Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Madison Square Garden Sports posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $74.9 million for Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from $74.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.51% on a QoQ basis from $69.1 million in Q4 2025.
Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) has 13 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $74.9 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses changed 0.33% year-over-year to $74.9 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $272.7 million (up 4.24% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $266.1 million, up 1.78% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $74.9 million, up from $69.1 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $76.4 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $52.6 million in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $66.4 million (2024), against an average of $65.0 million.
- Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 47.22% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 15.52% in 2022.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $75.6 million in 2022, then declined by 13.97% to $65.1 million in 2023, then gained by 4.36% to $67.9 million in 2024, then climbed by 1.72% to $69.1 million in 2025, then advanced by 8.51% to $74.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $74.9 million (Q1 2026), $69.1 million (Q4 2025), and $57.8 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
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| 4 | Live Nation Entertainment | 39.56 Bn | 31.10 Bn | 1.31 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 5 | Fox | 26.01 Bn | 22.51 Bn | - | 2.49 Bn |
| 6 | Liberty Media | 21.20 Bn | 21.87 Bn | 298.00 Mn | 647.00 Mn |
| 7 | Roku | 19.03 Bn | 16.65 Bn | 564.94 Mn | 513.16 Mn |
| 8 | News | 16.98 Bn | 15.50 Bn | - | 952.00 Mn |
| 9 | TKO Group Holdings | 16.11 Bn | 14.42 Bn | 862.52 Mn | 1.26 Bn |
| 10 | Madison Square Garden Sports | 9.12 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 77.70 Mn | 74.94 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 74.94 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 69.07 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 57.79 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 70.89 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 74.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 67.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 52.59 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 66.41 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 76.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 65.07 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 53.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 57.87 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 61.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 75.64 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 55.28 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 57.44 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 68.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 59.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 43.73 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 67.99 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 46.80 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 48.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 43.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 37.97 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 257.01 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 293.03 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 109.17 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 124.13 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 280.61 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 298.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 84.03 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 362.15 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 451.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 462.89 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 259.71 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 398.04 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 379.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 386.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 214.54 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 263.92 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 393.26 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 361.80 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 154.96 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 250.65 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 310.44 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 356.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 153.98 Mn |