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Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Q3 FY2026 earnings: revenue $274 million, up 4.5% on the year

Sphere Entertainment Co. (SPHR) reported revenue of $274 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 4.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was -$176 million, and diluted earnings per share $-4.84. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 5 November 2026.

Revenue
$274 million
+4.5% on the year · -12.6% on the quarter
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Operating margin
-87.7%
-49.4% a year earlier
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Net income
-$176 million
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Diluted EPS
-$4.84
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

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What management said

  • Revenue rose 4% to $274.3 million: Total revenues were $274.3 million, up $11.7 million or 4%. Sphere revenue growth of $24.8 million exceeded the $13.0 million decline at MSG Networks.
  • Operating loss widened to $240.6 million: Operating loss was $240.6 million, an increase of $77.5 million or 47% from the prior year quarter. The MSG Networks impairment noted below is the main driver.
  • Sphere revenue rose 14%: Sphere segment revenue was $198.9 million, up from $174.1 million. Nine-month Sphere revenue was $691.2 million, up 36%.
Read the earnings call summary

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Revenue274314263-12.6%+4.5%
Selling, general and administrative10813999.7-22.2%+8.7%
Operating income-241-61.3-130
Operating margin-87.7%-19.5%-49.4%
Interest expense8.08.39.4-3.2%-14.8%
Pre-tax income-245-65.3-137
Income tax-68.8-26.9-35.5
Net income-176-38.3-101
Net margin-64.2%-12.2%-38.5%
Diluted EPS-$4.84-$1.07-$2.80
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Operating cash flow56.9-33.7116-50.9%
Capital expenditure43.414.55.0+199.8%+768.7%
Free cash flow13.5-48.1111-87.8%
Free cash flow margin4.9%-15.3%42.2%
Cash from investing-43.5-14.6-5.1
Cash from financing-37.9-29.9-81.0
Depreciation and amortisation83.484.384.1-1.1%-0.9%
Share-based compensation14.717.78.5-17.0%+72.3%
Diluted shares, weighted36m36m36m+0.5%+0.4%
Shares outstanding at period end36m36m35m+1.0%+2.7%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ millionQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025On the quarterOn the yearLast 8 quarters
Shareholders' equity1,9772,2282,155-11.3%-8.3%
Debt768780875-1.5%-12.2%
Operating lease liabilities119119110-0.1%+8.2%
Other liabilities860909999-5.4%-13.9%
Total liabilities and equity3,7244,0364,139-7.7%-10.0%
Fixed assets2,4802,5502,777-2.7%-10.7%
Goodwill80.6345345-76.6%-76.6%
Intangible assets16.818.523.5-9.0%-28.2%
Cash and equivalents527551385-4.3%+37.0%
Inventory17.017.612.6-3.8%+34.3%
Other assets602554596+8.7%+1.1%
Total assets3,7244,0364,139-7.7%-10.0%

Questions

What was Sphere Entertainment's revenue in Q3 FY2026?

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) reported revenue of $274 million for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, up 4.5% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did Sphere Entertainment earn in Q3 FY2026?

Net loss for Q3 FY2026 was $176 million, and the diluted loss per share $4.84.

When did Sphere Entertainment report Q3 FY2026 results?

Sphere Entertainment filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 September 2026 with the SEC on 5 November 2026.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

Q4 FY2021 * †Q1 FY2022 †Q2 FY2022 †Q3 FY2022 †Q4 FY2022 †Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenuen/a168140123160162129118314321273228308281283263394386314274
SG&A162158n/a164182n/an/a87.111612310711913511411399.7n/a122139108
Operating income-29.3-22.2-61.8-51.1-49.7-102-70.3-69.8-160-40.4-71.4-118-143-78.6-50.2-13028.97.2-61.3-241
Operating marginn/a-13%-44%-41%-31%-63%-54%-59%-51%-13%-26%-52%-46%-28%-18%-49%7%2%-20%-88%
Interest expense8.25.8n/a2.20.9n/an/a0.025.827.126.927.030.426.225.99.4n/a8.08.38.0
Pre-tax income9.1-13.0n/a-41.572.8n/an/a-23.2-181-63.1-93.2-138-168-102274-13722.4-0.4-65.3-245
Tax rate45%n/an/an/a3%n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a45%n/a-188%n/an/an/a
Net income2.3-17.5-99.9-44.867.6-56.853766.4-173-47.2-46.6-105-126-82.0152-10164.74.5-38.3-176
Net marginn/a-10%-72%-36%42%-35%416%56%-55%-15%-17%-46%-41%-29%54%-39%16%1%-12%-64%
Diluted EPS$0.07-$0.51-$3.00-$1.30$1.95-$1.64$15.39$1.89-$4.91-$1.33-$1.31-$2.95-$3.50-$2.27$3.39-$2.80$1.23-$0.04-$1.07-$4.84
Operating cash flow135-26.635.1-81.213682.915.8-94.646.4101-72.434.16.76.3-59.1116180136-33.756.9
Capital expenditure17620324027229020329416565.519.514.818.530.417.514.75.015.24.914.543.4
Free cash flow-40.7-230-205-353-154-120-279-260-19.181.6-87.215.6-23.7-11.1-73.7111165131-48.113.5
Shares outstandingn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a36m36m36m35m36m36m36m36m
Filing10-Q10-K10-K10-Q10-Q10-K10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-KT10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A fourth quarter left blank is one the arithmetic cannot give yet: the annual report changed the basis of the year (a business sold or spun off, a line regrouped), so the year less the three quarters as first filed would not be a quarter of anything. It fills in once the three quarters have been refiled on the new basis. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-Q for the period ended 30 September 2026, filed 5 November 2026: the filing.