Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MSGS stock price vs MCD: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at MCD's multiple
Needs MCD P/E.
Implied fair value · at MSGS's multiple
Needs MSGS P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSGS FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · MCD FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 97% equity / 3% debt · EV / Revenue 8.53x · EV / EBITDA 547.45x
Capital structure 82% equity / 18% debt · EV / Revenue 8.22x · EV / EBITDA 14.13x
MCD carries the larger enterprise value at $220.86B against $9.84B; MCD trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (8.22x vs 8.53x); MCD on the lower EV / EBITDA (14.13x vs 547.45x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPORTS CORP. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
McDONALD’S CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
-0.98x
-22.72x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
5.23x
2.55x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$164.51M
$774.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
Keep comparing
Open adjacent comparisons from the same industry to pressure-test the read across multiple pairs.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
MSGS vs LYV
VAIL RESORTS INC
MSGS vs MTN
Manchester United plc
MSGS vs MANU
Liberty Media Corp
MSGS vs FWONA
Starbucks Corporation
MSGS vs SBUX
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
MSGS vs CMG
Yum! Brands, Inc.
MSGS vs YUM
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
MSGS vs QSR
$258.50M
$40.70B
LLM-powered synthesis
An on-demand narrative read of the same deterministic data.
The deterministic comparison remains available. Sign in when you want an on-demand narrative synthesis of the same data.
