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

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) posted Operating Expenses of $125.1 million for Q1 2026, up 3.44% on a QoQ basis from $121.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 7.76% year-over-year from $116.1 million in Q1 2025.

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Operating Expenses (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Sphere Entertainment's Operating Expenses history runs 8 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $125.1 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 7.76% year-over-year to $125.1 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $351.8 million (down 50.17% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $453.4 million, up 613.9% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $125.1 million for Q1 2026 at Sphere Entertainment, up from $121.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $510.3 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $77.2 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $186.7 million and a median of $121.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses slumped 82.81% — and 2024, when it soared 291.99%.
  • Sphere Entertainment's Operating Expenses stood at $82.8 million in 2022, then climbed by 19.63% to $99.1 million in 2023, then soared by 258.14% to $354.9 million in 2024, then tumbled by 65.92% to $121.0 million in 2025, then increased by 3.44% to $125.1 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SPHR's Operating Expenses at $125.1 million in Q1 2026, $121.0 million in Q4 2025, and $105.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn 1.32 Bn
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn 21.38 Bn
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn 11.36 Bn
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 1.52 Bn
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn 647.00 Mn
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn 513.16 Mn
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 1.26 Bn
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 2.49 Bn
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 952.00 Mn
10 Sphere Entertainment 4.78 Bn 4.15 Bn 216.77 Mn 125.12 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 125.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 120.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 105.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 116.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 354.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 235.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 127.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 99.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 90.54 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 217.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 78.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 82.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 77.19 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