289.0M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-08 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $701.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 44 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $584.0M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-07 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 70.2 is 9.8 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.1 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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