Valuation
4 Arena Journal articles on Valuation, spanning 2021–2026 across Markets. Analysis of how valuation shapes the business of sport.
-
15 SEP2026Markets
The Franchise Premium Has Stopped Rising
For two decades, sporting assets appreciated faster than the revenue beneath them. Three consecutive quarters of control transactions suggest that relationship has broken.
-
19 FEB2026Markets
Sport’s First Full Cycle as an Asset Class
Institutional capital entered the sector in a period of falling rates and rising rights. It has now experienced the other half of a cycle, and the returns are separating sharply by strategy.
-
17 FEB2022Markets
Sovereign Capital and the Repricing of Trophy Assets
State-linked investment has changed the marginal buyer in elite sport. The effect is not merely higher prices — it is the removal of a valuation ceiling that private capital had enforced.
-
11 FEB2021Markets
Private Equity Learns the Language of Sport
Financial sponsors have spent two years bidding for league-level media entities rather than clubs. The structure tells you exactly which risk they are willing to hold.
Related topics
Other subjects covered alongside Valuation