Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)

Communication Services · Entertainment · S&P 500
$171.80 +0.66% on the day Market cap $38.7B 52-week range $125.34 to $189.25 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
28% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $38.7B, Live Nation Entertainment's free cash flow of $334M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 28% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Live Nation Entertainment's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price28.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-2.7% a year
Revenue, same period13.9% a year
Price to free cash flow116.0x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from LYV's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation3
Profitability5
Growth7
Financial health1
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)—
P/E (forward)463.6x
Price / free cash flow116.0x
EV / EBITDA24.6x
Price / sales1.47x
Price / book139.4x
Revenue growth+9.4%
Operating margin3.0%
Net margin0.51%
Return on equity163.6%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity333.1x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Live Nation Entertainment's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$6.3B$16.7B$22.7B$23.2B$25.2B
Net income-$651M$266M$557M$896M$496M
Free cash flow$1.6B$1.5B$924M$1.1B$334M
EPS (diluted)-$3.09$0.52$1.34$2.74-$0.24
Operating margin-6.7%4.3%4.8%3.6%5.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Concerts$20.9B83%
Ticketing$3.1B12%
Sponsorship and Advertising$1.3B5%

Superinvestors who own LYV

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held LYV in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Live Nation Entertainment's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$147.08—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$147.08—
Dec 2, 2025 April Mcclain Delaney
0$128.69—
Dec 2, 2025 April Mcclain Delaney
0$128.69—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Live Nation Entertainment's stock price imply?

At a market value of $38.7B, Live Nation Entertainment would need its free cash flow to grow about 28% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -3% a year.

Are Live Nation Entertainment insiders buying the stock?

4 open-market insider purchases of LYV in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.