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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. owns and operates professional sports teams including the New York Knicks of the NBA and the New York Rangers of the NHL. The company manages these teams' home games at Madison Square Garden Arena and operates development league teams and a sports performance center. It generates revenue through ticket sales, media rights agreements, sponsorships, and premium hospitality services primarily serving sports fans in the New York metropolitan area.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.15B
Revenue growth (YoY)
11.0%
Net income
$7.8M
Diluted EPS
$0.32
Gross margin
—
Operating margin
2.5%
Net margin
0.7%
FCF margin
5.3%
ROE
—
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
n/m
not meaningful: outside 0.5x to 500x earnings
Market cap
$9.73B
Long-term debt / equity
—
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Madison Square Garden Sports

  • Revenue grew 11.0% to $1.2B in FY2026, faster than the 1.2% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 2.5% in FY2026, -8.0 pp against 10.5% in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $279M, up 36.7% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $61M in FY2026, 5.3% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $8M in FY2026, from a $22M loss in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Madison Square Garden Sports’s fundamentals sit among the 213 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin2.5%
51st percentile of 182
Net margin0.7%
53rd percentile of 188
FCF margin5.3%
49th percentile of 162
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.0%
68th percentile of 206
Short interest5.43d
67th percentile of 212

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $247,288. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
1 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$570.1M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Gates Foundation TrustQ2 2026$238.1M592.4KHeld
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$84.7M210.8KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$83.6M208.1KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$53.2M132.4KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$52.4M130.5KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$21.5M54.3KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$17.9M44.5KNew
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$17.3M43.1KReduced
Southeastern Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.3M3.2KHeld

No longer held by: Bridgewater Associates (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$247K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-16
filed 2026-09-17
Bryan WarnerSVP, Head of LegalSell628$393.77$247K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.7M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+2.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
5.43
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
309.6K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-301.7M+2.7%5.43
2026-09-151.6M+18.9%5.89
2026-08-311.4M+5.7%6.48
2026-08-141.3M+2.8%5.13
2026-07-311.3M+2.7%8.30
2026-07-151.2M-5.2%6.17
2026-06-301.3M-0.1%3.64
2026-06-151.3M-4.2%4.35

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.15B$1.04B$1.03B$887.4M$821.4M
Gross profit—————
Operating income$28.9M$14.8M$146.0M$85.2M$86.1M
Net income$7.8M$-22.4M$58.8M$47.8M$51.1M
Diluted EPS$0.32$-0.93$2.44$1.89$2.10

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$62.7M$91.6M$92.1M$152.5M$178.1M
Capital expenditure$1.4M$3.6M$1.5M$1.2M$932,000
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY202636.7%
Q3 FY2026$432.2M1.9%$-20.0M$-0.83
Q2 FY2026$403.4M12.8%$8.2M$0.34
Q1 FY2026$39.5M-26.0%$-8.8M$-0.37
Q4 FY2025-10.3%
Q3 FY2025$424.2M-1.3%$-14.2M$-0.59
Q2 FY2025$357.8M9.4%$1.1M$0.05
Q1 FY2025$53.3M23.8%$-7.5M$-0.31

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2015
SEC CIK1636519

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-08-13
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10-Q2026-05-08
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8-K/A2026-10-09
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8-K2026-09-30
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8-K2026-09-22
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8-K2026-08-13
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.