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Live Nation EntertainmentLYV

Movies & Entertainment · Beverly Hills, California · In the S&P 500
Pricier than peers
$177.89+0.03%After hours: $177.89 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 19.2% over 1 year
Live Nation Entertainment over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$140$160Nov2026MarMayJulSep$177.89$125$150NovMarJul$177.89
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$41.44B
Price to earnings–
Forward P/E142.3x
Dividend yield–
Year to date+24.8%
One year+19.2%
Next earningsThu 5 Nov, after the close
SectorCommunication Services
52-week range (closes)
$125.61$188.46

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Quality and valuation

How Live Nation Entertainment compares with other communication services stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Live Nation Entertainment and 4 movies & entertainment peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: pricier than most

A weaker business than most communication services companies, priced above most of them.

Live Nation Entertainment trades at 142.3 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 14.8x for the 28 communication services stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +10.8% vs +10.8%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 3.0% vs 18.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 5.3% vs 9.0%
LYV trades at 142.3x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Movies & Entertainment peers
DIS14.7xNFLX18.3xTKO38.0xSPOT39.9xROKU47.7xLYV142.3xSector median 14.8xDIS14.7xNFLX18.3xTKO38.0xSPOT39.9xROKU47.7xLYV142.3xSector median 14.8x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Live Nation Entertainment's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 9.4% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$2bn$5bn$8bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$7.7bnQ2 ’26$0bn$5bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$7.7bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +9.4% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−10%0%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’259.4%Q2 ’26−10%0%10%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’259.4%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 6.8% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−5%0%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’256.8%Q2 ’260%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’256.8%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.4 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$0.1bnQ2 ’26$0bn$1bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$0.1bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsLYVSector median
Revenue growth+10.8%+10.8%
Operating margin3.0%18.6%
Free cash flow margin5.3%9.0%

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