Growth Metrics

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

Live Nation Entertainment posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.02 for Q1 2026, down 36.17% year-on-year from 0.03 in Q1 2025, and up 114.01% on a QoQ basis from 0.13 in Q4 2025.

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.02 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 36.17% year-over-year to 0.02; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.21 (up 29.58% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.75, up 230.42% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.02, up 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.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio surged 1046.94%; it then plunged 702.3% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.02 in 2022, then soared by 969.82% 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.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.02 (Q1 2026), 0.13 (Q4 2025), and 0.09 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Netflix 362.63 Bn 350.34 Bn 11.41 Bn -
2 Walt Disney 181.67 Bn 188.27 Bn 23.68 Bn -
3 Warner Bros. Discovery 67.91 Bn 65.77 Bn 4.25 Bn -0.27
4 Live Nation Entertainment 39.56 Bn 31.10 Bn 1.31 Bn 0.02
5 Fox 26.01 Bn 22.51 Bn - 0.03
6 Liberty Media 21.20 Bn 21.87 Bn 298.00 Mn -
7 Roku 19.03 Bn 16.65 Bn 564.94 Mn -
8 News 16.98 Bn 15.50 Bn - 0.11
9 TKO Group Holdings 16.11 Bn 14.42 Bn 862.52 Mn 0.13
10 Paramount Skydance 12.11 Bn 10.03 Bn - -

Historic Data

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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
Mar 31, 2021 0.11
Dec 31, 2020 -0.07
Sep 30, 2020 -0.01
Jun 30, 2020 -0.01
Mar 31, 2020 0.03
Dec 31, 2019 0.10
Sep 30, 2019 -0.03
Jun 30, 2019 -0.05
Mar 31, 2019 0.12
Dec 31, 2018 0.03
Sep 30, 2018 -0.03
Jun 30, 2018 -0.04
Mar 31, 2018 0.03
Dec 31, 2017 0.15
Sep 30, 2017 -0.01
Jun 30, 2017 -0.24
Mar 31, 2017 0.02
Dec 31, 2016 0.07
Sep 30, 2016 -0.01
Jun 30, 2016 -0.12
Mar 31, 2016 0.03
Dec 31, 2015 0.06
Sep 30, 2015 -0.01
Jun 30, 2015 -0.24
Mar 31, 2015 0.01
Dec 31, 2014 0.03
Sep 30, 2014 -0.02
Jun 30, 2014 -0.20
Mar 31, 2014 0.01
Dec 31, 2013 0.04
Sep 30, 2013 -0.07
Jun 30, 2013 0.01
Mar 31, 2013 0.00
Dec 31, 2012 0.04
Sep 30, 2012 0.00
Jun 30, 2012 0.47
Mar 31, 2012 0.01
Dec 31, 2011 0.05
Sep 30, 2011 0.25
Jun 30, 2011 -0.53
Mar 31, 2011 0.44
Dec 31, 2010 0.04
Sep 30, 2010 -0.01
Jun 30, 2010 0.02
Mar 31, 2010 0.09