Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026)
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) posted Operating Margin of 6.81% for Q2 2026, down 0.14 percentage points from 6.95% a year earlier but up 16.58 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Operating Margin (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Live Nation Entertainment was 3.05%, down 1.17 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 4.96%, up 1.40 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +93.79 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Live Nation Entertainment's Operating Margin was 3.56% in FY2024 (-1.21 pp), 4.77% in FY2023 (+0.45 pp), 4.33% in FY2022 (+10.99 pp) and -6.67% in FY2021 (+82.16 pp).
- Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of -9.77% in Q1 2026 to a high of 9.32% in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.14 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q3 2021, with a gain of 279.21 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2026, with a drop of 13.16 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was -9.77% (Q1 2026), -2.26% (Q4 2025) and 9.32% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live Nation Entertainment | 41.28 Bn | 7.78 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 8.83% |
| 2 | Liberty Media | 25.82 Bn | 19.63 Bn | 494.00 Mn | 19.33% |
| 3 | TKO Group Holdings | 14.53 Bn | 11.69 Bn | 871.13 Mn | 27.76% |
| 4 | Liberty Live Holdings | 9.52 Bn | 7.43 Bn | 20.12 Mn | -10.96% |
| 5 | Cinemark Holdings | 4.67 Bn | 1.08 Bn | - | 39.11% |
| 6 | Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 3.83 Bn | 2.86 Bn | 90.38 Mn | 4.48% |
| 7 | Amc Entertainment Holdings | 3.05 Bn | 749.24 Mn | 1.13 Bn | 14.53% |
| 8 | Marcus | 833.48 Mn | 712.23 Mn | 113.63 Mn | 12.74% |
| 9 | Reading International | 40.65 Mn | 10.76 Mn | 14.10 Mn | 11.18% |
| 10 | Nip | 10.14 Mn | -30,357.31 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.83% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.81% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -9.77% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -2.26% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.95% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.39% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -4.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.36% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.73% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -3.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.23% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.19% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.50% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -4.61% |
API Access
Live Nation Entertainment Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "LYV", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();