LLYVA vs LBTYA vs IHRT Stock Comparison

Liberty Live Holdings, Liberty Global and iHeartMedia Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd.
$7.82 -17.2% 1M -28.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.66B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.88B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
2 wins
IHRT iHeartMedia, Inc.
$1.72 -24.9% 1M -47.1% 1Y
Market cap
$237.60M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.99B
Div. yield
–
Radio Broadcasting Communication Services
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Liberty Live Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Liberty Live Holdings 5, iHeartMedia 2, Liberty Global 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLLYVALBTYAIHRTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.89B $2.66B $237.60M LLYVA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -20.2x -0.9x -0.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.9% +5.4% +3.1% LLYVA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -108.1% -62.1% -7.2% IHRT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.6% -0.5% 0.1% IHRT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -68.6x 5.8x 14.0x LLYVA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.7% -28.5% -47.1% LLYVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -11.9%/yr -38.6%/yr LBTYA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.8% 35.0% 87.3% LLYVA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 31/100 46/100 44/100 LBTYA

Percentile Scorecard

LLYVALBTYAIHRT

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

AxisLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Valuation 8 #12 of 13 67 #17 of 49 58 #23 of 53
Growth 90 #2 of 11 18 #37 of 45 63 #17 of 44
Profitability 10 #10 of 11 18 #37 of 45 44 #24 of 42
Financial Health 17 #11 of 13 58 #21 of 49 12 #54 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 69 #12 of 37 –
Overall 31 46 44
  • LLYVA ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • LBTYA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • IHRT ranked among 61 companies in Advertising and Media

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLLYVALBTYAIHRTSPY
1 month +0.3%-17.2%-24.9% -0.2%
3 months -2.9%-23.5%-51.5% +3.9%
6 months +6.5%-32.1%-67.8% +8.2%
Year to date +18.5%-29.8%-58.7% +12.9%
1 year +6.7%-28.5%-47.1% +12.3%
3 years +221.7%+0.5%-19.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +47.7%+0.2%-7.0% +23.3%
5 years —-47.0%-91.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year —-11.9%-38.6% +10.9%
10 years —-52.2%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —-7.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLLYVALBTYAIHRTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.8%35.0%87.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.4%32.1%79.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.461.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.21-0.81-0.54 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -24.4%-50.4%-96.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.0%-40.0%-72.8% -1.2%
52-week high $104.99$13.03$6.33 $779.14
52-week low $74.85$7.50$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.

MultipleLLYVALBTYAIHRT
P/E now vs peer median -20.2xmedian 50.4x -0.9xmedian 11.8x -0.9xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 1.4x 0.5xmedian 1.1x 0.1xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -448.9xmedian 18.0x 8.4xmedian 6.8x 14.7xmedian 10.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1,213xmedian 17.5x -10.4xmedian 5.9x 6.6xmedian 9.0x
P/B now vs peer median -14.2xmedian 2.4x 0.3xmedian 1.2x -0.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.26 0.39median 0.24 -0.02median 0.44

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 monthsLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Revenue $406.97M $4.88B $3.99B
Gross profit $75.92M $3.28B $2.34B
Operating income -$49.43M -$86.80M $6.41M
Net income -$440.14M -$3.01B -$286.32M
Free cash flow -$7.33M -$254.80M $36.26M
EPS (diluted) $-4.75 $-8.64 $-1.81
Cash & equivalents $523.35M $2.42B $174.44M
Total debt $7.48B $8.35B $5.04B
Shares (diluted) 92.60M 351.13M 157.71M
Enterprise value $6.94B -$5.18B -$532.74M

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
MetricLLYVALBTYAIHRT
P/E -20.2x -0.9x -0.9x
P/FCF -1,213x -10.4x 6.6x
P/Operating cash flow -1,213x 2.1x 2.0x
P/S 21.8x 0.5x 0.1x
P/B -14.2x 0.3x -0.1x
P/Tangible book -12.1x 0.3x -0.1x
EV/EBITDA -448.9x 8.4x 14.7x
EV/EBIT -212.2x -99.0x 796.1x
EV/Revenue 25.8x 1.8x 1.3x
EV/FCF -1,431x -33.7x 140.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -1,431x 6.8x 42.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.39 -0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.9% 5.4% 3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.8% 1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 7.8% 4.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% -0.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 57.4% -215.0% -96.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -58.3% 26.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -20.5% 8.5% 23.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 4.7% 40.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 10.2% 25.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -2.2% 41.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -16.3% 138.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -19.4% -24.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -158.0% 181.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -29.5% -34.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Gross margin 18.7% 67.2% 58.8%
EBITDA margin -5.7% 21.0% 8.7%
Operating margin -12.1% -1.8% 0.2%
Pretax margin -137.3% -57.5% -10.5%
Net margin -108.1% -62.1% -7.2%
FCF margin -1.8% -5.2% 0.9%
Operating cash flow margin -1.8% 26.0% 3.0%
Return on equity – -31.2% –
Return on assets -22.6% -13.8% -5.9%
Return on invested capital -2.6% -0.5% 0.1%
Return on capital employed – -0.5% 0.2%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x -0.4x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 3.4% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Debt / assets 105.6% 38.8% 103.9%
Debt / equity -3.4x 0.9x -2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -68.6x 5.8x 14.0x
Debt / FCF -290.0x -32.8x 139.1x
Liabilities / assets 131.1% 56.1% 141.4%
Equity / assets -31.1% 43.9% -41.4%
Interest coverage -1.7x -0.2x –
Current ratio 0.3x 1.3x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.2x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.9x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.29 0.72 -0.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 3.4% –
Shareholder yield – 3.4% –
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.

ConsensusLLYVALBTYAIHRT
EPS, next fiscal year – $-1.51FY2026 $-0.48FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year – $4.97BFY2026 $3.86BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.8%FY2026 +0.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -6.3% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLLYVALBTYAIHRT
Held by institutions 100.0% 50.2% 72.1%
Institutions holding 250 293 136
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.9% +0.6% +6.6%
Institutions buying 105 145 73
Institutions selling 70 95 50
Buyers to sellers 1.50 1.53 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.

LLYVALBTYAIHRT
LLYVA 1.00 0.18 0.14
LBTYA 0.18 1.00 0.16
IHRT 0.14 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LLYVA, LBTYA and IHRT?

Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) $8.89B, Liberty Global (LBTYA) $2.66B, iHeartMedia (IHRT) $237.60M.

Which company is growing faster?

Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) +14.9%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) +5.4%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) +3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

iHeartMedia (IHRT) has the highest net margin (Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) -108.1%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -62.1%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -7.2%). On return on invested capital, iHeartMedia (IHRT) leads (Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) -2.6%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -0.5%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 0.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) returned the most: Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) +6.7%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -28.5%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -47.1%. Over five years, Liberty Global (LBTYA) compounded fastest (Liberty Global (LBTYA) -11.9%/yr, iHeartMedia (IHRT) -38.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) has been the steadiest (Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) 31.8%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) 35.0%, iHeartMedia (IHRT) 87.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LLYVA, LBTYA 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, Liberty Live Holdings (LLYVA) 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.