IHRT vs LYV vs TME Stock Comparison

iHeartMedia, Live Nation Entertainment and Tencent Music Entertainment Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc.
$1.77 -22.7% 1M -47.8% 1Y
Market cap
$269.84M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Tencent Music Entertainment leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Tencent Music Entertainment 5, Live Nation Entertainment 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIHRTLYVTMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $269.84M $40.13B $12.99B LYV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.9x -160.8x 10.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 9.4x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.1% +10.8% +200.4% TME
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.2% -0.9% 835.7% TME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.1% 4.7% 12.8% TME
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 14.0x 0.1x -2.3x TME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -47.8% +13.0% -63.0% LYV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -38.2%/yr +11.4%/yr +0.9%/yr LYV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 87.4% 31.0% 49.5% LYV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 35/100 68/100 TME

Percentile Scorecard

IHRTLYVTME

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

AxisIHRTLYVTME
Valuation 59 #23 of 54 42 #8 of 13 76 #41 of 167
Growth 66 #16 of 45 10 #10 of 11 53 #73 of 153
Profitability 45 #24 of 43 40 #7 of 11 86 #22 of 153
Financial Health 12 #55 of 62 50 #7 of 13 78 #41 of 179
Shareholder Returns – – 46 #51 of 94
Overall 45 35 68
  • IHRT ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • LYV ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • TME ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIHRTLYVTMESPY
1 month -22.7%+1.0%+1.0% -0.8%
3 months -51.1%-3.7%-8.9% +3.5%
6 months -66.3%+10.3%-9.4% +7.0%
Year to date -57.5%+21.2%-51.6% +12.2%
1 year -47.8%+13.0%-63.0% +13.0%
3 years -17.3%+124.3%+18.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -6.1%+30.9%+6.0% +23.1%
5 years -91.0%+71.6%+4.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -38.2%+11.4%+0.9% +11.0%
10 years —+524.1%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+20.1%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIHRTLYVTMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 87.4%31.0%49.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 80.0%31.2%58.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.340.720.87 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.550.42-1.27 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.3%-48.2%-70.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -72.0%-8.4%-64.2% -1.8%
52-week high $6.33$188.46$23.71 $779.14
52-week low $1.50$125.61$7.74 $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.

MultipleIHRTLYVTME
P/E now vs peer median -1.0xmedian 18.4x -161.1xmedian 50.6x 10.2xmedian 17.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 0.6x 1.5xmedian 1.3x 87.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.7xmedian 11.0x 28.3xmedian 17.8x 4.7xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.7xmedian 9.1x 29.4xmedian 17.3x 8.3xmedian 12.1x
P/B now vs peer median -0.1xmedian 1.6x 53.9xmedian 2.4x 1.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -0.02median 0.44 3.56median 0.26 0.44median 0.41

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 monthsIHRTLYVTME
Revenue $3.99B $26.27B $152.71M
Gross profit $2.34B $6.77B $2.15B
Operating income $6.41M $801.20M $1.61B
Net income -$286.32M $355.48M $1.31B
Free cash flow $36.26M $1.38B $1.61B
EPS (diluted) $-1.81 $-1.02 $0.82
Cash & equivalents $174.44M $9.07B $3.49B
Total debt $5.04B $9.20B $1.93B
Shares (diluted) 157.71M 244.04M 1.55B
Enterprise value -$502.87M $8.14B -$9.74B

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
MetricIHRTLYVTME
P/E -1.0x -161.1x 10.2x
P/FCF 6.7x 29.4x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow 2.1x 15.6x 8.3x
P/S 0.1x 1.5x 87.4x
P/B -0.1x 53.9x 1.2x
P/Tangible book -0.1x -90.3x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 14.7x 28.3x 4.7x
EV/EBIT 797.2x 50.9x 5.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 1.6x 58.8x
EV/FCF 141.0x 29.5x 5.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 42.9x 15.6x 5.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.02 3.56 0.44

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIHRTLYVTME
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.1% 10.8% 200.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.2% 11.0% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.0% 14.1% 17.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.3% 11.4% 15.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -96.6% -20.0% -6.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.1% -3.4% 26.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 23.7% -69.0% -10.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 40.2% -13.2% 23.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.3% -142.7% -9.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 41.3% -45.3% 23.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 138.8% 39.6% 31.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -24.7% 10.5% 13.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 181.1% 23.3% 31.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -34.4% -3.0% 13.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIHRTLYVTME
Gross margin 58.8% 25.8% 1,408%
EBITDA margin 8.7% 5.5% 1,262%
Operating margin 0.2% 3.0% 1,052%
Pretax margin -10.5% 2.5% 1,042%
Net margin -7.2% -0.9% 835.7%
FCF margin 0.9% 5.3% 1,054%
Operating cash flow margin 3.0% 9.9% 1,054%
Return on equity – 58.9% 11.6%
Return on assets -5.9% 1.3% 8.3%
Return on invested capital 0.1% 4.7% 12.8%
Return on capital employed 0.2% 8.4% 12.9%
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x 7.3x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIHRTLYVTME
Debt / assets 103.9% 32.7% 11.2%
Debt / equity -2.5x 12.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 14.0x 0.1x -2.3x
Debt / FCF 139.1x 6.7x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 141.4% 97.3% 33.1%
Equity / assets -41.4% 2.7% 66.9%
Interest coverage – 2.3x 79.1x
Current ratio 1.4x 0.9x 1.7x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.7x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.5x 1.9x
Altman Z-score -0.50 1.75 2.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIHRTLYVTME
Dividend yield – – 2.8%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield – 0.0% 2.8%
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.

ConsensusIHRTLYVTME
Forward P/E – – 9.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.48FY2026 $-0.36FY2026 $0.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -11.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – -1.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.86BFY2026 $27.09BFY2026 $5.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.0%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.4% +6.7% -2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIHRTLYVTME
Held by institutions 62.5% 83.4% 27.5%
Institutions holding 136 848 312
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.6% +0.7% +1.6%
Institutions buying 73 443 172
Institutions selling 50 286 99
Buyers to sellers 1.46 1.55 1.74

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.

IHRTLYVTME
IHRT 1.00 0.10 0.15
LYV 0.10 1.00 0.19
TME 0.15 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IHRT, LYV and TME?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is the largest by market capitalisation: iHeartMedia (IHRT) $269.84M, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) $40.13B, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) $12.99B.

Which company is growing faster?

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: iHeartMedia (IHRT) +3.1%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +10.8%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) +200.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has the highest net margin (iHeartMedia (IHRT) -7.2%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) -0.9%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 835.7%). On return on invested capital, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) leads (iHeartMedia (IHRT) 0.1%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 4.7%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 12.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) returned the most: iHeartMedia (IHRT) -47.8%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +13.0%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) -63.0%. Over five years, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) compounded fastest (iHeartMedia (IHRT) -38.2%/yr, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +11.4%/yr, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) +0.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has been the steadiest (iHeartMedia (IHRT) 87.4%, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 31.0%, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 49.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) 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.