Madison Square Garden Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Aug 24, 2012
Madison Square Garden Inc. (MSG, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

The Madison Square Garden Co has a market cap of $2.95 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.47 with a P/E ratio of 34.9 and P/S ratio of 12.6.

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As members of the NBA and NHL, the Knicks and Rangers, respectively are also subject to annual league assessments. The governing bodies of each league determine the amount of each season's league assessments that are required from each member team. The NBA imposes on each team a 6% assessment on regular season ticket revenue and an assessment of 45% or 52.5% (plus an additional 5% to fund the discretionary revenue sharing payment described above) on playoff ticket revenue, depending on the number of home games played.

Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of administrative costs, including compensation, severance and professional fees, and sales, marketing and non-event related advertising expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2012 increased $9,814, or 3%, to $304,624 as compared to the comparable period of prior year. The net increase is attributable to the following:

Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of administrative costs, including compensation, severance and professional fees, and sales, marketing and non-event related advertising expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 increased $15,547, or 12%, to $143,179 as compared to the comparable period of the prior year. The net increase is attributable to the following:

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended June 30, 2012 increased by $152,850 to $333,373 as compared to the comparable period of the prior year. This increase was driven by an increase of $110,044 resulting from changes in assets and liabilities and a $42,806 increase in net income and other non-cash items. The increase resulting from changes in assets and liabilities was primarily due to (i) an increase during the year ended June 30, 2012 in accrued and other liabilities of $45,073 as compared to a decrease of $18,876 during the comparable period of the prior year, and (ii) increases during the year ended June 30, 2012 in deferred revenue and deferred income taxes of $55,592 and $21,781, respectively, as compared to increases of $27,498 and $2,706, respectively, during the comparable period of the prior year.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 decreased by $18,900 to $51,898 as compared to the comparable period of the prior year. This decrease was driven by a $6,158 decrease in net income and other non-cash items and a decrease of $12,742 resulting from changes in assets and liabilities. The decrease resulting from changes in assets and liabilities was primarily due to decreases during the six months ended June 30, 2011 in accounts receivable and accrued and other liabilities of $9,694 and $17,533, respectively, as compared to decreases of $21,183 and $5,614, respectively, during the comparable period of the prior year, as well as an increase of $7,612 in prepaid expenses and other assets during the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to a decrease of $4,794 during the comparable period of the prior year. These items were partially offset by a decrease during the six months ended June 30, 2011 in related party receivables of $320 as compared to an increase of $15,506 during the comparable period of the prior year, as well as an increase in deferred revenue of $7,228 during the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to a decrease of $5,035 during the comparable period of the prior year.

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