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United States · Large Cap · listed since 2005 · Revenue 12 mo. $26.3B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company worldwide.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company worldwide. The company operates through Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising segments. Its Concerts segment promotes live music events in its owned or operated venues, and in rented third-party venues. This segment operates and manages music venues; produces music festivals; creates associated content; and offers management and other services to artists. The Ticketing segment manages the ticketing operations, including the provision of ticketing software and services to consumers with marketplace for tickets and event information through mobile apps, other websites, and retail outlets, as well as its websites, such as livenation.com and ticketmaster.com; and provides ticket resale services. This segment offers ticketing services for arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, music clubs, concert promoters, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums, and theaters. Its Sponsorship & Advertising segment sells international, national, and local sponsorships and placement of advertising, including signage, online advertising, and promotional programs; rich media offering, including advertising related with live streaming and music-related content; and ads through distribution network of venues, events, and websites. This segment also manages the development of strategic sponsorship programs, as well as develops, books, and produces custom events or programs for specific brands. It owns, operates, or leases entertainment venues. The company was formerly known as Live Nation, Inc. and changed its name to Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. in January 2010. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
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Summary
44.4 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €273.7M (2025), it supports €3B. The remaining €34B of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
over 30%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 16.4×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 11.4× to 19.3×, median 15.2×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 27.27% | 11.44% | Rank 81 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 28.08% | 22.01% | Rank 60 |
| EBIT margin | 5.89% | 17.12% | Rank 16 |
| FCF margin | 1.21% | 15.81% | Rank 10 |
| Gross margin | 23.01% | 44.45% | Rank 11 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 8.83% | 4.46% | Rank 72 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 22.96% | 5.70% | Rank 79 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 6.76% | |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.33% | 9.07% | Rank 39 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 1.22% | 3.92% | Rank 21 |
| FCF yield | 0.74% | 6.59% | Rank 9 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.77 | 2.84 | Rank 77 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 30.03 | 16.58 | Rank 16 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 17.60% | −11.03% | Rank 89 |
| Share price, 6 months | 7.81% | −0.69% | Rank 73 |
| Share price, 3 months | 2.14% | 4.43% | Rank 44 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −7.01% | −16.85% | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.54% | −0.38% | Rank 31 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.91% | −0.06% | Rank 79 |
| Dividend streak in yearsdoes not count towards the rank | – | 5 | |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −5.33% | 0.56% | Rank 10 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 7.94% | 37.05% | Rank 3 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 1.66 | 1.47 | Rank 49 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 5.72 | 0.75 | Rank 1 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 30.87% | 31.95% | Rank 52 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7.8 | 2.5% | $418.7M | 202M | $786.5M |
| 2017 | 9.7 | 0.9% | $374.1M | 205M | $474.6M |
| 2018 | 10.8 | 2.5% | $666.1M | 207M | $443.5M |
| 2019 | 11.5 | 2.8% | $104.0M | 210M | $2.5B |
| 2020 | 1.9 | −88.8% | −$1.3B | 212M | $4.1B |
| 2021 | 6.3 | −6.7% | $1.6B | 217M | $2.6B |
| 2022 | 16.7 | 4.3% | $1.5B | 232M | $2.1B |
| 2023 | 22.7 | 4.8% | $887.7M | 231M | $2.2B |
| 2024 | 23.2 | 3.6% | $1.1B | 236M | $2.2B |
| 2025 | 25.2 | 5.9% | $305.0M | 232M | $5.3B |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Live Nation Entertainment Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Live Nation Entertainment Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 81.9 | 21.7 |
| P/B ratio | 22.3 | 2.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 27.3% | 11.4% |
| Equity ratio | 7.9% | 37.1% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 5.72 | 0.75 |
| Dividend yield | – | 2.8% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| LYV | Live Nation Entertainment Incthis page | |
| SKYD | Skydance Corporation | Low0.0 |
| TKO | TKO Group Holdings, Inc. | Medium5.5 |
| FOXA | Fox Corp Class A | Low3.6 |
| FWONK | Liberty Media Corporation Series C Liberty Formula One Common Stock | locked |
| ROKU | Roku Inc | locked |
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