Sphere Entertainment Co.

DB:MQ2 Stock Report

Market Cap: €4.3b

Sphere Entertainment Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Sphere Entertainment's CEO is Jim Dolan, appointed in Nov 2019, has a tenure of 6.58 years. total yearly compensation is $14.28M, comprised of 1.6% salary and 98.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 3.52% of the company’s shares, worth €152.47M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 0.8 years and 6.2 years respectively.

Key information

Jim Dolan

Chief executive officer

US$14.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage1.61%
CEO tenure6.6yrs
CEO ownership3.5%
Management average tenureless than a year
Board average tenure6.2yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jim Dolan's remuneration changed compared to Sphere Entertainment's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2026n/an/a

US$114m

Dec 31 2025US$14mUS$230k

US$33m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-US$270m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-US$274m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$384m

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

-US$350m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$397m

Jun 30 2024US$27mUS$1m

-US$225m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$206m

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

US$139m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$285m

Jun 30 2023US$16mUS$2m

US$172m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$218m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-US$124m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$108m

Jun 30 2022US$19mUS$2m

-US$141m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$149m

Dec 31 2021n/an/a

-US$156m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$200m

Jun 30 2021US$8mUS$600k

-US$4m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$8m

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

-US$100m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$37m

Jun 30 2020US$4mUS$115k

US$182m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$170m

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

-US$47m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$101m

Jun 30 2019US$54mUS$1m

-US$18m

Compensation vs Market: Jim's total compensation ($USD14.28M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD2.60M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Jim's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Jim Dolan (71 yo)

6.6yrs
Tenure
US$14,284,275
Compensation

Mr. James Lawrence Dolan, also known as Jim, has been Executive Chairman at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. since December 21, 2022 and its Director since December 20, 2022 and serves as its Chie...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Dolan
Executive Chairman & CEO6.6yrsUS$14.28m3.52%
€ 152.5m
Jennifer Koester
President & COO2yrsUS$11.24m0.086%
€ 3.7m
Robert Langer
Executive VP1.4yrsUS$5.49m0.015%
€ 633.0k
Christopher Winters
SVP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officerless than a yearUS$512.52k0.0088%
€ 382.3k
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President3yrsUS$4.35m0.16%
€ 6.8m
Felicia Yue
Executive VP & CTOless than a yearno datano data
Ari Danes
Senior Vice President of Investor Relations & Treasuryless than a yearno datano data
Allen Lo
Executive VP & Chief Legal Officerless than a yearno datano data
Mikyl Cordova
Executive Vice President of Communications & Marketingno datano datano data
Ryan Dolan
Executive VPless than a yearUS$246.87k0.011%
€ 491.0k
Paul Westbury
Executive Vice President of Development & Constructionno datano datano data
David Dibble
Vice Chairmanno datano datano data
0.8yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: MQ2's management team is not considered experienced ( 0.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
James Dolan
Executive Chairman & CEO6.6yrsUS$14.28m3.52%
€ 152.5m
Ryan Dolan
Executive VP6.2yrsUS$246.87k0.011%
€ 491.0k
Thomas Dolan
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69kno data
Vincent Tese
Independent Director6.2yrsUS$261.26k0.018%
€ 766.3k
Joseph Lhota
Independent Director6.2yrsUS$277.69k0.0037%
€ 160.6k
John Sykes
Independent Director6.2yrsUS$300.19kno data
Brian Sweeney
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.28%
€ 12.1m
Marianne E. Weber
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.032%
€ 1.4m
Paul Dolan
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.0011%
€ 48.1k
Kristin Dolan
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.040%
€ 1.7m
Charles Dolan
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.033%
€ 1.4m
Quentin Dolan
Director6.2yrsUS$237.69k0.015%
€ 653.8k
6.2yrs
Average Tenure
68.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: MQ2's board of directors are considered experienced (6.2 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/10 17:58
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/10 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Sphere Entertainment Co. is covered by 19 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael HickeyBenchmark Company
David BeckelBerenberg
Peter HendersonBofA Global Research