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Financials

What the filings say

Formula 1's annual statements as filed with the SEC, read backwards: from the reported figures to what the business did, to whether it will persist. Every number links to the filing it came from.

16 fiscal years2010–2025 on fileFWONA ticker

FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31

$4.5B

Revenue

—

Gross margin

12.9%

Operating margin

7.5%

Return on equity

Liberty Media is the filer; Formula 1 is one tracking-stock group inside it. Consolidated figures include other Liberty assets.

Changes in the reported figures

Revenue increased 22.7% between FY2024 and FY2025. Operating margin changed by 5.0 percentage points, from 7.9% to 12.9%.

Operating cash flow less reported capital expenditures was $789M in FY2025. This calculation excludes acquisitions and financing flows.

Reported financial changes between FY2024 · 2024-12-31 and FY2025 · 2025-12-31
MeasureFY2024 · 2024-12-31FY2025 · 2025-12-31Change
Revenue$3.7B$4.5B$829M
Operating margin7.9%12.9%5.0 pp
Net income−$2.1B$555M$2.6B
Operating cash flow$567M$908M$341M
Capital expenditures$75M$119M$44M

Calculated from the filing snapshot; changes in accounting, acquisitions, or reporting scope can affect comparisons. Currency: USD. Liberty Media is the filer; Formula 1 is one tracking-stock group inside it. Consolidated figures include other Liberty assets.

The lens

A company-specific financial interpretation is still pending. The comparison above establishes the reported changes; the revenue mix, cost classification, and capital requirements need to be reconciled before attributing those changes to strategy.

Where it sits among the set

Different business models and fiscal years; these positions are not a like-for-like performance ranking.

Gross margin0%50%100%Amazon · FY2025 · Gross margin 50%Apple · FY2025 · Gross margin 47%Alphabet · FY2025 · Gross margin 60%Costco · FY2026 · Gross margin 13%The Home Depot · FY2025 · Gross margin 33%Intel · FY2025 · Gross margin 35%Lockheed Martin · FY2025 · Gross margin 10%Meta · FY2025 · Gross margin 82%Microsoft · FY2026 · Gross margin 68%Netflix · FY2025 · Gross margin 48%NVIDIA · FY2026 · Gross margin 71%Qualcomm · FY2025 · Gross margin 55%Tesla · FY2025 · Gross margin 18%Shopify · FY2025 · Gross margin 48%Spotify · FY2025 · Gross margin 32%Ferrari · FY2025 · Gross margin 52%TSMC · FY2024 · Gross margin 56%Virgin Galactic · FY2025 · Gross margin -4613% (beyond the scale, pinned at the edge)not reportedOperating margin0%35%70%Amazon · FY2025 · Operating margin 11%Apple · FY2025 · Operating margin 32%Alphabet · FY2025 · Operating margin 32%Costco · FY2026 · Operating margin 4%The Home Depot · FY2025 · Operating margin 13%Disney · FY2025 · Operating margin 19%Intel · FY2025 · Operating margin -4%Lockheed Martin · FY2025 · Operating margin 10%Meta · FY2025 · Operating margin 41%Microsoft · FY2026 · Operating margin 47%Netflix · FY2025 · Operating margin 29%NVIDIA · FY2026 · Operating margin 60%Qualcomm · FY2025 · Operating margin 28%Tesla · FY2025 · Operating margin 5%Visa · FY2025 · Operating margin 60%Shopify · FY2025 · Operating margin 13%Spotify · FY2025 · Operating margin 13%Ferrari · FY2025 · Operating margin 30%TSMC · FY2024 · Operating margin 46%Virgin Galactic · FY2025 · Operating margin -18481% (beyond the scale, pinned at the edge)Formula 1 · FY2025 · Operating margin 13% · 12 of 2113% · 12 of 21Return on equity0%50%100%150%Amazon · FY2025 · Return on equity 22%Apple · FY2025 · Return on equity 171%Alphabet · FY2025 · Return on equity 36%Berkshire Hathaway · FY2025 · Return on equity 10%Costco · FY2026 · Return on equity 28%The Home Depot · FY2025 · Return on equity 146%Disney · FY2025 · Return on equity 12%Intel · FY2025 · Return on equity -0%JPMorgan Chase · FY2025 · Return on equity 16%Lockheed Martin · FY2025 · Return on equity 77%Meta · FY2025 · Return on equity 30%Microsoft · FY2026 · Return on equity 34%Netflix · FY2025 · Return on equity 43%NVIDIA · FY2026 · Return on equity 101%Qualcomm · FY2025 · Return on equity 23%Tesla · FY2025 · Return on equity 5%Visa · FY2025 · Return on equity 52%Shopify · FY2025 · Return on equity 10%Spotify · FY2025 · Return on equity 32%Ferrari · FY2025 · Return on equity 43%TSMC · FY2024 · Return on equity 30%Virgin Galactic · FY2025 · Return on equity -94% (beyond the scale, pinned at the edge)Formula 1 · FY2025 · Return on equity 8% · 20 of 238% · 20 of 23Asset turnover0.0×1.0×2.0×3.0×Amazon · FY2025 · Asset turnover 1.0×Apple · FY2025 · Asset turnover 1.1×Alphabet · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.8×Berkshire Hathaway · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.3×Costco · FY2026 · Asset turnover 3.6× (beyond the scale, pinned at the edge)The Home Depot · FY2025 · Asset turnover 1.6×Disney · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.5×Intel · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.3×JPMorgan Chase · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.0×Lockheed Martin · FY2025 · Asset turnover 1.3×Meta · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.6×Microsoft · FY2026 · Asset turnover 0.5×Netflix · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.8×NVIDIA · FY2026 · Asset turnover 1.4×Qualcomm · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.8×Tesla · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.7×Visa · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.4×Shopify · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.8×Spotify · FY2025 · Asset turnover 1.3×Ferrari · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.7×TSMC · FY2024 · Asset turnover 0.5×Virgin Galactic · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.0×Formula 1 · FY2025 · Asset turnover 0.3× · 19 of 230.3× · 19 of 23
Each dot is one SEC-filing company in the Acquired set at its latest fiscal year on file; the large dot is Formula 1, ranked from the top. Banks, insurers, and card networks report no cost of revenue, so they have no dot on the margin rows. A value past the end of a scale is pinned at the edge and says so on hover.

