What does debt-to-equity mean?

How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.

How do you interpret debt-to-equity?

Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.

How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?

Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.

Madison Square Garden Sports MSGS Debt-to-equity

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '20

Debt-to-equity at other companies

TKO Group HoldingsTKO

1.5×+0.7×

Fox CorporationFOXA

0.6×0.0×

Live Nation EntertainmentLYV

38.4×-9.3×

Walt DisneyDIS

0.4×0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$432.2M+1.9%

Operating income$2.0M-93.9%

Net income-$20.0M-40.5%

EPS (diluted)-$0.83-40.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$107.0M+10.9%

Total debt$1.2B-1.9%

Total equity-$295.5M-4.2%

Total assets$1.5B+0.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$57.5M+818%

CapEx$143.0K-93.9%

Free cash flow$57.4M+1,369%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.91B+65.5%

Enterprise value$9.97B+52.5%

P/S8.3×+3.2×

Profitability

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Operating margin8.4%—

Net margin-2.1%-2.5pp

FCF margin2.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-6.8%—

Current ratio0.5×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Madison Square Garden Sports’s reported figures.

total debt/total stockholders equity=0.2×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Madison Square Garden Sports’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2021, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does debt-to-equity mean?: How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?: Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?: Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.