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Live Nation Entertainment

Communication ServicesServicesS&P 500
Ticker LYVBEVERLY HILLS, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $0.35Diluted shares 232.6M

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV) promotes live music events, operates and manages venues and festivals, provides artist management services, sells tickets and markets sponsorships and advertising to businesses seeking to reach music fans. Its reportable segments are Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship &… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Live Nation Entertainment reported revenue of $25.20B, up 8.8% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $690.74M. Its operating margin was 5.0%, and operations generated $1.40B in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $26.27B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$25.20BFY2025
+8.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $26.27B
4.96%FY2025
+1.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 3.05%
$690.74MFY2025
−38.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $364.56M
183.01%FY2025
−334.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 163.61%
Cash & financing
$1.40BFY2025
−19.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $2.61B
$333.61MFY2025
−69.1% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.38B
30.26FY2025
Was 37.16× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 111.76
231.8MFY2025
−1.9% year over year
Last 12 mo 232.6M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Live Nation Entertainment does

In the company’s own words

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV) promotes live music events, operates and manages venues and festivals, provides artist management services, sells tickets and markets sponsorships and advertising to businesses seeking to reach music fans. Its reportable segments are Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising. Concerts promotes and produces shows, runs venues and festivals, and provides services to artists; it generated $20.9 billion, or 83% of total revenue, in 2025. Ticketing sells primary and resale tickets for Live Nation and third-party events through mobile apps, websites and outlets, generating $3.1 billion, or 12% of revenue. Sponsorship & Advertising develops brand partnerships, advertising and custom events, generating $1.3 billion, or 5% of revenue. The company promoted about 55,000 events and operated, owned, had booking rights for or held an equity interest in 460 venues across 55 countries in 2025. Ticketmaster is its ticketing business; venue brands include House of Blues, The Fillmore and Brooklyn Bowl. Its website is www.livenationentertainment.com.

Company details
Sector
Communication Services
Industry (SIC)
Services
Headquarters
BEVERLY HILLS, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1335258
SIC
7900

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-4.64B$3.79B$12.22B$20.65B$29.08B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Live Nation Entertainment — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

664
funds hold it
2 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$15.32B
held by funds, at market
37.3%
of shares held by funds
6
bond issues held by funds

Superinvestors in Live Nation Entertainment · what they did last quarter

Daniel LoebINCREASED +144.1%
Third Point
4.5%of 13F portfolio
Pat DorseyINCREASED +7.9%
Dorsey Asset Management
7.7%of 13F portfolio

Share of each manager’s reported 13F portfolio. Change is in shares held, since the previous quarter.

Largest fund holders · Live Nation Entertainment’s weight in each

MidCap Fund
PMBMX · Principal Funds, Inc
—of fund net assets
0.28%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.04%of fund net assets
0.48%of fund net assets
3.49%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Live Nation Entertainment’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 6 issues of Live Nation Entertainment’s debt, $1.58B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.17%, maturing 2027 to 2031.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Fund ownership is a subset of institutional 13F ownership — the two describe overlapping populations and must not be added together.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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