Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $31.44B
  • PE 141
  • Debt $6.88B
  • Cash $5.50B
  • EV $32.82B
  • FCF $662.93M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$222.60M
EBIT$982.48M
ROE24%
ROA5%
FCF$662.93M
Equity$929.74M
Growth Stability1
PE141.26
PEG38.12
PB33.82
P/FCF47.43
P/S1.35
Price/Cash0.17
Debt/Equity7.4
Debt/FCF10.37
Net Margins3%
Op. Margins4%
Earnings CAGR10%
Sales Growth YoY-6%
Sales Growth QoQ27%
Sales CAGR8%
FCF CAGR13%
Equity CAGR-11%
Earnings Stability0.13
Earnings Growth YoY-8%
Earnings Growth QoQ62%
Earnings CAGR 5Y4%
Sales CAGR 5Y56%
FCF CAGR 5Y26%
Equity CAGR 5Y-7%
Earnings CAGR 3Y57%
Sales CAGR 3Y57%
FCF CAGR 3Y-37%
Equity CAGR 3Y210%
Market Cap$31.44B
Revenue$23.31B
Assets$19.75B
Total Debt$6.88B
Cash$5.50B
Shares Outstanding229.92M
EV32.82B
Earnings Score8%
Moat Score75%
Safety Score61%
Final Score48%
Working Capital94.58M
Current Ratio1.01
Shares Growth 3y2%
Equity Growth QoQ69%
Equity Growth YoY7%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Live Nation is the largest live entertainment firm in the world with over 570 million fans served in 44 countries in 2018 by the company's concert and ticketing platforms. Via either owning, operating, or holding exclusive booking rights, Live Nation controls over 235 venues including the House of Blues, the Hollywood Palladium, and Spark Arena in New Zealand. Live Nation also owns one of the largest ticketing services, Ticketmaster, which sold over 480 million tickets for over 12,000 clients in 2018. The firm's artist management agencies have over 400 clients. This large live entertainment footprint helped Live Nation become one of the largest advertising and sponsorship platforms aimed at music fans. Liberty Media owns 33% of Live Nation, held under its SiriusXM tracking stock.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2024
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31
  • 2022
    • 10-K Dec 31
    • 10-Q Sep 30
    • 10-Q Jun 30
    • 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 10%
Stability 13%
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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Live Nation Entertainment, Inc..

= $17B
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fcf$663M$752M$853M$968M$1.1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B$2.1B$2.3B$23B
DCF$684M$705M$727M$750M$774M$798M$823M$849M$875M$903M$9B
Value$17B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023TTM
Net Margins-2%-1%-1%-1%-0%-0%-98%-11%1%1%3%
ROA-2%3%1%3%3%-16%-3%4%6%5%
ROE--5%-3%-7%-1%-0%1K%356%159%54%24%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023TTM
Debt over FCF-13.465.716.984.2623.53-3.933.944.438.3410.37
Debt over Equity1.441.471.791.892.232.35-38.07-34.0470.113.257.4
Growth Stability----------1

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years12/201412/201512/201612/201712/201812/201912/202012/202112/202212/2023CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-6%15%24%4%7%-84%237%166%36%56%
Earnings YoY growth--37%-28%108%-82%-72%37K%-63%-122%112%4%
Equity YoY growth--2%-7%5%-5%9%-109%41%-150%526%-7%
FCF YoY growth-21%169%-9%82%-79%-987%-225%-9%-37%26%