LYV vs MANU vs LBTYA Stock Comparison

Live Nation Entertainment, Manchester United and Liberty Global Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MANU Manchester United plc
$21.40 +6.4% 1M +28.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.73B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$909.31M
Div. yield
–
Entertainment Venues Consumer Discretionary
2 wins
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd.
$8.12 -9.0% 1M -26.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.76B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$4.88B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Live Nation Entertainment leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Live Nation Entertainment 7, Manchester United 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLYVMANULBTYALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $41.73B $3.73B $2.76B LYV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -165.2x -63.7x -0.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.8% +5.5% +5.4% LYV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.9% -6.4% -62.1% LYV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.7% 2.6% -0.5% LYV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.4x 5.8x LYV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +18.4% +28.7% -26.2% MANU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.0%/yr +6.0%/yr -11.7%/yr LYV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.1% 33.0% 35.3% LYV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 46/100 45/100 MANU

Percentile Scorecard

LYVMANULBTYA

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

AxisLYVMANULBTYA
Valuation 42 #8 of 13 30 #32 of 45 60 #20 of 49
Growth 10 #10 of 11 76 #11 of 43 17 #39 of 47
Profitability 50 #6 of 11 51 #21 of 42 18 #38 of 46
Financial Health 50 #7 of 13 26 #36 of 48 63 #19 of 49
Shareholder Returns – – 67 #13 of 37
Overall 38 46 45
  • LYV ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • MANU ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • LBTYA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLYVMANULBTYASPY
1 month +4.9%+6.4%-9.0% -2.3%
3 months -2.5%-5.3%-25.4% -0.7%
6 months +12.4%+17.4%-31.2% +4.8%
Year to date +24.3%+34.4%-27.1% +10.3%
1 year +18.4%+28.7%-26.2% +10.3%
3 years +107.5%+14.5%-2.9% +73.0%
3 years, per year +27.6%+4.6%-1.0% +20.1%
5 years +68.2%+34.0%-46.3% +61.9%
5 years, per year +11.0%+6.0%-11.7% +10.1%
10 years +562.6%+42.2%-50.5% +258.6%
10 years, per year +20.8%+3.6%-6.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLYVMANULBTYASPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.1%33.0%35.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.2%31.0%32.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.690.670.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.590.87-0.74 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.2%-54.5%-50.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.0%-11.5%-37.7% -3.5%
52-week high $188.46$24.19$13.03 $779.14
52-week low $125.61$15.20$7.50 $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.

MultipleLYVMANULBTYA
P/E now vs peer median -165.2xmedian 53.4x -63.7xmedian 17.8x -0.9xmedian 11.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.3x 4.1xmedian 1.8x 0.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 29.0xmedian 18.0x 13.3xmedian 11.0x 8.5xmedian 6.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.2xmedian 17.2x 10.2xmedian 12.4x -10.8xmedian 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 55.2xmedian 2.6x 18.7xmedian 2.3x 0.3xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 3.65median 0.37 3.77median 0.56 0.41median 0.24

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 monthsLYVMANULBTYA
Revenue $26.27B $909.31M $4.88B
Gross profit $6.77B -$21.12M $3.28B
Operating income $801.20M $30.28M -$86.80M
Net income $355.48M -$57.81M -$3.01B
Free cash flow $1.38B $363.93M -$254.80M
EPS (diluted) $-1.02 $-0.34 $-8.64
Cash & equivalents $9.07B $89.13M $2.42B
Total debt $9.20B $913.14M $8.35B
Shares (diluted) 244.04M 172.43M 351.13M
Enterprise value $10.80B $3.39B -$5.08B

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
MetricLYVMANULBTYA
P/E -165.2x -63.7x -0.9x
P/FCF 30.2x 10.2x -10.8x
P/Operating cash flow 16.0x 14.7x 2.2x
P/S 1.6x 4.1x 0.6x
P/B 55.2x 18.7x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -92.6x 18.7x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 29.0x 13.3x 8.5x
EV/EBIT 52.2x 150.3x -100.1x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 5.0x 1.8x
EV/FCF 30.3x 12.5x -34.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.0x 18.0x 6.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.65 3.77 0.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLYVMANULBTYA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.8% 5.5% 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 5.2% 5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% 24.6% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.4% – 3.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -20.0% 223.3% -215.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 62.2% -58.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -69.0% -36.0% 8.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -13.2% -19.1% 4.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -142.7% -35.3% 10.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -45.3% -16.9% -2.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 39.6% 128.3% -16.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 22.8% -19.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 23.3% 141.3% -158.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 34.6% -29.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLYVMANULBTYA
Gross margin 25.8% -2.3% 67.2%
EBITDA margin 5.5% 37.6% 21.0%
Operating margin 3.0% 3.3% -1.8%
Pretax margin 2.5% -7.0% -57.5%
Net margin -0.9% -6.4% -62.1%
FCF margin 5.3% 40.0% -5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 9.9% 27.8% 26.0%
Return on equity 58.9% -26.5% -31.2%
Return on assets 1.3% -2.8% -13.8%
Return on invested capital 4.7% 2.6% -0.5%
Return on capital employed 8.4% 2.5% -0.5%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.4x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 7.3x -4.4x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.0% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLYVMANULBTYA
Debt / assets 32.7% 44.5% 38.8%
Debt / equity 12.2x 4.6x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.4x 5.8x
Debt / FCF 6.7x 2.5x -32.8x
Liabilities / assets 97.3% 90.3% 56.1%
Equity / assets 2.7% 9.7% 43.9%
Interest coverage 2.3x 0.5x -0.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 0.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.2x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 1.77 1.01 0.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLYVMANULBTYA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 3.3%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 3.3%
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.

ConsensusLYVMANULBTYA
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.36FY2026 $-0.18FY2027 $-1.51FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.09BFY2026 $1.07BFY2027 $4.97BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 +19.6%FY2027 +1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% -6.0% -6.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLYVMANULBTYA
Held by institutions 83.4% 17.1% 97.0%
Institutions holding 850 125 294
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% +5.0% +0.6%
Institutions buying 445 63 145
Institutions selling 286 30 95
Buyers to sellers 1.56 2.10 1.53

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.

LYVMANULBTYA
LYV 1.00 0.31 0.15
MANU 0.31 1.00 0.23
LBTYA 0.15 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LYV, MANU and LBTYA?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) $41.73B, Manchester United (MANU) $3.73B, Liberty Global (LBTYA) $2.76B.

Which company is growing faster?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +10.8%, Manchester United (MANU) +5.5%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has the highest net margin (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) -0.9%, Manchester United (MANU) -6.4%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -62.1%). On return on invested capital, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) leads (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 4.7%, Manchester United (MANU) 2.6%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -0.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manchester United (MANU) returned the most: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +18.4%, Manchester United (MANU) +28.7%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -26.2%. Over five years, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) compounded fastest (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +11.0%/yr, Manchester United (MANU) +6.0%/yr, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -11.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has been the steadiest (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 31.1%, Manchester United (MANU) 33.0%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) 35.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LYV, MANU and LBTYA?

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 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.