Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Promotes concerts, operates venues, runs Ticketmaster, and sells sponsorships across its event network.
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Promotes concerts and festivals worldwide, operates music venues, and sells primary and resale tickets through Ticketmaster. Concert promotion generates most revenue; venue operations, Ticketmaster fees, and sponsorship programs monetize the same event network.
Promotes concerts and festivals worldwide, operates music venues, and provides artist services. Shows run in owned, operated, and rented venues; ticket sales fund promotion, while concessions, parking, premium seating, rentals, and festival spending add venue income.
Runs Ticketmaster as an agency for venues, promoters, sports organizations, and arts clients, retaining part of the service charge on primary and resale tickets. Sponsorship & Advertising sells naming rights, onsite activations, and digital ads across concerts, festivals, venues, and ticketing properties.
Coordinates artist booking, event marketing, venue services, ticket distribution, and sponsor inventory across a global network, with North America the largest market. Results depend on artist touring and event availability. Ticketmaster’s contracts and links among ticketing, promotion, and venues are constrained by a federal settlement order; remedies sought by nonsettling states remain unresolved.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 21, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $173 | Target: $205 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Susquehanna | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $186 | Target: $187 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Oppenheimer | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $100 | Target: $210 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Bernstein | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: — | Target: $215 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Guggenheim | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $197 | Target: $218 |
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RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $9.07B · Total debt $11.28B · Total assets $28.18B · Shareholders' equity $82.3M
- Revenue
- $7.67B
- Operating income
- $513.4M
- Net income
- $294.4M
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | 84.29% | 198.62M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 915 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 0.67% | 1.57M shares | |
| 15 holders · as of Aug 25, 2026 | |||
| Strategic holders | 34.89% | 82.21M shares | |
| 2 holders · as of Dec 17, 2025 | |||
| Adds to | 119.85% | ||
235.63M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
These groups come from separate filings that can overlap, so they add to 119.85%; nothing is left for Other.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Liberty Live Holdings, Inc.Strategicdirector, 10 percent owner | 29.56% | 69.65M | filed Dec 17, 2025 |
Melvin Capital Management LPInstitution | 5.86% | 13.80M | filed Feb 14, 2022 |
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 5.74% | 13.52M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
The Public Investment FundStrategic | 5.33% | 12.57M | filed Feb 16, 2021 |
State Street CorpInstitution | 4.83% | 11.39M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Brian Capo | officer: Chief Accounting Officer | −2,900 | $184.00 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jeffrey T. Hinson | director | −2,115 | $175.00 |
| May 7, 2026 | John Hopmans | officer: EVP, M&A and Strategic Finance | −93,078 | $166.07 |
| May 8, 2026 | Michael Rowles | officer: EVP & General Counsel | −63,776 | $164.24 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Jeffrey T. Hinson | director | −944 | $165.87 |
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- Vivid Seats
Secondary ticket marketplace rivaling Ticketmaster Resale and Verified Resale.
Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Nation Entertainment | $169.67 | +0.29% | $39.37B | — | 141.5 | 1.5 | +9.4% |
| TKO Group | $190.14 | −0.52% | $14.33B | 65.9 | 34.1 | 2.7 | +18.2% |
| Madison Square Garden Entertainment | $82.24 | +1.28% | $3.84B | 58.8 | 33.8 | 3.6 | +27.4% |
| Sphere Entertainment | $147.85 | +1.87% | $5.22B | — | — | 3.8 | −20.5% |
| Vivid Seats | $3.85 | −0.13% | $43.3M | — | — | 0.1 | −9.6% |
| Median | 62.4 | 33.9 | 3.2 | +4.3% |