Growth Metrics

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026)

Sphere Entertainment posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $125.1 million for Q1 2026, up 7.76% year-on-year from $116.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 151.77% on a QoQ basis from -$241.7 million in Q4 2025.

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) has 8 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $125.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 7.76% year-over-year to $125.1 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$10.9 million (down 103.17% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $94.1 million, up 48.12% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $125.1 million, up from -$241.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $510.3 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$241.7 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $116.1 million (2025), against an average of $133.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses sank 88.69%; it then jumped 111.79% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $137.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 86.18% to $19.0 million in 2023, then surged by 530.9% to $119.9 million in 2024, then tumbled by 301.59% to -$241.7 million in 2025, then surged by 151.77% to $125.1 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $125.1 million (Q1 2026), -$241.7 million (Q4 2025), and $105.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn 1.56 Bn
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn 21.38 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn 11.36 Bn
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 Sphere Entertainment 5.26 Bn 4.63 Bn 216.77 Mn 125.12 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 125.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -241.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 105.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 116.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 119.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 107.18 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 127.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 19.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 90.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 106.05 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 184.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 137.52 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 42.75 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 510.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 458.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 481.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 377.85 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 304.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 253.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 215.56 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 229.23 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -85.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 335.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 326.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 246.11 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 272.41 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 260.35 Mn