Benzinga | Aug 5, 2020 07:45AM EDT

Nexstar Media Group Q2 EPS $2.13 Beats $1.18 Estimate, Sales $914.63M Beat $912.19M Estimate

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) reported quarterly earnings of $2.13 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.18 by 80.51 percent. This is a 50 percent increase over earnings of $1.42 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $914.63 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $912.19 million by 0.27 percent. This is a 40.93 percent increase over sales of $649.01 million the same period last year.