Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) Return on Capital Employed (2015 - 2026)
Madison Square Garden Sports posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.91% for Q1 2026, down 1357.0% year-on-year from 0.23% in Q1 2025, and down 672.1% on a QoQ basis from 0.51% in Q4 2025.
Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS) has 12 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.91% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1357.0% year-over-year to 2.91%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.91% (down 1357.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.75%, down 1631.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 2.91%, down from 0.51% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 19.44% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.91% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.4% (2023), against an average of 9.34%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed surged 2029 bps; it then tumbled 1994 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.98% in 2022, then declined by 14 bps to 10.35% in 2023, then soared by 68 bps to 17.36% in 2024, then slumped by 97 bps to 0.51% in 2025, then plunged by 672 bps to 2.91% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 2.91% (Q1 2026), 0.51% (Q4 2025), and 0.51% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 10 | Madison Square Garden Sports | 9.12 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 77.70 Mn | -2.91% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -2.91% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.51% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.51% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.66% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.44% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 17.27% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.57% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.35% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.50% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.40% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 14.74% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.62% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.62% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 4.61% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.31% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -9.67% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.35% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -10.81% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -11.03% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -6.78% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -3.78% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -3.17% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -2.31% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -2.81% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -1.89% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -1.51% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -2.67% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.15% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.77% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -0.85% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -0.90% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -1.41% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -2.04% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -0.48% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -2.72% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -3.03% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -1.98% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -0.26% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 1.25% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.28% |