Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 80 Communication Services companies.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS) scores 3.5 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as low quality. The reading rests on efficiency, and growth is what holds it back.
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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSGS) has a Lemma Quality Score of 3.5 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which reads as low quality. A low reading means the reported numbers show weakness on several pillars at once, which is a reason to understand the business before anything else. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Set against 80 Communication Services companies, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. lands at the 25th percentile, in the lower half of the group, above the bottom quarter. The median across the group is 4.6, and the top quarter begins at 6.0, so Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is below the typical company here.
On profitability, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. scores 2.5, a weak reading. Its peers have a median of 3.7 across 77 Communication Services companies, which places it below them, at the 37th percentile. A low reading here is the first thing to explain: it is the pillar most closely tied to whether the business creates value at all.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.’s solvency score is 1.9 out of 10 (weak). Against a median of 4.8 among 62 Communication Services companies, that is well below the group and the 16th percentile. Stretched leverage narrows the options open to management, since cash that services debt is cash that cannot be reinvested.
Growth scores 1.8 out of 10, which reads as weak. The median across 64 Communication Services companies is 4.7, so Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is well below its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 13th percentile. A low growth score is common for large, established companies and is not a verdict on quality on its own, but it limits how the business can compound.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.’s efficiency score is 7.0 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 6.1 among 76 Communication Services companies, that is above the group and the 65th percentile. High efficiency means assets and earnings are being turned into cash and output better than at most peers, a sign of a well run operation.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.’s predictability score is 5.5 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.5 among 80 Communication Services companies, that is above the group and the 71st percentile. An average predictability reading means results have wobbled about as much as is normal for the sector.
This is a lopsided profile. Efficiency scores 7.0 but growth only 1.8, a gap of 5.2 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. An efficiency lead means the operation turns what it has into cash better than it does anything else. A growth shortfall often comes with size or a maturing market, and is less of a concern if the other pillars are strong.
Closing the gap on growth would do the most for the overall. At the median of Communication Services companies, 4.7, Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. would score about 4.1 instead of 3.5. All five pillars could be scored, so the overall uses the full set of weights out of 100: profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20.
These are the Communication Services companies closest to Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. scores 3.5 out of 10, which reads as low quality. Its strongest pillar is efficiency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. ranks at the 25th percentile of the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.0, against Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.’s 3.5.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for MSGS are in the app.
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