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Liberty Media vs Nexstar Media: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Liberty Media brought in $4.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Nexstar Media $4.9B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +22.7% at Liberty Media and -8.5% at Nexstar Media on the year before, so Liberty Media grew faster. Liberty Media kept 12.4% of its revenue as net profit, Nexstar Media 2.2%. Free cash flow was $789M at Liberty Media and $743M at Nexstar Media.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

FWONKNXST
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$4.5B$4.9B
Revenue growth+22.7%-8.5%
Net income$555M$109M
Net margin12.4%2.2%
Free cash flow$789M$743M
Free cash flow margin17.6%15.0%
Earnings per share (diluted)n/a$3.00
Cash$1.1B$280M
Debt$5.1B$6.3B
Price to earningsn/a53.9
Market value$23.8B$5B
Dividend yieldn/a4.60%
Rank by revenue in sector#139 of 587 · Industrials#130 of 587 · Industrials

Over the years

Revenue
FWONK FY2018: $8BFWONK FY2019: $10.3BFWONK FY2020: $9.4BFWONK FY2021: $11.4BFWONK FY2022: $3.2BFWONK FY2023: $3.6BFWONK FY2024: $3.7BFWONK FY2025: $4.5BNXST FY2018: $2.8BNXST FY2019: $3BNXST FY2020: $4.5BNXST FY2021: $4.6BNXST FY2022: $5.2BNXST FY2023: $4.9BNXST FY2024: $5.4BNXST FY2025: $4.9BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FWONK $4.5BNXST $4.9B
Net income
FWONK FY2018: $531MFWONK FY2019: $106MFWONK FY2020: -$1.4BFWONK FY2021: $398MFWONK FY2022: $1.8BFWONK FY2023: $761MFWONK FY2024: -$2.1BFWONK FY2025: $555MNXST FY2018: $389.5MNXST FY2019: $230.3MNXST FY2020: $811.5MNXST FY2021: $834MNXST FY2022: $971MNXST FY2023: $346MNXST FY2024: $722MNXST FY2025: $109MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FWONK $555MNXST $109M
Net margin
FWONK FY2018: 6.6%FWONK FY2019: 1.0%FWONK FY2020: -15.2%FWONK FY2021: 3.5%FWONK FY2022: 57.4%FWONK FY2023: 21.3%FWONK FY2024: -56.5%FWONK FY2025: 12.4%NXST FY2018: 14.1%NXST FY2019: 7.6%NXST FY2020: 18.0%NXST FY2021: 17.9%NXST FY2022: 18.6%NXST FY2023: 7.0%NXST FY2024: 13.4%NXST FY2025: 2.2%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FWONK 12.4%NXST 2.2%
Revenue growth
FWONK FY2019: +28.0%FWONK FY2020: -9.0%FWONK FY2021: +21.8%FWONK FY2022: -72.3%FWONK FY2023: +13.0%FWONK FY2024: +2.3%FWONK FY2025: +22.7%NXST FY2019: +9.9%NXST FY2020: +48.1%NXST FY2021: +3.3%NXST FY2022: +12.1%NXST FY2023: -5.3%NXST FY2024: +9.6%NXST FY2025: -8.5%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FWONK +22.7%NXST -8.5%
Free cash flow
FWONK FY2018: $1.8BFWONK FY2019: $1.8BFWONK FY2020: $1.3BFWONK FY2021: $2BFWONK FY2022: $2.2BFWONK FY2023: $2BFWONK FY2024: $492MFWONK FY2025: $789MNXST FY2018: $630.6MNXST FY2019: $220MNXST FY2020: $1BNXST FY2021: $1.1BNXST FY2022: $1.2BNXST FY2023: $850MNXST FY2024: $1.1BNXST FY2025: $743MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
FWONK $789MNXST $743M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Liberty Media and Nexstar Media

Which is bigger by revenue, Liberty Media or Nexstar Media?

Nexstar Media is bigger by revenue: $4.9B in fiscal 2025, against $4.5B for Liberty Media in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Liberty Media or Nexstar Media?

Liberty Media had a net margin of 12.4% in fiscal 2025; Nexstar Media had 2.2% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Liberty Media or Nexstar Media?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +22.7% at Liberty Media and -8.5% at Nexstar Media.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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