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

Gray Media brought in $3.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Nexstar Media $4.9B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by -15.1% at Gray Media and -8.5% at Nexstar Media on the year before, so Nexstar Media grew faster. Gray Media kept -2.7% of its revenue as net profit, Nexstar Media 2.2%. Free cash flow was $181M at Gray Media and $743M at Nexstar Media.

Side by side, latest fiscal year

GTNNXST
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$3.1B$4.9B
Revenue growth-15.1%-8.5%
Net income-$85M$109M
Net margin-2.7%2.2%
Free cash flow$181M$743M
Free cash flow margin5.8%15.0%
Earnings per share (diluted)-$1.41$3.00
Cash$368M$280M
Debt$5.7B$6.3B
Price to earningsn/a54.0
Market value$471.7M$5B
Dividend yield6.99%4.59%
Rank by revenue in sector#180 of 451 · Industrials#124 of 451 · Industrials

Over the years

Revenue
GTN FY2018: $1.1BGTN FY2019: $2.1BGTN FY2020: $2.4BGTN FY2021: $2.4BGTN FY2022: $3.7BGTN FY2023: $3.3BGTN FY2024: $3.6BGTN FY2025: $3.1BNXST FY2018: $2.8BNXST FY2019: $3BNXST FY2020: $4.5BNXST FY2021: $4.6BNXST FY2022: $5.2BNXST FY2023: $4.9BNXST FY2024: $5.4BNXST FY2025: $4.9BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GTN $3.1BNXST $4.9B
Net income
GTN FY2018: $211MGTN FY2019: $179MGTN FY2020: $410MGTN FY2021: $90MGTN FY2022: $455MGTN FY2023: -$76MGTN FY2024: $375MGTN FY2025: -$85MNXST FY2018: $389.5MNXST FY2019: $230.3MNXST FY2020: $811.5MNXST FY2021: $834MNXST FY2022: $971MNXST FY2023: $346MNXST FY2024: $722MNXST FY2025: $109MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GTN -$85MNXST $109M
Net margin
GTN FY2018: 19.5%GTN FY2019: 8.4%GTN FY2020: 17.2%GTN FY2021: 3.7%GTN FY2022: 12.4%GTN FY2023: -2.3%GTN FY2024: 10.3%GTN FY2025: -2.7%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
GTN -2.7%NXST 2.2%
Revenue growth
GTN FY2019: +95.8%GTN FY2020: +12.2%GTN FY2021: +1.3%GTN FY2022: +52.3%GTN FY2023: -10.7%GTN FY2024: +11.1%GTN FY2025: -15.1%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
GTN -15.1%NXST -8.5%
Free cash flow
GTN FY2018: $253MGTN FY2019: $275MGTN FY2020: $542MGTN FY2021: $93MGTN FY2022: $393MGTN FY2023: $300MGTN FY2024: $608MGTN FY2025: $181MNXST FY2018: $630.6MNXST FY2019: $220MNXST FY2020: $1BNXST FY2021: $1.1BNXST FY2022: $1.2BNXST FY2023: $850MNXST FY2024: $1.1BNXST FY2025: $743MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GTN $181MNXST $743M

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

Questions about Gray Media and Nexstar Media

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

Nexstar Media is bigger by revenue: $4.9B in fiscal 2025, against $3.1B for Gray Media in fiscal 2025.

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

Gray Media had a net margin of -2.7% in fiscal 2025; Nexstar Media had 2.2% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Gray Media or Nexstar Media?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -15.1% at Gray 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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