FWONA vs LYV vs IHRT Stock Comparison

Liberty Media, Live Nation Entertainment and iHeartMedia Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FWONA Liberty Media Corp
$99.72 +13.7% 1M +8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$22.38B
P/E
44.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.48B
Div. yield
–
Live Entertainment Communication Services
5 wins
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc.
$1.87 -7.0% 1M -58.5% 1Y
Market cap
$258.32M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Live Nation Entertainment leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Live Nation Entertainment 5, Liberty Media 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFWONALYVIHRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.38B $42.66B $258.32M LYV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 44.9x 3,648x -1.0x FWONA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 53.9x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +13.5% +3.1% LYV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.5% 0.0% -7.2% FWONA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.0% 5.2% 0.1% LYV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 1.0x 14.0x LYV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.3% +34.3% -58.5% LYV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.3%/yr +7.9%/yr -37.8%/yr FWONA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.4% 29.0% 83.4% FWONA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 33/100 45/100 FWONA

Percentile Scorecard

FWONALYVIHRT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFWONALYVIHRT
Valuation 42 #8 of 13 25 #10 of 13 60 #22 of 53
Growth 80 #3 of 11 10 #10 of 11 65 #16 of 44
Profitability 70 #4 of 11 40 #7 of 11 41 #26 of 43
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 58 #6 of 13 13 #53 of 61
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 65 33 45
  • FWONA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • LYV ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • IHRT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFWONALYVIHRTSPY
1 month +13.7%+5.3%-7.0% -5.9%
3 months +9.3%-0.5%-50.8% -4.6%
6 months +16.3%+9.2%-67.0% +0.2%
Year to date +11.6%+27.0%-55.0% +7.5%
1 year +8.3%+34.3%-58.5% +8.2%
3 years +73.7%+112.0%-27.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year +20.2%+28.5%-9.9% +19.0%
5 years +86.7%+46.2%-90.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year +13.3%+7.9%-37.8% +9.4%
10 years +266.2%+575.1%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +13.9%+21.0%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFWONALYVIHRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.4%29.0%83.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 22.6%26.8%81.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.080.691.51 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.311.18-0.70 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -25.7%-48.2%-96.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-4.0%-70.5% -5.9%
52-week high $99.72$188.46$6.33 $779.14
52-week low $74.51$125.61$1.50 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFWONALYVIHRT
P/E now vs peer median 44.9xmedian 41.0x 3,648xmedian 41.0x -1.0xmedian 14.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.3x 1.5xmedian 1.3x 0.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 16.5x 28.3xmedian 16.5x 14.8xmedian 9.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 18.5x 47.8xmedian 18.5x 7.1xmedian 8.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.8x 35.9xmedian 2.8x -0.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 5.08median 0.48 -52.92median 0.48 -0.02median 0.40

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFWONALYVIHRT
Revenue $4.48B $27.88B $3.99B
Gross profit $1.62B $7.07B $2.34B
Operating income $595.00M $900.70M $6.41M
Net income $556.00M $444.37M -$286.32M
Free cash flow $978.00M $892.99M $36.26M
EPS (diluted) $2.11 $0.05 $-1.81
Cash & equivalents $1.76B $8.26B $174.44M
Total debt $5.53B $9.75B $5.04B
Shares (diluted) 264.00M 256.37M 157.71M
Enterprise value $16.86B $10.30B -$512.01M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFWONALYVIHRT
P/E 44.9x 3,648x -1.0x
P/FCF 22.9x 47.8x 7.1x
P/Operating cash flow 19.5x 20.8x 2.2x
P/S 5.0x 1.5x 0.1x
P/B 2.8x 35.9x -0.1x
P/Tangible book 7.2x -371.6x -0.1x
EV/EBITDA 24.4x 28.3x 14.8x
EV/EBIT 43.0x 49.0x 799.3x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 1.6x 1.3x
EV/FCF 26.1x 49.4x 141.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.3x 21.6x 43.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.08 -52.92 -0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFWONALYVIHRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 13.5% 3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 48.2% 9.6% 1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 548.6% 15.4% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.4% 10.0% -0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 51.0% -22.0% -96.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 35.3% -4.6% 26.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 511.9% -59.9% 23.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -26.9% -15.1% 40.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 662.6% -96.7% 25.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.8% -68.9% 41.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.7% -17.9% 138.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 58.4% 7.2% -24.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 35.1% -45.2% 181.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.0% -9.8% -34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFWONALYVIHRT
Gross margin 36.0% 25.4% 58.8%
EBITDA margin 23.4% 5.6% 8.7%
Operating margin 13.3% 3.2% 0.2%
Pretax margin 11.9% 2.7% -10.5%
Net margin 12.5% 0.0% -7.2%
FCF margin 21.8% 3.2% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin 25.6% 7.3% 3.0%
Return on equity 7.2% 46.7% –
Return on assets 3.4% 1.6% -5.9%
Return on invested capital 3.0% 5.2% 0.1%
Return on capital employed 4.3% 6.9% 0.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 4.6x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.6% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFWONALYVIHRT
Debt / assets 33.0% 34.9% 103.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x 8.2x -2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.0x 1.0x 14.0x
Debt / FCF 5.7x 10.9x 139.1x
Liabilities / assets 53.0% 95.7% 141.4%
Equity / assets 47.0% 4.3% -41.4%
Interest coverage 2.1x 2.4x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.62 2.00 -0.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFWONALYVIHRT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield – 0.0% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFWONALYVIHRT
Forward P/E 53.9xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.85FY2026 $-0.36FY2026 $-0.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -16.3%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +14.1% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.97BFY2026 $27.09BFY2026 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +0.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.7% +6.7% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFWONALYVIHRT
Held by institutions 9.3% 83.4% 72.1%
Institutions holding 302 850 136
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.2% +0.7% +6.6%
Institutions buying 154 444 73
Institutions selling 77 286 50
Buyers to sellers 2.00 1.55 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FWONALYVIHRT
FWONA 1.00 0.29 0.15
LYV 0.29 1.00 0.18
IHRT 0.15 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FWONA, LYV and IHRT?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Liberty Media (FWONA) $22.38B, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) $42.66B, iHeartMedia (IHRT) $258.32M.

Which stock is cheaper, FWONA, LYV and IHRT?

Liberty Media (FWONA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Liberty Media (FWONA) 44.9x, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 3,648x, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -1.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Liberty Media (FWONA) +10.9%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +13.5%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) +3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Liberty Media (FWONA) has the highest net margin (Liberty Media (FWONA) 12.5%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 0.0%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -7.2%). On return on invested capital, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) leads (Liberty Media (FWONA) 3.0%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 5.2%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 0.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) returned the most: Liberty Media (FWONA) +8.3%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +34.3%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -58.5%. Over five years, Liberty Media (FWONA) compounded fastest (Liberty Media (FWONA) +13.3%/yr, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +7.9%/yr, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -37.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Liberty Media (FWONA) has been the steadiest (Liberty Media (FWONA) 26.4%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 29.0%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 83.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FWONA, LYV and IHRT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.