Is Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Live Nation Entertainment's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 514.3, a forward P/E of about 89.8, a price-to-book of about 478.4 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Live Nation Entertainment's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.30×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Live Nation Entertainment's revenue?

Live Nation Entertainment reported revenue of $25.2B for FY2025, with net profit of $496.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)?

Live Nation Entertainment last traded at $174.87 (+2.4% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Live Nation Entertainment

LYV · NYSE · Communication Services · United States

Snapshot

TickerLYV

ExchangeNYSE

SectorCommunication Services

IndustryEntertainment

CountryUnited States

Employees17,700

HeadquartersBeverly Hills, United States

Websitewww.livenationentertainment.com

Filings tracked15

About Live Nation Entertainment

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.

Who owns it

Insiders32.4%
Institutions67.6%
Public & other0.0%

1,175 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.5.74%
State Street Corporation4.83%
FMR, LLC4.54%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.48%
Principal Financial Group, Inc.4.23%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC3.48%
Capital International Investors3.06%
Bank of America Corporation2.83%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion2.30×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend2.5% → 2.0%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Return on equity183.0%

Latest ROE of 183.0% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 5% · PAT -6%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $7.1B · EPS -1.18

Est. earnings growth -10.9%

Next fiscal year

Rev $30.7B · EPS 1.90

Est. earnings growth +518.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$25.2B

Net margin

2.0%

ROE

183.0%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+5.3%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-5.6%

EPS (FY2025)

-0.24

Net profit (FY2025)

$496.0M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$25.2B	$496.0M	-0.24	2.0%	183.0%
FY2024	$23.2B	$896.3M	2.74	3.9%	517.3%
FY2023	$22.7B	$556.9M	1.34	2.5%	—

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$7.7B	$294.4M	1.05	3.8%
2026Q1	$3.8B	$-389.1M	-1.85	-10.3%
2025Q3	$8.5B	$431.5M	0.73	5.1%
2025Q2	$7.0B	$243.4M	0.41	3.5%
2025Q1	$3.4B	$23.2M	-0.32	0.7%
2024Q3	$7.7B	$451.8M	1.66	5.9%
2024Q2	$6.0B	$298.0M	1.03	4.9%
2024Q1	$3.8B	$-54.5M	-0.56	-1.4%
2023Q3	$8.2B	$521.5M	1.93	6.4%
2023Q2	$5.6B	$270.0M	0.92	4.8%
2023Q1	$3.1B	$-1.7M	-0.25	-0.1%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC6/12/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC5/8/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/19/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/19/2026

2025

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/4/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/4/2025
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC10/24/2025material
8-K — Material agreement, Material financial obligation, Unregistered equity sale, Other events, Exhibits
SEC10/10/2025material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC8/29/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/7/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/7/2025

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