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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Competitors

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LYV vs. CZR, OSW, HLT, NWSA, CNK, RDI, DIS, TKO, NWS, and WMG

Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), TKO Group (TKO), News (NWS), and Warner Music Group (WMG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Live Nation Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Live Nation Entertainment$23.16B1.65$896.29M$2.3170.49
Caesars Entertainment$11.37B0.46-$278M-$0.92-27.21

74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 3.88% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -1.71%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 105.85% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Live Nation Entertainment3.88% 105.85% 4.36%
Caesars Entertainment -1.71%-4.55%-0.60%

Live Nation Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $168.94, indicating a potential upside of 3.75%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus price target of $42.47, indicating a potential upside of 69.67%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Caesars Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 7 more articles in the media than Caesars Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 16 mentions for Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 1.46 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Live Nation Entertainment
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Caesars Entertainment
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Live Nation Entertainment beats Caesars Entertainment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LYV vs. The Competition

MetricLive Nation EntertainmentMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$38.21B$12.06B$8.24B$20.89B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.13%3.60%
P/E Ratio70.5529.1716.5828.30
Price / Sales1.653.434.8052.84
Price / Cash24.3820.9016.6123.77
Price / Book41.129.454.305.18
Net Income$896.29M$364.22M$225.87M$992.10M
7 Day Performance0.70%1.71%12.27%-0.36%
1 Month Performance8.96%-0.48%12.74%1.14%
1 Year Performance68.79%48.59%49.99%10.37%

Live Nation Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
3.7943 of 5 stars
$162.84
+0.6%
$168.94
+3.8%
+67.3%$38.21B$23.16B70.5532,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
4.1729 of 5 stars
$25.68
+1.4%
$42.47
+65.4%
-30.5%$5.34B$11.37B-27.9122,000Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.0378 of 5 stars
$21.92
+0.4%
$22.67
+3.4%
+43.0%$2.25B$895.02M32.245,191News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.1823 of 5 stars
$269.51
+0.7%
$264.40
-1.9%
+27.1%$63.39B$11.17B41.40181,000News Coverage
Positive News
NWSA
News
4.4832 of 5 stars
$29.53
+0.2%
$38.34
+29.8%
+8.1%$16.68B$8.45B14.2022,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CNK
Cinemark
4.9588 of 5 stars
$26.11
+1.9%
$33.67
+29.0%
-1.7%$3.00B$3.05B14.2718,800Insider Trade
RDI
Reading International
0.7108 of 5 stars
$1.40
flat
N/A-20.5%$31.47M$205.64M-1.892,005Earnings Report
Gap Up
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8592 of 5 stars
$116.56
+1.0%
$131.18
+12.5%
+30.3%$209.57B$91.36B18.27233,000Trending News
TKO
TKO Group
3.1878 of 5 stars
$185.49
-1.8%
$187.38
+1.0%
+53.6%$36.71B$2.97B76.651,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NWS
News
1.4434 of 5 stars
$34.23
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%$19.34B$8.45B16.4625,500News Coverage
WMG
Warner Music Group
2.9491 of 5 stars
$32.37
-0.5%
$33.88
+4.7%
+11.2%$16.87B$6.43B56.795,800Dividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:LYV) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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