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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYV | +16.76% | +77.91% | +12.2% | +1,336% |
| S&P | +16.91% | +77.79% | +12.19% | +437% |
Live Nation Entertainment is the owner of several parts of the live entertainment value chain: ticketing, concert promotion, artist representation, venue ownership, and production.
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| Q4 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.31B | 11.1% |
| Gross Profit | $1.29B | 22.7% |
| Gross Margin | 20.41% | 1.9% |
| Market Cap | $33.09B | 10.8% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $1.87M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 17.7K | 9.3% |
| Net Income | -$181,337.00K | -186.0% |
| EBITDA | $165.65M | 25.1% |
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| Q4 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $7.11B | 16.4% |
| Accounts Receivable | $2.08B | 17.0% |
| Inventory | 56.6 | 12.8% |
| Q4 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $9.65B | 22.8% |
| Short Term Debt | $755.39M | 82.3% |
| Q4 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | -0.26% | -3.6% |
| Return On Invested Capital | -5.17% | 1.6% |
| Q4 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | -$405,638.00K | -146.6% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | -$53,730.00K | -105.1% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 47.72 | 44.71 | 65.71 | 119.27 | 1.73% |
| Price to Book | 176.63 | 330.76 | 105.26 | 63.47 | -38.79% |
| Price to Sales | 1.33 | 1.49 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 0.00% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | -8.02 | -8.75 | -9.66 | -8.82 | 12.50% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 22.64 | 32.81 | 24.14 | 107.25 | 268.30% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 105.28 | 52.05 | 42.76 | 231.78 | -11.70% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 4.4% | 3.0% | 4.1% | 0.9% | -72.85% |
| Return on Equity | 827.5% | 345.9% | 79.6% | -24.7% | -127.31% |
| Total Debt | $8.29B | $8.42B | $9.39B | $10.40B | 25.78% |
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Live Nation's vertical integration positions it to dominate the live events market.
Live events are big business, and Live Nation turns the biggest of them into a cash-generating machine.
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