SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO SPHR
CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 55826T102
American holding company in New York City
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryServices-Amusement & Recreation Services
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Websitesphereentertainmentco.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($7.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $37.16. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($95.4m notional), 17 hold puts ($59.7m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 192 |
| Q4 2022 | 186 |
| Q1 2023 | 190 |
| Q2 2023 | 179 |
| Q3 2023 | 197 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 71 | 95 |
| Q1 2023 | 90 | 92 |
| Q2 2023 | 96 | 90 |
| Q3 2023 | 96 | 87 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $12.4m | $8.6m | 0.70 |
| Q1 2023 | $11.6m | $6.0m | 0.52 |
| Q2 2023 | $74.1m | $28.7m | 0.39 |
| Q3 2023 | $95.4m | $59.7m | 0.63 |
Biggest buyers
| Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. | New | +1.7m |
| Long Pond Capital, LP | New | +952.9k |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC | New | +441.1k |
| Duquesne Family Office LLC | New | +270.3k |
| Greenhaven Road Investment Management, L.P. | Added | +160.2k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +141.5k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | New | +130.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +128.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +103.1k |
| CARRONADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | Added | +101.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Channing Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC | Reduced | -780.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -464.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -308.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -272.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Reduced | -218.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -209.4k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC | Reduced | -206.9k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Sold out | -164.2k |
| AWH Capital, L.P. | Reduced | -149.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $22.8m613.8k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $18.2m490.2k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | Reduced | $15.0m404.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $11.9m320.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $10.8m290.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.8m182.2k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.8m128.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.5m68.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.4m63.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $92.9k2.5k shares |
Biggest puts
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $26.4m710.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.7m341.7k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | Unchanged | $11.1m300.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.8m75.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.6m42.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.2m32.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.1m31.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $1.1m29.0k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | New | $795.2k21.4k shares |
| Belvedere Trading LLC | Reduced | $419.9k11.3k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| DOLAN JAMES LAWRENCE 13D · may seek influence +1.5 pts · filed 2026-10-22 | 14.5% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-07 | 13.5% |
DOLAN CHARLES F
13D · may seek influence
filed 2024-12-31
Stated purposeThe disclosure in Item 4 is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof: Charles F. Dolan passed away on December 28, 2024. As a result, as described in Exhibit A to Amendment No. 3, each child of Charles F. Dolan has the power to appoint additional or successor Trustees, including himself or herself, and to remove Trustees with respect to the 2009 Family Trust for his or her benefit. Accordingly, James L. Dolan, Thomas C. Dolan, Kathleen M. Dolan, Marianne Dolan Weber and Deborah A. Dolan-Sweeney may each be deemed to beneficially own the shares owned of record by the 2009 Family Trust for his or her benefit (as reflected in Items 7 through 13 of each such person's cover page to this Amendment No. 4). Each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A Comm… Full filing |
12.3% |
| MORGAN STANLEY 13G · institution +1.3 pts · filed 2026-08-12 | 8.3% |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 13G · institution -2.8 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 5.8% |
| BARCLAYS PLC 13G · institution new · filed 2025-05-13 | 5.8% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL (1.9%, 2026-08-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (3.1%, 2026-01-27), Point72 Asset Management, L.P. (0.8%, 2025-11-14)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $29.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $54.4k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2023.
