“Other expense, net For the three months ended March 31, 2026, other expense, net increased $84 as compared to the prior year period, primarily due to smaller losses on equity method investments and foreign exchange.”10-Q · May 5, 2026 ↗
Sphere Entertainment Co.
SPHR
Market read
Sphere Entertainment Co.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 3 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 37.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- SPHR's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SPHR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 3 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 37.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- SPHR's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +19.0% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +14.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +22.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 7.28x in the latest annual period.
- Diluted shares increased 28.3% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 69% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 24% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
142.02Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Interest expense Interest expense for the six months ended December 31, 2024 increased $31,560 as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2023 primarily due to (i) the Company discontinuing the capitalization of interest expense during the three months…”10-K · Feb 12, 2026 ↗
“The changes in revenues were attributable to the following: Six Months Ended December 31, 2024 Decrease in distribution revenue $ (17,965) Increase in advertising revenue 1,705 Other net decreases (215) $ (16,475) In June 2023, MSG Networks introduced MSG+, a…”10-K · Feb 12, 2026 ↗
“Adjusted operating income For the six months ended December 31, 2024, adjusted operating income decreased $12,771, or 20%, to $49,761 as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2023, primarily due to the decrease in revenues and to a lesser extent, an i…”10-K · Feb 12, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 5.3× · EV/sales 5.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 14:05 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SPHR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-08.
What improved
- Revenue increased 37.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating income moved from a loss to a profit in the comparable period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“Interest expense For the three months ended March 31, 2026, interest expense decreased $18,167 as compared to the prior year period primarily due to (i) a reduction in the average outstanding principal balance of the MSGN Term Loan Facility as compared to the prior year period and (ii) the application of troubled debt restructuring for interest expense recognition for the MSGN Term Loan Facility as described in Note 10.”
“The change in revenues was attributable to the following: Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Decrease in advertising revenue $ (4,896) Increase in distribution revenue 1,773 Other net increases 541 $ (2,582) For the three months ended March 31, 2026, advertising revenue decreased $4,896 primarily due to a lower number of live regular season professional sports telecasts.”
“34 Selling, general and administrative expenses For the three months ended March 31, 2026, selling, general, and administrative expenses increased $10,192 as compared to the prior year period, primarily due to the impact of mark-to-market adjustments on certain share-based compensation awards as a result of the Company’s stock price appreciation during the period.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind SPHR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.lenderMay 5, 2026 ▾
“MSGN Term Loan Facility MSGN L.P., MSG Networks, MSGN Eden, LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the general partner of MSGN L.P.”
Depended on by
MSGEMadison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.partnerAug 13, 2025 ▾
“Expenses related to corporate allocations from the Company to Sphere Entertainment prior to the MSGE Distribution are considered to be effectively settled in the combined financial statements at the time the transaction was recorded, with the offset recorded…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
SPHR is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Madison Square Garden Spin-offs. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.