Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. to Post Q2 2025 Earnings of $0.77 Per Share, Seaport Res Ptn Forecasts (NYSE:MSGS)

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (NYSE:MSGS) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn upped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Madison Square Garden Sports in a research report issued on Monday, October 7th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst D. Joyce now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.77 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.74. The consensus estimate for Madison Square Garden Sports’ current full-year earnings is $1.39 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Madison Square Garden Sports’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.84 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($1.35) EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS.

Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 13th. The company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.73. Madison Square Garden Sports had a negative return on equity of 18.69% and a net margin of 5.72%. The firm had revenue of $227.25 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $167.71 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.39) EPS. The company’s revenue was up 79.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Separately, Macquarie lowered their price objective on Madison Square Garden Sports from $240.00 to $235.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 16th.

Madison Square Garden Sports Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of MSGS opened at $213.21 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.11 billion, a PE ratio of 217.56 and a beta of 0.93. Madison Square Garden Sports has a 12 month low of $164.79 and a 12 month high of $217.32. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $205.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $194.05.

Insider Activity at Madison Square Garden Sports

In other Madison Square Garden Sports news, CEO James Lawrence Dolan sold 629 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $209.30, for a total transaction of $131,649.70. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 10,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,133,185.60. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 22.28% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Madison Square Garden Sports

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MSGS. Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Madison Square Garden Sports by 1,231.8% in the 2nd quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 246,374 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,350,000 after buying an additional 227,874 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Madison Square Garden Sports by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,926,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $350,367,000 after purchasing an additional 58,903 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in Madison Square Garden Sports by 139.2% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 89,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,900,000 after purchasing an additional 51,897 shares during the last quarter. Ariel Investments LLC lifted its stake in Madison Square Garden Sports by 3.5% in the second quarter. Ariel Investments LLC now owns 970,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,515,000 after purchasing an additional 33,031 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Madison Square Garden Sports by 306.5% in the second quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 39,187 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,372,000 after purchasing an additional 29,547 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 68.94% of the company’s stock.

About Madison Square Garden Sports

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. operates as a professional sports company in the United States. The company owns and operates a portfolio of assets that consists of the New York Knickerbockers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Its other professional franchises include development league teams, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League and the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League.