LYV vs TKO vs LBTYA Stock Comparison

Live Nation Entertainment, TKO Group Holdings and Liberty Global Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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TKO TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
$188.40 +6.7% 1M +0.6% 1Y
Market cap
$13.90B
P/E
48.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.54B
Div. yield
0.02%
Live Entertainment Communication Services
6 wins
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd.
$9.71 +6.2% 1M -10.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.35B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.60B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

TKO Group Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (TKO Group Holdings 6, Live Nation Entertainment 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLYVTKOLBTYALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $40.88B $13.90B $3.35B LYV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 3,535x 48.4x -1.3x TKO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 42.0x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.5% +19.8% +17.4% TKO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.0% 5.2% -44.4% TKO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.2% 8.2% -0.3% TKO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 2.3x 14.2x LYV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +34.3% +0.6% -10.1% LYV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.9%/yr +26.3%/yr -7.9%/yr TKO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.0% 32.3% 37.5% LYV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 83/100 36/100 TKO

Percentile Scorecard

LYVTKOLBTYA

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

AxisLYVTKOLBTYA
Valuation 25 #10 of 13 50 #7 of 13 48 #26 of 49
Growth 10 #10 of 11 100 #1 of 11 41 #28 of 47
Profitability 40 #7 of 11 100 #1 of 11 13 #40 of 46
Financial Health 58 #6 of 13 83 #3 of 13 25 #37 of 49
Shareholder Returns – – 54 #17 of 36
Overall 33 83 36
  • LYV ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • TKO ranked among 13 companies in Live Venues
  • LBTYA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLYVTKOLBTYASPY
1 month +5.3%+6.7%+6.2% -5.9%
3 months -0.5%+0.6%-9.9% -4.6%
6 months +9.2%+0.5%-20.9% +0.2%
Year to date +27.0%-9.9%-12.8% +7.5%
1 year +34.3%+0.6%-10.1% +8.2%
3 years +112.0%+122.7%+15.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +28.5%+30.6%+4.9% +19.0%
5 years +46.2%+221.2%-33.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year +7.9%+26.3%-7.9% +9.4%
10 years +575.1%+975.3%-40.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year +21.0%+26.8%-5.1% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureLYVTKOLBTYASPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.0%32.3%37.5% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.8%31.6%32.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.690.480.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.180.02-0.27 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.2%-37.2%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.0%-16.3%-25.5% -5.9%
52-week high $188.46$224.96$13.03 $779.14
52-week low $125.61$171.25$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.

MultipleLYVTKOLBTYA
P/E now vs peer median 3,648xmedian 41.0x 47.9xmedian 41.0x -1.3xmedian 11.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.3x 6.4xmedian 1.3x 0.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 16.5x 23.3xmedian 16.5x 16.8xmedian 6.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 47.8xmedian 18.5x 20.7xmedian 18.5x -113.6xmedian 4.7x
P/B now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 2.8x 4.3xmedian 2.8x 0.3xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -52.92median 0.48 0.43median 0.48 -0.08median 0.27

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 monthsLYVTKOLBTYA
Revenue $27.88B $5.54B $5.60B
Gross profit $7.07B $3.34B $3.78B
Operating income $900.70M $1.20B -$96.90M
Net income $444.37M $832.41M -$2.37B
Free cash flow $892.99M $1.72B -$28.90M
EPS (diluted) $0.05 $3.87 $-7.16
Cash & equivalents $8.26B $630.94M $2.05B
Total debt $9.75B $4.62B $20.59B
Shares (diluted) 256.37M 74.15M 347.12M
Enterprise value $7.38B $11.06B -$5.10B

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
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
P/E 3,648x 47.9x -1.3x
P/FCF 47.8x 20.7x -113.6x
P/Operating cash flow 20.8x 19.2x 2.1x
P/S 1.5x 6.4x 0.6x
P/B 35.9x 4.3x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -371.6x 6.9x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 28.3x 23.3x 16.8x
EV/EBIT 49.0x 32.9x -225.2x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 7.1x 3.9x
EV/FCF 49.4x 23.0x -755.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.6x 21.4x 13.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -52.92 0.43 -0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.5% 19.8% 17.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.6% 60.8% 9.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.4% 22.6% 21.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 52.2% 8.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.0% 44.5% -384.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 33.7% 24.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -59.9% 71.8% -22.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.1% 47.3% 22.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -96.7% 237.0% -23.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -68.9% 112.3% 16.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -17.9% 79.3% 14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 70.6% -10.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -45.2% 83.8% -117.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.8% 69.0% -26.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Gross margin 25.4% 60.3% 67.5%
EBITDA margin 5.6% 30.6% 23.3%
Operating margin 3.2% 21.7% -1.7%
Pretax margin 2.7% 17.2% -49.7%
Net margin 0.0% 5.2% -44.4%
FCF margin 3.2% 31.1% -0.5%
Operating cash flow margin 7.3% 33.4% 28.1%
Return on equity 46.7% 10.0% -23.8%
Return on assets 1.6% 5.1% -7.9%
Return on invested capital 5.2% 8.2% -0.3%
Return on capital employed 6.9% 8.7% -0.4%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.6x 2.2x -0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 2.8% 3.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Debt / assets 34.9% 28.6% 54.0%
Debt / equity 8.2x 0.6x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.0x 2.3x 14.2x
Debt / FCF 10.9x 2.7x -712.4x
Liabilities / assets 95.7% 48.9% 72.7%
Equity / assets 4.3% 51.1% 27.3%
Interest coverage 2.4x 4.6x -0.2x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.3x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.00 3.23 0.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Dividend yield – 1.7% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 0.0% 4.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.7% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 28.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 13.7% –
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.

ConsensusLYVTKOLBTYA
Forward P/E – 42.0xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.36FY2026 $4.49FY2026 $-1.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +98.7%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +19.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.09BFY2026 $6.09BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 +28.5%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% -5.9% -4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLYVTKOLBTYA
Held by institutions 83.4% 38.3% 97.0%
Institutions holding 850 659 294
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% -2.9% +0.6%
Institutions buying 444 317 144
Institutions selling 286 241 95
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.32 1.52

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.

LYVTKOLBTYA
LYV 1.00 0.29 0.20
TKO 0.29 1.00 0.27
LBTYA 0.20 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LYV, TKO and LBTYA?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) $40.88B, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) $13.90B, Liberty Global (LBTYA) $3.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, LYV, TKO and LBTYA?

TKO Group Holdings (TKO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 3,535x, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 48.4x, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -1.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

TKO Group Holdings (TKO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +13.5%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) +19.8%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) +17.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

TKO Group Holdings (TKO) has the highest net margin (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 0.0%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 5.2%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -44.4%). On return on invested capital, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) leads (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 5.2%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 8.2%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -0.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) returned the most: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +34.3%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) +0.6%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -10.1%. Over five years, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) compounded fastest (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +7.9%/yr, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) +26.3%/yr, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -7.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 0.00%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 0.02%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) 0.00%. Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) and Liberty Global (LBTYA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has been the steadiest (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 29.0%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 32.3%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) 37.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LYV, TKO 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, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) leads on 6. 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.