LYV vs TKO vs LBTYA Stock Comparison

Live Nation Entertainment, TKO Group Holdings and Liberty Global Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TKO TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
$171.25 -6.3% 1M -8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$32.62B
P/E
55.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.30B
Div. yield
1.83%
Live Entertainment Communication Services
4 wins
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd.
$7.54 -20.2% 1M -31.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.56B
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 5 of the 12 questions below (Live Nation Entertainment 5, TKO Group Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLYVTKOLBTYALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $40.69B $32.62B $2.56B LYV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -161.1x 55.8x -0.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 38.6x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.8% +5.1% +5.4% LYV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -0.9% 4.3% -62.1% TKO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.7% 6.7% -0.5% TKO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.6x 5.8x LYV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.83% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.0% -8.3% -31.9% LYV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +11.4%/yr +23.4%/yr -12.6%/yr TKO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 31.0% 31.8% 34.9% LYV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 35/100 79/100 46/100 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 42 #8 of 13 33 #9 of 13 67 #17 of 49
Growth 10 #10 of 11 100 #1 of 11 18 #37 of 45
Profitability 40 #7 of 11 100 #1 of 11 18 #37 of 45
Financial Health 50 #7 of 13 83 #3 of 13 58 #21 of 49
Shareholder Returns – – 69 #12 of 37
Overall 35 79 46
  • 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 +1.0%-6.3%-20.2% -0.8%
3 months -3.7%-6.4%-23.3% +3.5%
6 months +10.3%-8.0%-35.1% +7.0%
Year to date +21.2%-18.1%-32.3% +12.2%
1 year +13.0%-8.3%-31.9% +13.0%
3 years +124.3%+108.9%-3.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +30.9%+27.9%-1.0% +23.1%
5 years +71.6%+186.1%-48.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +11.4%+23.4%-12.6% +11.0%
10 years +524.1%+795.2%-54.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +20.1%+24.5%-7.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLYVTKOLBTYASPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.0%31.8%34.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.2%30.9%32.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.720.470.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.42-0.26-0.92 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.2%-37.2%-50.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.4%-23.9%-42.1% -1.8%
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 -161.1xmedian 50.6x 55.8xmedian 50.6x -0.8xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.3x 6.2xmedian 1.3x 0.5xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 17.8x 24.0xmedian 17.8x 8.3xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.4xmedian 17.3x 19.5xmedian 17.3x -10.1xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 53.9xmedian 2.4x 3.9xmedian 2.4x 0.3xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 3.56median 0.26 —median 0.26 0.38median 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 monthsLYVTKOLBTYA
Revenue $26.27B $5.30B $4.88B
Gross profit $6.77B $3.15B $3.28B
Operating income $801.20M $997.63M -$86.80M
Net income $355.48M $661.36M -$3.01B
Free cash flow $1.38B $1.67B -$254.80M
EPS (diluted) $-1.02 $3.03 $-8.64
Cash & equivalents $9.07B $592.49M $2.42B
Total debt $9.20B $4.63B $8.35B
Shares (diluted) 244.04M 75.87M 351.13M
Enterprise value $9.76B $29.58B -$5.28B

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 -161.1x 55.8x -0.8x
P/FCF 29.4x 19.5x -10.1x
P/Operating cash flow 15.6x 18.2x 2.0x
P/S 1.5x 6.2x 0.5x
P/B 53.9x 3.9x 0.3x
P/Tangible book -90.3x 6.3x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 28.3x 24.0x 8.3x
EV/EBIT 50.9x 36.7x -97.9x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 6.9x 1.7x
EV/FCF 29.5x 21.9x -33.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.6x 20.4x 6.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.56 – 0.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.8% 5.1% 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 11.0% 63.0% 5.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% 22.4% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 53.5% 3.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -20.0% 43.5% -215.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 19.8% -58.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -69.0% 73.5% 8.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -13.2% 21.6% 4.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -142.7% 155.3% 10.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -45.3% – -2.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 39.6% 126.3% -16.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.5% – -19.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 23.3% 142.4% -158.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% – -29.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Gross margin 25.8% 59.5% 67.2%
EBITDA margin 5.5% 28.8% 21.0%
Operating margin 3.0% 18.8% -1.8%
Pretax margin 2.5% 14.2% -57.5%
Net margin -0.9% 4.3% -62.1%
FCF margin 5.3% 31.5% -5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 9.9% 33.9% 26.0%
Return on equity 58.9% 7.9% -31.2%
Return on assets 1.3% 4.1% -13.8%
Return on invested capital 4.7% 6.7% -0.5%
Return on capital employed 8.4% 7.3% -0.5%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 7.3x 2.7x -0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 2.5% 3.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Debt / assets 32.7% 28.5% 38.8%
Debt / equity 12.2x 0.6x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.1x 2.6x 5.8x
Debt / FCF 6.7x 2.8x -32.8x
Liabilities / assets 97.3% 48.8% 56.1%
Equity / assets 2.7% 51.2% 43.9%
Interest coverage 2.3x 4.1x -0.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.2x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 1.75 2.93 0.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLYVTKOLBTYA
Dividend yield – 1.8% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 0.0% 3.5%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.8% 3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 36.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 14.4% –
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 – 38.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.36FY2026 $4.44FY2026 $-1.58FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +96.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +15.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.09BFY2026 $6.09BFY2026 $5.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.5%FY2026 +28.5%FY2026 +3.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% -5.9% -7.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLYVTKOLBTYA
Held by institutions 83.4% 98.3% 97.0%
Institutions holding 848 656 293
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% -2.9% +0.6%
Institutions buying 443 316 145
Institutions selling 286 240 95
Buyers to sellers 1.55 1.32 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.

LYVTKOLBTYA
LYV 1.00 0.25 0.16
TKO 0.25 1.00 0.25
LBTYA 0.16 0.25 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) $40.69B, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) $32.62B, Liberty Global (LBTYA) $2.56B.

Which company is growing faster?

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +10.8%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) +5.1%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

TKO Group Holdings (TKO) has the highest net margin (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) -0.9%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 4.3%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -62.1%). On return on invested capital, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) leads (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 4.7%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 6.7%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -0.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) returned the most: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +13.0%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) -8.3%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -31.9%. Over five years, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) compounded fastest (Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) +11.4%/yr, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) +23.4%/yr, Liberty Global (LBTYA) -12.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 1.83%, 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) 31.0%, TKO Group Holdings (TKO) 31.8%, Liberty Global (LBTYA) 34.9%). 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, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) 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.