CluenexTKO Group Holdings TKO
TKO Group Holdings scores good on business quality (7.2 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What TKO Group Holdings does
TKO Group Holdings operates premium sports and entertainment properties, primarily generating revenue through live event ticket sales, global media rights, and corporate sponsorships for brands like WWE and UFC. Fans and broadcasters pay massive fees to access live combat sports content.
- What it does best
TKO monetizes combat sports live events better than anyone, achieving a free cash flow margin of 97% of its sector. This edge is hard to copy because long-term broadcast agreements and irreplaceable fighter rosters lock out competing promoters.
- The main risk
Debt load remains a structural vulnerability, with total debt of $4.0B weighing on the balance sheet. If interest rates spike or live event attendance drops, cash available for debt service and buybacks will shrink quickly.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin stands at 25.2% while free cash flow margin hits elite levels, driven by high-margin broadcast rights. The business scales efficiently as event revenue expands.
Content exclusivity locks in global viewers and corporate sponsors. Operating margin sits in the 88th percentile of its sector, showing pricing power that rivals struggle to replicate within years.
Revenue growth surged 68.9% over the past period, sitting in the top decile of its sector at the 94th percentile, reflecting aggressive media rights repricing and event expansion.
Total debt sits at $4.0B against $831M in cash, leaving net debt at $3.2B. Free cash flow reached $1.7B, supported by $5.9x interest coverage where debt costs remain manageable.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on TKO
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
TKO Group Holdings scores good on the Cluenex quality check (7.2 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is strong, moat fair, growth fast and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 4, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “TKO Group Holdings (TKO)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/tko/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.