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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Nexstar Media (NXST)

Nexstar Q4 Net Revenue Rises 14.1% to Record $1.49 Billion; Guides 2025 Adjusted EBITDA

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Nexstar Media Group reported record fourth-quarter 2024 net revenue of $1.49 billion, up 14.1%, driven mainly by election-year political advertising, and net income of $229 million compared with $100 million a year earlier. The company also issued 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $1.5 billion to $1.595 billion. The filing does not compare this guidance with prior expectations.

Key points

  • Q4 net revenue of $1.49 billion, up 14.1%; advertising revenue of $758 million, up 29.6%, including $254 million of political advertising
  • Q4 net income of $229 million versus $100 million; Adjusted EBITDA of $628 million, up 39.9%
  • 2025 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $1.5 billion to $1.595 billion
  • Returned $820 million to shareholders and repaid $327 million of debt in 2024

The filing

CompanyNexstar Media (NXST)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 27, 2025, 7:02 AM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-028342

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on February 27, 2025.

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