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SEGMENT INFORMATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION

15. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has three reportable segments: UFC, WWE and IMG that align with how the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) manages the businesses, evaluates financial results, and makes key operating decisions. The UFC segment consists entirely of the operations of the Company's UFC business and the WWE segment consists entirely of the operations of the Company's WWE business. The IMG segment consists of the operations of the IMG business and On Location.

The Company also reports the results for the “Corporate and Other” group. The Corporate and Other group reflects operations not allocated to the UFC, WWE or IMG segments and primarily consists of general and administrative expenses as well as operations of PBR and boxing. Boxing includes the joint venture with Sela for the Zuffa Boxing brand as well as promotional services TKO provides for boxing events.

Revenue from our Corporate and Other group principally consists of media rights fees associated with the distribution of PBR's programming content; ticket sales and financial incentive packages associated with live events; partnerships and marketing; and consumer products licensing agreements of PBR-branded products. Revenue also consists of management and promotional fees for services primarily related to boxing.

General and administrative expenses relate largely to corporate activities, including information technology, facilities, legal, human resources, finance and accounting, treasury, investor relations, corporate communications, community relations and compensation to TKO’s management and board of directors, which support all reportable segments. Corporate and Other expenses also include service fees paid by the Company to EGH and its subsidiaries under the Services Agreement, inclusive of fees paid for revenue producing services related to the segments. On the closing date of the Endeavor Asset Acquisition, the Services Agreement between EGH and TKO OpCo was terminated and the Transition Services Agreement was entered into between the EGH Parties, TWI and the TKO Parties.

As disclosed within Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, the historical financial data includes the recast combined results of TKO and the Acquired Businesses for all periods prior to February 28, 2025. All prior period amounts related to the segment change have been retrospectively reclassified to conform to the new presentation.

The profitability measure employed by the Company’s CODM for allocating resources and assessing operating performance is Adjusted EBITDA. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income, excluding income taxes, net interest expense, depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation, merger, acquisition and earnout costs, certain legal costs, restructuring, severance and impairment charges, foreign exchange (gains) losses, and certain other items when applicable. Adjusted EBITDA includes amortization expenses directly related to supporting the operations of the Company’s segments, including content production asset amortization. The Company’s CODM considers budget-to-actual and quarter-over-quarter variances when making decisions about allocating capital and personnel to the segments. The Company believes the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is relevant and useful for investors because it allows investors to view the Company’s segment performance in the same manner as the Company’s CODM to evaluate segment performance and make decisions about allocating resources. Additionally, the Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a primary measure used by media investors, analysts and peers for comparative purposes.

The Company does not disclose assets by segment information. The Company does not provide assets by segment information to the Company’s CODM, as that information is not typically used in the determination of resource allocation and assessing business performance of each reportable segment. A significant portion of the Company’s assets following the TKO

Transactions are comprised of goodwill and intangible assets arising from the TKO Transactions and the Endeavor Asset Acquisition.

The following tables present summarized financial information for each of the Company’s reportable segments (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

UFC:

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Revenue

 

$

519,223

 

 

$

325,236

 

 

$

1,456,106

 

 

$

1,100,818

 

Direct operating costs (1)

 

 

172,189

 

 

 

104,049

 

 

 

462,996

 

 

 

310,004

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)

 

 

61,706

 

 

 

55,531

 

 

 

172,857

 

 

 

152,973

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

285,328

 

 

$

165,656

 

 

$

820,253

 

 

$

637,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

WWE:

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Revenue

 

$

399,291

 

 

$

402,099

 

 

$

1,495,899

 

 

$

1,349,781

 

Direct operating costs (1)

 

 

104,291

 

 

 

113,396

 

 

 

401,911

 

 

 

378,120

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)

 

 

77,755

 

 

 

80,886

 

 

 

252,372

 

 

 

240,165

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

217,245

 

 

$

207,817

 

 

$

841,616

 

 

$

731,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

IMG:

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Revenue

 

$

391,301

 

 

$

336,772

 

 

$

1,401,392

 

 

$

1,119,630

 

Direct operating costs (1)

 

 

196,219

 

 

 

198,002

 

 

 

848,012

 

 

 

725,789

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses (1)

 

 

79,234

 

 

 

77,277

 

 

 

261,604

 

 

 

229,893

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

115,848

 

 

$

61,493

 

 

$

291,776

 

 

$

163,948

 

 

(1)
Direct operating costs and selling, general and administrative expenses included in the measure of Adjusted EBITDA for each segment exclude reconciling items included in the reconciliation of segment profitability below.

