FOX CORPORATION vs NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP, INC., two Broadcasting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FOX and NXST diverge most: on revenue growth, FOX reads +1.1% and NXST reads -3.9%; on debt / equity, FOX reads 0.60 and NXST reads 5.73. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FOX price has a different growth bar priced in than NXST (-4.7% implied for FOX vs -4.8% for NXST); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What NXST's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FOX | NXST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $52.01 | $190.34 |
| Market cap | $22.5B | $5.8B |
| Sector | Broadcasting | Broadcasting |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.7% | -4.8% |
| P/E | 13.7 | 40.3 |
| P/B | 2.03 | 2.68 |
| P/S | 1.39 | 1.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 72.5 | 12.7 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | -3.9% |
| Operating margin | — | 19.0% |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 3.2% |
| Return on equity | 15.8% | 7.6% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 0.9% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 4.8% |
| FCF yield | 9.5% | 12.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 5.73 |
| Current ratio | 2.90 | 1.76 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.26 | 0.90 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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