The shape of a revenue dollar

0%25%50%75%100%FY2018 · Other operating costs: 81.2% of revenueFY2018 · Operating income: 18.8% of revenueFY2018 · Net margin: 6.6%FY2018$8.0BFY2019 · Other operating costs: 85.7% of revenueFY2019 · Operating income: 14.3% of revenueFY2019 · Net margin: 1.0%FY2019$10.3BFY2020 · Other operating costs: 98.1% of revenueFY2020 · Operating income: 1.9% of revenueFY2020 · Net margin: -15.2%FY2020$9.4BFY2021 · Other operating costs: 82.7% of revenueFY2021 · Operating income: 17.3% of revenueFY2021 · Net margin: 3.5%FY2021$11.4BFY2022 · Other operating costs: 95.4% of revenueFY2022 · Operating income: 4.6% of revenueFY2022 · Net margin: 57.4%FY2022$3.2BFY2023 · Other operating costs: 92.6% of revenueFY2023 · Operating income: 7.4% of revenueFY2023 · Net margin: 21.3%FY2023$3.6BFY2024 · Other operating costs: 92.1% of revenueFY2024 · Operating income: 7.9% of revenueFY2024 · Net margin: -56.5%FY2024$3.7BFY2025 · Other operating costs: 87.1% of revenueFY2025 · Operating income: 12.9% of revenueFY2025 · Net margin: 12.4%FY2025$4.5B
Other operating costsOperating incomeNet margin
Each column is one fiscal year scaled to 100% of revenue, so the shape is comparable even as revenue grows. The bottom band is what survives as operating income; the line is net margin after interest and tax. This company reports no cost-of-revenue line, so the column has two bands.

Return on equity, taken apart

ROE is net margin times asset turnover times leverage. The three shaded rows multiply to the row below them, so a change in ROE can be traced to pricing and cost (margin), to how hard the asset base works (turnover), or to how much of it is financed by debt (leverage). Averages use the prior year-end balance, so the first year on file has no ratio.

FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$11.4B$3.2B$3.6B$3.7B$4.5B
Revenue growth21.8%-72.3%13.0%2.3%22.7%
Net income$398M$1.8B$761M−$2.1B$555M
Net margin3.5%57.4%21.3%-56.5%12.4%
× Asset turnover0.26×0.07×0.09×0.13×0.32×
× Leverage (assets / equity)2.97×2.83×2.59×2.32×1.92×
= Return on equity2.7%11.8%4.7%-17.6%7.5%
Return on assets0.9%4.2%1.8%-7.6%3.9%
Capex / revenue3.9%9.8%12.9%2.1%2.7%
Operating cash flow / net income6.12×1.40×3.24×-0.27×1.64×

Operating cash flow over net income above 1× means earnings are arriving as cash; well below 1× for several years is the first place to look for earnings that are not. Capex over revenue is how much of each sales dollar goes back into the asset base.

Filing sources and accounting concepts

Provenance

Pulled from the SEC’s XBRL company-facts API. Each line below is the standardized concept that fed it; when a company changed concepts across years (a revenue standard change, a capex relabel), every alias used is listed. Missing concepts are blank, never zero. Values are as reported in the most recently filed annual report covering each period, so restated comparatives win.

Fiscal yearPeriod endFormFiledFiling
FY20252025-12-3110-K2026-02-260001104659-26-020653
FY20242024-12-3110-K2026-02-260001104659-26-020653
FY20232023-12-3110-K2026-02-260001104659-26-020653
FY20222022-12-3110-K2025-02-270001558370-25-001830
FY20212021-12-3110-K2024-02-280001558370-24-002013
revenue
Revenues · RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · SalesRevenueNet
cost of revenue
CostOfRevenue
selling general admin
SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
operating income
OperatingIncomeLoss
net income
NetIncomeLoss
total assets
Assets
total equity
StockholdersEquity · StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
operating cash flow
NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities · NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
capital expenditures
PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment · PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION · CIK 0001560385 · us-gaap · snapshot 2026-10-08