Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. had an operating margin of 2.5% and a current ratio of 0.50. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2014Jun 2014	2015Jun 2015	2016Jun 2016	2017Jun 2017	2018Jun 2018	2019Jun 2019	2020Jun 2020	2021Jun 2021	2022Jun 2022	2023Jun 2023	2024Jun 2024	2025Jun 2025	2026Jun 2026
Operating margin	−12.5%	−0.0%	−5.3%	−4.3%	−1.2%	−3.6%	−15.6%	−18.9%	10.5%	9.6%	14.2%	1.4%	2.5%
Net margin	−12.8%	−3.8%	−6.9%	−5.5%	9.1%	0.7%	−30.2%	−3.4%	6.2%	5.4%	5.7%	−2.2%	0.7%
Free-cash-flow margin	−18.4%	0.5%	4.8%	13.6%	1.6%	−1.7%	−59.5%	−8.6%	21.6%	17.0%	8.8%	8.5%	5.3%
Return on equity	−9.8%	−3.4%	−4.1%	−2.9%	5.7%	0.4%	−15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on assets	—	−1.9%	−2.7%	−2.0%	3.8%	0.3%	−7.3%	−1.1%	3.9%	3.7%	4.4%	−1.6%	0.5%
Asset turnover	—	0.50	0.39	0.36	0.42	0.43	0.24	0.33	0.63	0.68	0.77	0.74	0.77
Current ratio	—	0.32	2.61	1.90	1.85	1.86	0.44	0.50	0.47	0.29	0.42	0.45	0.50
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.4%	4.2%	0.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	7.3x	3.7x	5.3x	0.7x	1.4x
Effective tax rate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.9%	49.3%	44.4%	—	56.9%
SG&A as % of revenue	24.2%	22.2%	29.9%	30.9%	18.6%	20.1%	53.0%	49.7%	28.0%	28.2%	25.5%	25.6%	24.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	33.4%	6.0%	6.4%	3.4%	12.3%	11.6%	60.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	18.2%	−241.4%	—	—	346.4%	316.6%	154.3%	—	789.5%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	357.6%	1.2%	—	6.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	—	195.6%	82.5%	46.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	113.0%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q1Sept 2024	2025 Q2Dec 2024	2025 Q3Mar 2025	2025 Q4Jun 2025	2026 Q1Sept 2025	2026 Q2Dec 2025	2026 Q3Mar 2026	2026 Q4Jun 2026
Operating margin	−15.5%	3.7%	7.6%	−11.1%	−69.5%	5.5%	0.5%	11.5%
Net margin	−14.1%	0.3%	−3.4%	−0.9%	−22.3%	2.0%	−4.6%	10.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	−49.7%	17.1%	0.9%	24.2%	−216.3%	7.8%	13.3%	20.7%
Current ratio	0.41	0.49	0.52	0.45	0.39	0.47	0.46	0.50
SG&A as % of revenue	98.6%	19.0%	17.6%	34.8%	146.5%	17.1%	17.1%	30.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $1.5bn

Short-term assets $323mLonger-term assets $1.2bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $1.8bn

Short-term liabilities $642mLonger-term liabilities $1.2bnShareholders' equity $-263m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $323m of assets due within a year against $642m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $323m short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $165m of cash against $258m of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $63m of operating cash flow against $258m of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $29m against $21m of interest.

From Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

27 /100

Weak moat

How hard Madison Square Garden Sports's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 0 / 20

Net income has been a median 0.4% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 0 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 1.5%; its worst year was -18.9%.
Cash conversion 10 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 7 of 10 years, at a median 6.9% of revenue.
Discipline 15 / 20

The diluted share count rose 0.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 3.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (32 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.