profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Live Nation Entertainment
$178.45-0.94% today
+30.4% in 1 year
1-year low $125.611-year high $188.46
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $84.80 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Live Nation Entertainment sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $16.7 billion in 2022 to $25.2 billion in 2025, with $496 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Live Nation Entertainment handed back 8% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $24M
Free cash flow 2025$305M
Bought back its own shares$24M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$7.1B vs. $10.4B
Live Nation Entertainment vs. similar companies
Live Nation Entertainment grows the fastest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Nation Entertainment | 84.8× · Very expensive | ||
 Netflix | 23.2× · Fair price | ||
 Disney | 16.6× · Fair price | ||
 Warner Bros. Discovery | 106.7× · Very expensive | ||
 Fox | 23.1× · Fair price |
Compare Live Nation Entertainment with TKO Group Holdings · Warner Music Group
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Live Nation Entertainment's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,861 | 6,268 | 16,681 | 22,726 | 23,156 | 25,201 | |
| – | – | 4,334 | 5,436 | 5,775 | 6,438 | |
| -1,653 | -418 | 690 | 1,071 | 813 | 1,233 | |
| -1,145 | 87 | 1,219 | 1,780 | 1,615 | 1,985 | |
| -1,725 | -651 | 266 | 557 | 896 | 496 | |
| -8.12 | -3.09 | 0.64 | 1.34 | 2.74 | -0.24 | |
| – | – | 26.0% | 23.9% | 24.9% | 25.5% | |
| -88.8% | -6.7% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 3.5% | 4.9% | |
| -92.7% | -10.4% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 2.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,589 | 14,402 | 16,461 | 19,030 | 19,639 | 22,913 |
| Cash | 2,538 | 4,885 | 5,606 | 6,232 | 6,095 | 7,094 |
| Total debt | 6,354 | 7,337 | 7,698 | 8,438 | 8,272 | 10,404 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 15,697 | 17,618 | 17,693 | 21,094 |
| -472 | -583 | -368 | -52 | 173 | 271 | |
| 212 | 217 | 232 | 231 | 236 | 232 | |
| -21.9% | -3.8% | 8.3% | 11.9% | 10.0% | 10.0% | |
| 365.5% | 111.7% | -72.5% | -1,064.7% | 517.3% | 183.0% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1,083 | 1,781 | 1,835 | 1,363 | 1,725 | 1,395 | |
| 214 | 153 | 353 | 475 | 675 | 1,090 | |
| -1,297 | 1,628 | 1,482 | 888 | 1,050 | 305 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 117 | 209 | 110 | 116 | 110 | 155 |
Valuation
- 84.8×
- 124.3×
- –
- 155.8×
- 1.7×
- 137.9×
- 22.9×
- 0.7%
- 1.2%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 25.5%
- 4.9%
- 2.0%
- 8.0%
- 10.2%
- 10.3%
- 33.0%
- 0.3%
- 13.1%
- –
Growth
- +68.4%
- –
- −68.2%
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 1.7×
- 38.39
- 40.6%
- 4.3×
- 1.00
- 0.88
- 0.98
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 33%of 436
Bottom 23%of 438
Bottom 7%of 347
Top 1%of 440
Bottom 18%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $181.75
- Range
- $155.00 – $198.00
- 8 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | -1.85 | -0.35 | −427.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -1.06 | -1.02 | −3.9% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 0.73 | 1.31 | −44.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.41 | 1.03 | −60.2% |
| May 1, 2025 | -0.32 | -0.41 | +21.3% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.56 | -0.93 | +160.2% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 1.66 | 1.59 | +4.4% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 1.03 | 1.07 | −3.7% |
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
31No pass
Benjamin Graham
25No pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
51No pass
Joel Greenblatt
6No pass
Charlie Munger
15No pass
Terry Smith
16No pass
Questions about Live Nation Entertainment
Is Live Nation Entertainment a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Live Nation Entertainment AI analysis
What does Live Nation Entertainment do?
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company worldwide. The company operates through Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising segments. It is in Entertainment, based in Beverly Hills, CA, United States, with 17,700 employees.
Does Live Nation Entertainment pay a dividend?
No. Live Nation Entertainment does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $23.5 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Live Nation Entertainment stock halal?
Yes. Live Nation Entertainment passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 25% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Live Nation Entertainment stock done over the past year?
Up 30.4% over the past twelve months, to $178.45. It traded between $125.61 and $188.46 and is 5.3% below its high.
Who are Live Nation Entertainment's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Live Nation Entertainment's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.