Revenue

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

UFC

 

$

519,223

 

 

$

325,236

 

 

$

1,456,106

 

 

$

1,100,818

 

WWE

 

 

399,291

 

 

 

402,099

 

 

 

1,495,899

 

 

 

1,349,781

 

IMG

 

 

391,301

 

 

 

336,772

 

 

 

1,401,392

 

 

 

1,119,630

 

Total revenue from reportable segments

 

$

1,309,815

 

 

$

1,064,107

 

 

$

4,353,397

 

 

$

3,570,229

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

61,301

 

 

 

63,348

 

 

 

183,682

 

 

 

162,357

 

Eliminations

 

 

(10,961

)

 

 

(7,541

)

 

 

(32,970

)

 

 

(35,430

)

Total revenue

 

$

1,360,155

 

 

$

1,119,914

 

 

$

4,504,109

 

 

$

3,697,156

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of segment profitability

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

UFC

 

$

285,328

 

 

$

165,656

 

 

$

820,253

 

 

$

637,841

 

WWE

 

 

217,245

 

 

 

207,817

 

 

 

841,616

 

 

 

731,496

 

IMG

 

 

115,848

 

 

 

61,493

 

 

 

291,776

 

 

 

163,948

 

Total Adjusted EBITDA from reportable segments

 

 

618,421

 

 

 

434,966

 

 

 

1,953,645

 

 

 

1,533,285

 

Corporate and Other

 

 

(62,608

)

 

 

(74,756

)

 

 

(198,196

)

 

 

(229,209

)

Total Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

555,813

 

 

 

360,210

 

 

 

1,755,449

 

 

 

1,304,076

 

Reconciling items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity loss (earnings) of affiliates

 

 

2,667

 

 

 

(1,622

)

 

 

5,468

 

 

 

(11,456

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

(69,945

)

 

 

(50,842

)

 

 

(201,129

)

 

 

(143,814

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(92,964

)

 

 

(129,131

)

 

 

(335,266

)

 

 

(329,063

)

Equity-based compensation expense (1)

 

 

(39,648

)

 

 

(19,898

)

 

 

(119,630

)

 

 

(83,165

)

Merger, acquisition and earn out costs (2)

 

 

(5,195

)

 

 

(4,522

)

 

 

(14,564

)

 

 

(48,562

)

Certain legal costs (3)

 

 

(34,621

)

 

 

(19,239

)

 

 

(128,891

)

 

 

(35,390

)

Restructuring, severance and impairment (4)

 

 

(6,392

)

 

 

(4,980

)

 

 

(7,490

)

 

 

(10,804

)

Debt transaction costs (5)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(8,732

)

 

 

(2,455

)

 

 

(8,732

)

Foreign exchange gains and (losses) (6)

 

 

3,856

 

 

 

2,231

 

 

 

6,450

 

 

 

(12,747

)

Other adjustments (7)

 

 

3,572

 

 

 

(5,536

)

 

 

2,946

 

 

 

(5,931

)

Income before income taxes and equity earnings of affiliates

 

$

317,143

 

 

$

117,939

 

 

$

960,888

 

 

$

614,412

 

 

(1)
Equity-based compensation represents non-cash compensation expense for various awards issued under the TKO 2023 Incentive Award Plan, awards assumed in connection with the acquisition of WWE in September 2023, and awards issued under Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.’s 2021 Plan.
(2)
Includes (i) certain costs of professional advisors related to strategic transactions, primarily the Endeavor Asset Acquisition and (ii) certain costs related to integration initiatives resulting from the Endeavor Asset Acquisition.
(3)
Includes costs, net of insurance recoveries, related to certain litigation matters including antitrust lawsuits for UFC and stockholder litigation related to WWE and Endeavor. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, these costs include an estimated loss of $2.4 million and $32.4 million, respectively, reflecting the Company’s liability net of insurance recoveries, as well as $4.0 million and $46.0 million, respectively, of professional fees, associated with stockholder litigation related to WWE.
(4)
Includes certain impairment charges as well as costs resulting from the Company’s cost reduction programs. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, these costs included asset impairment charges totaling $4.9 million, related to the WWE and IMG segments. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, these costs included asset impairment charges of $3.6 million within the IMG segment. Refer to Note 5, Supplementary Data, for further information.
(5)
Includes third-party transaction costs associated with the Company's debt refinancing transactions as described in Note 8, Debt.
(6)
Includes gains and losses on foreign exchange transactions.
(7)
Includes other miscellaneous nonoperating gains and losses. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026, other adjustments include a $2.1 million and $6.5 million, respectively, of impairment charges related to equity method investments. During the three months ended September 30, 2025, other adjustments include a net loss of $7.1 million related to the sale of certain equity method investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, other adjustments include a net loss of $9.6 million from the sale of certain equity method investments, partially offset by a gain of $1.3 million on the sale of PBR's former headquarters building.