LVO vs HUYA vs SPOT Stock Comparison

LiveOne, Huya and Spotify Technology Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LVO LiveOne, Inc.
$3.16 +37.4% 1M -40.5% 1Y
Market cap
$44.48M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$77.29M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
HUYA HUYA Inc.
$2.11 -11.0% 1M -26.0% 1Y
Market cap
$482.85M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$992.66M
Div. yield
–
Streaming Technology
1 win

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Spotify Technology leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Spotify Technology 7, Huya 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLVOHUYASPOTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.48M $482.85M $114.02B SPOT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.1x -31.0x 33.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 26.4x 42.8x HUYA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -23.1% +16.7% +17.0% SPOT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -27.1% -1.6% 15.7% SPOT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.5% -26.0% -17.6% SPOT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -32.7%/yr -23.8%/yr +13.2%/yr SPOT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 84.2% 53.2% 46.5% SPOT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 11/100 62/100 63/100 SPOT

Percentile Scorecard

LVOHUYASPOT

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

AxisLVOHUYASPOT
Valuation 15 #141 of 166 61 #66 of 166 35 #109 of 166
Growth 5 #145 of 152 66 #52 of 152 96 #7 of 152
Profitability 17 #126 of 152 39 #93 of 152 84 #25 of 152
Financial Health 12 #158 of 179 80 #37 of 179 84 #30 of 179
Shareholder Returns 4 #90 of 94 67 #32 of 94 16 #79 of 94
Overall 11 62 63
  • LVO ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • HUYA ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • SPOT ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLVOHUYASPOTSPY
1 month +37.4%-11.0%+8.3% +0.9%
3 months -28.0%-13.2%+2.8% +5.9%
6 months -38.4%-31.0%+21.4% +8.5%
Year to date -33.1%-26.7%-7.3% +13.3%
1 year -40.5%-26.0%-17.6% +12.4%
3 years -68.4%-30.8%+237.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year -31.9%-11.6%+50.1% +23.5%
5 years -86.2%-74.3%+86.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year -32.7%-23.8%+13.2% +11.0%
10 years -98.2%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year -33.3%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureLVOHUYASPOTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 84.2%53.2%46.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 86.8%47.0%44.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.711.270.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.49-0.38 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.8%-82.6%-76.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -55.0%-56.8%-19.1% -0.9%
52-week high $7.02$4.88$665.67 $779.14
52-week low $2.24$2.05$412.75 $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.

MultipleLVOHUYASPOT
P/E now vs peer median -2.0xmedian 16.8x -31.0xmedian 16.8x 32.1xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.4x 5.1xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 13.9x —median 13.9x 30.0xmedian 13.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -3.4xmedian 11.4x —median 11.4x 30.0xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median -3.1xmedian 1.8x 1.4xmedian 1.8x 11.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.10median 0.36 -0.84median 0.36 0.39median 0.36

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 monthsLVOHUYASPOT
Revenue $77.29M $992.66M $21.85B
Gross profit $13.84M $141.11M $7.24B
Operating income -$15.12M -$16.49M $3.19B
Net income -$20.51M -$13.64M $3.44B
Free cash flow -$12.60M – $3.69B
R&D $2.44M $71.57M $1.67B
EPS (diluted) $-2.41 $-0.07 $16.34
Cash & equivalents $8.63M $47.48M $6.84B
Total debt $3.25M – –
Shares (diluted) 8.69M 228.84M 210.51M
Enterprise value $10.15M -$1.42B $70.94B

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
MetricLVOHUYASPOT
P/E -2.0x -31.0x 32.1x
P/FCF -3.4x – 30.0x
P/Operating cash flow -4.5x – 29.4x
P/S 0.6x 1.0x 5.1x
P/B -3.1x 1.4x 11.2x
P/Tangible book -2.8x 1.4x 11.2x
EV/EBITDA -3.1x – 30.0x
EV/EBIT -2.5x -35.3x 31.2x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 0.6x 4.6x
EV/FCF -3.0x – 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.9x – 26.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.10 -0.84 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLVOHUYASPOT
Revenue growth (1Y) -23.1% 16.7% 17.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -9.5% -5.4% 17.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -41.3% 30.7% 22.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -25.3% 19.9% 28.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 29.0% 15.9% 45.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -78.1% 43.9% 91.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.5% 18.7% 117.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.0% 36.9% 86.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 6.5% 25.8% 113.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -20.9% 36.8% 82.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -585.0% – 15.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -54.6% – 152.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -828.0% – 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -37.1% – 166.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLVOHUYASPOT
Gross margin 17.9% 14.2% 33.1%
EBITDA margin -15.9% – 15.2%
Operating margin -19.6% -1.7% 14.6%
Pretax margin -26.5% -1.5% 18.0%
Net margin -27.1% -1.6% 15.7%
FCF margin -16.3% – 16.9%
Operating cash flow margin -12.4% – 17.3%
Return on equity – -2.0% 35.3%
Return on assets -42.9% -1.5% 21.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed -117.7% -2.3% 20.0%
Asset turnover 1.6x 1.1x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x – 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 20.8% – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLVOHUYASPOT
Debt / assets 6.7% – –
Debt / equity -0.2x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x – –
Debt / FCF -0.3x – –
Liabilities / assets 128.1% 26.1% 38.9%
Equity / assets -28.1% 73.9% 61.1%
Interest coverage – – 3.0x
Current ratio 0.6x 2.3x –
Quick ratio 0.5x 2.0x 223.0x
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.6x 206.0x
Altman Z-score -7.68 3.25 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLVOHUYASPOT
Dividend yield – 6.6% –
Net buyback yield -30.1% – -0.6%
Shareholder yield -30.1% 6.6% -0.6%
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.

ConsensusLVOHUYASPOT
Forward P/E – 26.4xFY2026 42.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.22FY2026 $0.08FY2026 $12.58FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +1.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +100.0% +39.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $87.06MFY2026 $1.11BFY2026 $20.91BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.9%FY2026 +19.6%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.1% -1.9% +27.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLVOHUYASPOT
Held by institutions – 16.0% 65.9%
Institutions holding – 82 1,236
Change in shares held, QoQ – -12.8% +1.1%
Institutions buying – 33 615
Institutions selling – 29 481
Buyers to sellers – 1.14 1.28

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.

LVOHUYASPOT
LVO 1.00 0.06 0.12
HUYA 0.06 1.00 0.09
SPOT 0.12 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LVO, HUYA and SPOT?

Spotify Technology (SPOT) is the largest by market capitalisation: LiveOne (LVO) $44.48M, Huya (HUYA) $482.85M, Spotify Technology (SPOT) $114.02B.

Which company is growing faster?

Spotify Technology (SPOT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: LiveOne (LVO) -23.1%, Huya (HUYA) +16.7%, Spotify Technology (SPOT) +17.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Spotify Technology (SPOT) has the highest net margin (LiveOne (LVO) -27.1%, Huya (HUYA) -1.6%, Spotify Technology (SPOT) 15.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Spotify Technology (SPOT) returned the most: LiveOne (LVO) -40.5%, Huya (HUYA) -26.0%, Spotify Technology (SPOT) -17.6%. Over five years, Spotify Technology (SPOT) compounded fastest (LiveOne (LVO) -32.7%/yr, Huya (HUYA) -23.8%/yr, Spotify Technology (SPOT) +13.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Spotify Technology (SPOT) has been the steadiest (LiveOne (LVO) 84.2%, Huya (HUYA) 53.2%, Spotify Technology (SPOT) 46.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LVO, HUYA and SPOT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Spotify Technology (SPOT) leads on 7. 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.