Growth Metrics

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Live Nation Entertainment filings provide 15 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 2.26% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 195.0% to 2.26% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 4.96%, a 140.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 4.96%, up 140.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 2.26% in Q4 2025 for Live Nation Entertainment, down from 9.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 9.32% in Q3 2025 to a low of 104.32% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 3.8% (2023), compared with a mean of 3.31%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Operating Margin: up 77168bps in 2021, down -9168bps in 2021.
  • Live Nation Entertainment's Operating Margin stood at 4.61% in 2021, then surged by 34bps to 3.03% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 54bps to 1.4% in 2023, then tumbled by -201bps to 4.21% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 46bps to 2.26% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 2.26% (Q4 2025), 9.32% (Q3 2025), and 6.95% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.