For Mike Steib and the executive leadership team at TEGNA Inc., it is very much business as usual as the company patiently awaits word from the FCC and DOJ that its game-changing merger with Nexstar Media Group will receive regulatory approval.
With the TV station ownership group’s Q4 and full-year 2025 results arriving soon, the TEGNA Board of Directors has just declared a regular quarterly cash dividend.
Shareholders of NYSE-traded “TGNA” will see a bonus of $0.125 per share, payable on April 1 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 10, 2026.
The news comes ahead of what is expect to be the Monday (3/2) release by TEGNA of its fiscal health report for the final three months of 2025. A conference call will not be held, given its status as a company seeking to complete its sale to Nexstar.
With its shares at $21 in midday trading, TEGNA has beat the Street in each of its previous quarters dating back to Q4 2024.
What do analysts expect to hear from Steib? Six media finance experts at Wall Street financial houses chimed in to Yahoo! Finance on Q4 revenue predictions, setting the consensus estimate at $701.29 million. This compares to $870.53 million in revenue in the political dollar-fueled fourth quarter of 2024.
The earnings per share consensus estimate of the 6 analysts is $0.45.
TEGNA did not issue guidance with the November 10 release of its third quarter results, likely due to the uncertainty of when its Nexstar merger will close.
