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

Liberty Media (FWONA) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $647.0 million in Q1 2026, down 53.22% quarter-over-quarter from $1.4 billion in Q4 2025, and up 25.88% on a YoY basis from $514.0 million in Q1 2025.

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

Liberty Media's Operating Expenses history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $647.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 25.88% year-over-year to $647.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.0 billion (up 19.14% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $3.9 billion, up 16.01% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $647.0 million for Q1 2026 at Liberty Media, down from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $2.7 billion in Q3 2022 to a low of -$4.5 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $1.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.1 billion in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses plunged 270.48% in 2022, then soared 124.33% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$4.5 billion in 2022, then surged by 124.33% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then climbed by 3.08% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then climbed by 21.64% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then plunged by 53.22% to $647.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $647.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $936.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Netflix 327.69 Bn 315.40 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.56 Bn
2 Walt Disney 184.70 Bn 191.31 Bn 23.68 Bn 21.38 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 65.23 Bn 63.09 Bn 4.25 Bn 11.36 Bn
4 Brera Holdings 53.07 Bn 53.07 Bn - 1.60 Mn
5 Live Nation Entertainment 39.71 Bn 31.25 Bn 1.31 Bn 1.06 Bn
6 Liberty Media 21.13 Bn 21.80 Bn 298.00 Mn 647.00 Mn
7 Fox 20.41 Bn 16.92 Bn - 2.49 Bn
8 Roku 20.39 Bn 18.01 Bn 564.94 Mn 513.16 Mn
9 News 15.92 Bn 14.45 Bn - 952.00 Mn
10 TKO Group Holdings 15.40 Bn 13.70 Bn 862.52 Mn 1.26 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 647.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.38 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 936.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.07 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
Jun 30, 2021 2.25 Bn