Financial Analysis
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Filing evidence summary
Mixed evidenceCoverage 5/5 core metricsLatest reported annual revenue changed -8.5% from the prior reported annual observation.
Backward-looking filed evidence under visible rules - not a rating, forecast or investment advice. Missing data is never scored.
Evidence signals
- Revenue contracted
Latest reported annual revenue changed -8.5% from the prior reported annual observation.
Why this surfaced
Direction threshold: above +2% constructive; below -2% caution; otherwise monitor. This is not labeled one-year growth when filing periods have a gap. Period end 2025-12-31.
- Operating margin compressed
Operating margin changed -6.3 percentage points from the prior annual period.
Why this surfaced
Direction threshold: more than +1 percentage point constructive; below -1 point caution. Period end 2025-12-31.
- 1 filing risk check flagged
Flagged areas: Solvency & liquidity.
Why this surfaced
The full financial analysis shows each value, threshold, and sector limitation.
- Free cash flow was positive
Latest reported free cash flow was $743M.
Why this surfaced
Free cash flow = operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; positive is supporting evidence, not a valuation conclusion. Period end 2025-12-31.
Core trend metrics
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Where to look next
Risk checks
- Solvency & liquidity
Financial movement
- Cash→ flat
- Long-term debt→ flat
- Inventory→ flat
- Receivables→ flat
- Current assets→ flat
Source & freshness
- Source
- SEC EDGAR XBRL
- Fetched
- 2026-09-06
- Latest period end
- 2025-12-31
- Filings
- EDGAR ↗
Reported segment mix
figures as filed · share of the filed sum · change vs the prior period in the same filing- Distribution Service$2.92B59.1%-0.1% yoy
- Advertising$1.96B39.6%-18.9% yoy
- Other$66M1.3%+3.1% yoy
Members sum to the consolidated $4.95B for this period.
- Distribution Service$837M60.0%+9.8% yoy
- Advertising$548M39.3%+19.1% yoy
- Other$11M0.8%-8.3% yoy
Change is against the same quarter a year earlier, as reported in the same 10-Q.
Source: SEC DERA Financial Statement and Notes data sets. Dimensional XBRL facts on the business-segment, product/service and geographic axes; the engine keeps the accession of every figure. Descriptive and educational, not advice.
Peer percentiles
latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · among 4,121 US-listed filers · 130 in Communication| Metric | Value | vs all filers | vs sector |
|---|---|---|---|
Revenue latest fiscal-year revenue as filed | $4.9B | 80thof 3,301 top third | 85thof 124 top third |
Revenue growth latest fiscal-year revenue vs the prior fiscal year | -8.5% | 14thof 3,135 bottom third | 16thof 119 bottom third |
Operating margin operating income ÷ revenue | 17.1% | 81stof 2,819 top third | 84thof 117 top third |
Net margin net income ÷ revenue | 2.2% | 49thof 3,263 middle third | 60thof 122 middle third |
Free-cash-flow margin (operating cash flow − |capex|) ÷ revenue | 15.0% | 77thof 2,679 top third | 81stof 105 top third |
Return on equity net income ÷ stockholders' equity (positive equity only) | 5.3% | 52ndof 3,577 middle third | 61stof 100 middle third |
Stock comp ÷ revenue stock-based compensation ÷ revenue · lower is ranked higher | 1.6% | 56thof 2,895 middle third | 54thof 110 middle third |
Days sales outstanding receivables ÷ revenue × 365 · lower is ranked higher | 79 days | 19thof 2,398 bottom third | 15thof 107 bottom third |
Net debt ÷ operating cash flow net debt ÷ operating cash flow (OCF > 0) · lower is ranked higher | 6.8× | 18thof 1,547 bottom third | 34thof 63 middle third |
Cash conversion operating cash flow ÷ net income (net income > 0) | 8.2× | 95thof 2,181 top third | 89thof 52 top third |
Cash-flow accrual ratio (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ average total assets · lower is ranked higher | -7.0% | 63rdof 3,545 middle third | 44thof 105 middle third |
Balance-sheet accrual ratio change in net operating assets ÷ average net operating assets · lower is ranked higher | -6.3% | 71stof 3,029 top third | 68thof 87 top third |
Each filer's latest fiscal year as stored by the nightly crawl; fiscal year ends differ across the universe. A metric ranks only filers for which it is computable from filed facts. Ties split; a rank reads "better than N% of filers" in the metric's own direction. Descriptive and educational, not a rating.
Earnings quality
latest fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 · accruals and cash conversion as filedPer fiscal year from filed facts: cash conversion = operating cash flow / net income (net income > 0); cash-flow accrual ratio = (net income - operating cash flow) / average total assets; balance-sheet accrual ratio = change in net operating assets / average net operating assets, NOA = (assets - cash) - (liabilities - debt). Descriptive; a missing input yields a missing ratio. High accrual ratios and cash conversion well below one are the measures the accruals literature associates with less persistent earnings; they are screens to read the cash-flow statement with, not conclusions. The per-year series is part of Pro risk analysis.
Point-in-time ledger
first-reported vs latest filing · periods since 2020-01-01 · 8 changed periods| Line item | Period | First reported | Latest filing | Change | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | fiscal year 2023-12-31 | $941M 10-K 2024-02-28 | $488M 10-K 2026-02-27 | -48.1% | first · latest · 3 filings carry it |
| Depreciation and amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | quarter 2025-03-31 | $205M 10-Q 2025-05-08 | $117M 10-Q 2026-05-08 | -42.9% | first · latest |
| Depreciation and amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | fiscal year 2024-12-31 | $808M 10-K 2025-02-27 | $484M 10-K 2026-02-27 | -40.1% | first · latest |
| Depreciation and amortization DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | quarter 2025-06-30 | $197M 10-Q 2025-08-08 | $118M 10-Q 2026-08-07 | -40.1% | first · latest |
| Goodwill Goodwill | balance at 2020-12-31 | $2.98B 10-K 2021-03-01 | $2.96B 10-K 2023-02-28 | -0.8% | first · latest · 6 filings carry it |
| Stock-based compensation ShareBasedCompensation | quarter 2022-03-31 | $13.1M 10-Q 2022-05-10 | $13M 10-Q 2023-05-09 | -0.8% | first · latest |
| Stock-based compensation ShareBasedCompensation | fiscal year 2022-12-31 | $61.6M 10-K 2023-02-28 | $62M 10-K 2025-02-27 | +0.7% | first · latest · 3 filings carry it |
| Stock-based compensation ShareBasedCompensation | fiscal year 2021-12-31 | $46.7M 10-K 2022-02-28 | $47M 10-K 2024-02-28 | +0.6% | first · latest · 3 filings carry it |
First filing reporting each period vs the latest filing carrying it (10-K and 10-Q only, periods since 2020, the extractor's winning tag per concept); a change under 0.5% is treated as rounding. A change can be a restatement, a reclassification or a re-tagging in a later comparative column; the two filings are linked so the reader can see which. Descriptive, not a verdict.
Notes by disclosure type
Not available for NXST yet: no footnote text blocks on file for this filer in the ingested DERA files.
Fundamentals from SEC EDGAR. Scores, the DCF, and every model shown are educational analysis, not investment advice or price predictions.