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Our Company 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…
$180.22
+$0.37 (+0.21%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Operating margin is thin at 4.96%. Limited cushion if revenue slows or costs rise, not the profile of a wide-moat business.
Revenue grew 8.8%, steady but not accelerating. Free cash flow declined 69% despite revenue growth, conversion is weakening.
Free cash flow declined 69% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened. Net debt of $3.31B represents 9.9x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$25.61B
▲ +8.8% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$84M
▼ -44.7% YoY
Op. Margin
2.99%
▲ +1.4pp YoY
ROIC
4.79%
▲ +1.8pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$1.21B
▼ -69.1% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$2.41B
▼ -19.1% YoY
Net Debt
$1.51B
Cash & Equiv.
$9.08B
5Y CAGR: +68.4%
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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $83.97 per share, so at $180.22 the stock looks overvalued (53.4% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Live Nation Entertainment scores 34/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $83.97 per share for LYV, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $62.98. At today's $180.22, that puts the stock about 53.4% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Live Nation Entertainment scores 34 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 3.0% operating margin and a 4.8% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. LYV currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 34/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.