Liberty Media FWONA
NASDAQ FWONA
$85.35 -1.27 (-1.47%)
At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Liberty Media (FWONA) Operating Expenses (2012 - 2026)

Updated

Liberty Media (FWONA) posted Operating Expenses of $846 million for Q2 2026, down 20.3% from $1.06 billion a year earlier but up 30.8% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Liberty Media (FWONA) Operating Expenses (2012 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Liberty Media was $3.81 billion, up 8.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $3.91 billion, up 16.0% from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has increased for three consecutive years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -15.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Liberty Media's Operating Expenses was $3.37 billion in FY2024 (+1.8%), $3.31 billion in FY2023 (+9.6%), $3.02 billion in FY2022 (-68.0%) and $9.42 billion in FY2021 (+2.6%).
  • Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of -$4.53 billion in Q4 2022 to a high of $2.74 billion in Q3 2022 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 7.6%.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q1 2026, with growth of 25.9%; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a decline of 77.7%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $647 million (Q1 2026), $1.38 billion (Q4 2025) and $936 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Live Nation Entertainment 40.51 Bn 9.58 Bn 1.94 Bn 1.26 Bn
2 TKO Group Holdings 34.58 Bn 31.54 Bn 990.96 Mn 1.12 Bn
3 Liberty Media 19.43 Bn 14.75 Bn 329.00 Mn 846.00 Mn
4 Liberty Live Holdings 8.93 Bn 6.98 Bn 30.26 Mn 148.00 Mn
5 Madison Square Garden Entertainment 3.31 Bn 2.50 Bn 75.84 Mn 70.26 Mn
6 Amc Entertainment Holdings 2.37 Bn 456.31 Mn 1.05 Bn 1.36 Bn
7 Emerald Holding 997.46 Mn 523.66 Mn 99.50 Mn 71.90 Mn
8 Marcus 882.04 Mn 813.63 Mn 106.56 Mn 204.68 Mn
9 Reading International 41.78 Mn 12.09 Mn 14.10 Mn 59.42 Mn
10 Nip 31.30 Mn -28,742.19 Bn - -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 846.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 647.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 936.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 514.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.14 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 804.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 931.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 494.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 835.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 2.72 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -4.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 2.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 2.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.66 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.40 Bn
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