Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Live Nation Entertainment's (LYV) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.02 in Q1 2026, down 36.17% year-on-year from 0.03 in Q1 2025, and up 114.01% quarter-over-quarter from 0.13 in Q4 2025.

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Live Nation Entertainment's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.02 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 36.17% year-over-year to 0.02 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.21, a 29.58% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.75, up 230.42% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.02 in Q1 2026 per LYV's latest filing, from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.54 in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 3.28 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.03 (2025), against an average of 0.13.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 1046.94% in 2022 and slumped 702.3% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.02 in 2022, then jumped by 635.99% to 0.18 in 2023, then sank by 71.58% to 0.05 in 2024, then slumped by 360.01% to 0.13 in 2025, then jumped by 114.01% to 0.02 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest LYV FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.02 (Q1 2026), 0.13 (Q4 2025), and 0.09 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Netflix 286.85 Bn 277.73 Bn 6.52 Bn -
2 Walt Disney 176.45 Bn 177.38 Bn 10.75 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 71.03 Bn 68.89 Bn 4.25 Bn -0.27
4 Live Nation Entertainment 40.94 Bn 32.48 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.02
5 Liberty Media 29.72 Bn 29.06 Bn 298.00 Mn -
6 Roku 20.90 Bn 18.52 Bn 564.94 Mn -
7 TKO Group Holdings 20.86 Bn 19.17 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.09
8 Fox 20.85 Bn 17.36 Bn - 0.07
9 News 16.48 Bn 15.01 Bn - 0.11
10 Sirius Xm Holdings 10.04 Bn 9.96 Bn 2.09 Bn 0.55

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.02
Dec 31, 2025 -0.13
Sep 30, 2025 -0.09
Jun 30, 2025 -3.28
Mar 31, 2025 0.03
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 -0.03
Jun 30, 2024 0.54
Mar 31, 2024 0.07
Dec 31, 2023 0.18
Sep 30, 2023 -0.02
Jun 30, 2023 0.20
Mar 31, 2023 0.05
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Sep 30, 2022 -0.02
Jun 30, 2022 0.10
Mar 31, 2022 0.03
Dec 31, 2021 0.04
Sep 30, 2021 -0.06
Jun 30, 2021 0.01