Stocks · Communication Services · Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. LYV
$168.77 +1.15% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $39.27B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.12, down 148.6% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 129 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $26.27B, up 10.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 50%
- Gross marginBottom 36%
- Operating marginBottom 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 46%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
- Interest coverTop 41%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 42%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 37%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 40%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 38%
- 6-month returnTop 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 47%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 7%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 12.6% | 10.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -160.2% | -148.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 44.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 3.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.5% | 5.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.8% | 12.6% | ↓ | Top 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -148.6% | -160.2% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Gross margin | 44.8% | 25.2% | ↑ | Bottom 36% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.2% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 3.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.2% | 4.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | — | Bottom 50% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.7% | — | Top 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.29×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.02%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.02%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +4.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $208.18
- Target vs current price
- +23.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 46
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 87%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | +58.9% | -0.5% | -0.5% | -1.0% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -427.2% | -0.2% | +3.4% | +6.4% | +16.5% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -3.9% | +1.1% | -0.4% | +0.4% | +9.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -44.3% | +0.6% | -4.3% | -14.2% | -2.9% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -60.2% | -0.7% | +6.4% | +9.2% | -0.9% |
| May 1, 2025 | +21.3% | -0.8% | +1.3% | +2.8% | +15.6% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +160.2% | -0.9% | -7.5% | -20.2% | -5.4% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | +4.4% | +0.7% | +4.9% | +8.9% | +20.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $1.05 | $0.66 | +58.9% | $7.67B |
| May 5, 2026 | -$1.85 | -$0.35 | -427.2% | $3.79B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -$1.06 | -$1.02 | -3.9% | $6.31B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.73 | $1.31 | -44.3% | $8.50B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.41 | $1.03 | -60.2% | $7.01B |
| May 1, 2025 | -$0.32 | -$0.41 | +21.3% | $3.38B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.56 | -$0.93 | +160.2% | $5.68B |
| Nov 11, 2024 | $1.66 | $1.59 | +4.4% | $7.65B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 24.2× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| EV / Sales | 1.58× | — | — | Top 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.50% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
| Earnings yield | -0.66% | — | — | Bottom 42% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 44.9× – 147.8× since Sep 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +6.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -148.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -23.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 129
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.0%
- RSI (14)
- 41.6
- Relative volume
- 1.01×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 14th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.85
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -27.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2022 | Mar 23, 2023 | -48.2% | 269 days | 413 days (Nov 12, 2024) |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | -27.8% | 52 days | 138 days (Jun 15, 2026) |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | -25.1% | 17 days | 104 days (Aug 12, 2025) |
| Mar 1, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | -19.5% | 97 days | 49 days (Sep 27, 2021) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | -18.5% | 19 days | 56 days (Feb 24, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $39.27B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $26.27B
- 52-week range
- $125.34 – $189.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.27B | $16.68B | $22.73B | $23.16B | $25.20B |
| Gross profit | $1.91B | $4.33B | $5.48B | $5.83B | $5.80B |
| Operating income | -$417.9M | $722.0M | $1.08B | $824.5M | $1.48B |
| Net income | -$650.9M | $266.4M | $556.9M | $896.3M | $496.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.09 | $0.64 | $1.34 | $2.74 | -$0.24 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $7.65B | $5.68B | $3.38B | $7.01B | $8.50B | $6.31B | $3.79B | $7.67B |
| Net income | $451.8M | $201.0M | $23.2M | $243.4M | $431.5M | -$202.1M | -$389.1M | $294.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.66 | $0.56 | -$0.32 | $0.41 | $0.73 | -$1.05 | -$1.85 | $1.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.78B | $1.83B | $1.36B | $1.73B | $1.40B |
| Capital expenditure | -$159.8M | -$353.3M | -$475.3M | -$675.2M | -$1.09B |
| Free cash flow | $1.62B | $1.48B | $887.7M | $1.05B | $305.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $449.6M | $0 | $0 | $26.1M | -$18.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.07B
- Total assets
- $28.18B
- Total liabilities
- $26.36B
- Total debt
- $11.28B
- Net debt
- $2.21B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $82.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 23,126,081
- Days to cover
- 11.81
- Change vs previous report
- -4.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.