Holders, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.81% of their portfolio | 4.6m $171.2m | Reduced -780.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $99.9m | Added +83.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $67.3m | Reduced -15.7k |
| Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. 2.15% of their portfolio | 1.7m $63.1m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $62.4m | Reduced -464.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $45.9m | Added +18.8k |
| Long Pond Capital, LP 2.35% of their portfolio | 952.9k $35.4m | New |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.38% of their portfolio | 884.9k $32.9m | Reduced -23.5k |
| Luxor Capital Group, LP 3.27% of their portfolio | 812.9k $30.2m | Reduced -61.0k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 658.2k $24.5m | Added +20.2k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 623.0k $23.2m | Reduced -50 |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 561.3k $20.9m | Added +1.8k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 531.4k $19.8m | Added +15.9k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 517.1k $19.2m | Reduced -19.1k |
| Whale Rock Capital Management LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 441.1k $16.4m | New |
| Greenhaven Road Investment Management, L.P. 3.52% of their portfolio | 380.4k $14.1m | Added +160.2k |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.45% of their portfolio | 373.8k $13.9m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.14% of their portfolio | 360.4k $13.4m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 320.0k $11.9m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. 0.40% of their portfolio | 305.1k $11.3m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 304.7k $11.3m | Reduced -209.4k |
| CARRONADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 4.36% of their portfolio | 301.1k $11.2m | Added +101.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 273.7k $10.2m | Added +141.5k |
| Duquesne Family Office LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 270.3k $10.0m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 255.6k $9.5m | Reduced -10.4k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 220.5k $8.2m | Added +28.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.8k $7.8m | Reduced -13.2k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 194.1k $7.2m | Added +128.3k |
| Kerrisdale Advisers, LLC 2.27% of their portfolio | 192.7k $7.2m | Unchanged |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 191.7k $7.1m | Added +71.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 190.9k $7.1m | Added +7.1k |
| Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. 0.70% of their portfolio | 184.5k $6.9m | Added +8.0k |
| O'Keefe Stevens Advisory, Inc. 2.72% of their portfolio | 161.1k $6.0m | Added +71.1k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 159.8k $5.9m | Added +13.4k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 136.6k $5.1m | Reduced -63.9k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 130.0k $4.8m | New |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 126.5k $4.7m | Added +47.7k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 120.0k $4.5m | Reduced -78.7k |
| THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 111.3k $4.2m | Reduced -17.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.1k $3.8m | New |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 100.5k $3.7m | Added +8.2k |
| Murchinson Ltd. 0.56% of their portfolio | 100.0k $3.7m | Added +47.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.9k $3.7m | Reduced -26.2k |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.30% of their portfolio | 94.8k $3.5m | Reduced -2.6k |
| FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS 0.16% of their portfolio | 93.3k $3.5m | Reduced -102.0k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.05% of their portfolio | 89.6k $3.3m | Added +2.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.9k $3.1m | Reduced -762 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.9k $3.0m | Added +4.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.7k $3.0m | Added +45.7k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 77.4k $2.9m | Added +49.1k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.7k $2.6m | Reduced -880 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.5k $2.2m | Reduced -9.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.4k $2.2m | Added +50.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.3k $2.2m | Reduced -272.6k |
| AWH Capital, L.P. 1.82% of their portfolio | 55.0k $2.0m | Reduced -149.5k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 54.8k $2.0m | Added +28.5k |
| Centiva Capital, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 53.1k $2.0m | Reduced -123.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.8k $1.9m | Reduced -2.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.6k $1.9m | Reduced -28.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.6k $1.9m | New |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 50.0k $1.9m | New |
| HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 49.8k $1.9m | Reduced -654 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.8m | Added +1.9k |
| BOYAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. 1.39% of their portfolio | 47.6k $1.8m | Added +284 |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 40.8k $1.5m | Added +30.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.2k $1.5m | Added +30.5k |
| PACIFIC GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO 0.28% of their portfolio | 34.2k $1.3m | Reduced -428 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.2k $1.2m | Reduced -4.6k |
| FIFTH LANE CAPITAL, LP 1.12% of their portfolio | 30.0k $1.1m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.8k $1.0m | Reduced -308.1k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.3k $1.0m | Added +7.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.6k $986.7k | Reduced -4.1k |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 26.4k $980.4k | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.9k $963.1k | Unchanged |
| Poehling Capital Management, INC. 0.31% of their portfolio | 25.2k $881.4k | Added +40 |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LP 0.13% of their portfolio | 24.9k $924.1k | Reduced -8.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.6k $912.4k | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.5k $910.6k | Added +1.1k |
| ZACKS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.1k $894.7k | Added +887 |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 23.8k $884.9k | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $837.8k | Reduced -10.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.5k $837.4k | Reduced -1.3k |
| Radnor Capital Management, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 21.8k $809.0k | Reduced -120 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.4k $757.8k | New |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 20.3k $753.6k | Reduced -206.9k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.1k $709.0k | New |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 18.7k $693.1k | New |
| Diametric Capital, LP 0.29% of their portfolio | 18.5k $688.8k | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.4k $682.0k | Reduced -8.3k |
| Clayton Partners LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 17.0k $631.7k | New |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.7k $585.0k | Added +101 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.5k $575.3k | Unchanged |
| REDMONT WEALTH ADVISORS LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 15.2k $566.6k | Reduced -8.9k |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.9k $553.6k | Reduced -500 |
| Capital Wealth Planning, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.1k $522.7k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $520.8k | Unchanged |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.9k $516.5k | Added +5.5k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.7k $510.0k | Reduced -9.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.5k $502.8k | Added +2.2k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.0k $484.0k | Added +464 |