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LYV · NYSE

Live Nation Entertainment Inc

Communication Services · Entertainment

$177.83

+3.09%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Research data through Oct 29, 2026. Research is updated periodically, not in real time.

Quality

66

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 66 of 100, an above-average reading in the covered universe. Some underlying measurements are stronger than others.

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Fundamental Momentum

Middle

44

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 44 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as middle. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Weak

37

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 37 of 100, recorded as weak. No dividend is recorded for this company, so the reading rests on buybacks and dilution control. Share count has increased at about 2.5% a year in the stored window.

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Valuation context

Price / earnings
301.8

Stored ratios recorded at the last research date (2026-10-28). Valuation Intelligence remains research context and is not a validated allocation signal.

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What this company does

We believe that we are the largest live entertainment company in the world, connecting over 805 million fans across all of our concerts and ticketing platforms in 55 countries during 2025.

We believe we are the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, based on total fans that attend Live Nation events as compared to events of other promoters, connecting 159 million fans to over 11,000 artists at 55,000 events in 2025. Live Nation owns, operates, has exclusive booking rights for or has an equity interest in 460 venues globally, including House of Blues music venues and prestigious locations such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, Brooklyn Bowl in New York City , the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, the Moody Center arena in Austin, the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, 3Arena in Dublin, Royal Arena in Copenhagen and Spark Arena in Auckland. We believe we are one of the world’s leading artist management companies based on the number of artists represented. Our artist management companies manage music artists and acts across all music genres.

We believe we are the world’s leading live entertainment ticketing sales and marketing company, based on the number of tickets we sell. Ticketmaster provides ticket sales services and marketing and distribution globally through www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com and our mobile apps, other websites and numerous retail outlets, distributing 646 million tickets through our systems in 2025. Ticketmaster serves 10,500 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums, festival and concert promoters, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums and theaters.

We believe our global footprint is one of the world’s largest music advertising networks for corporate brands and includes one of the world’s leading ecommerce websites based on a comparison of gross sales of top internet retailers.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 19, 2026. Read the filing

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