Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 8.38% for Q2 2026, down 2.71 percentage points from 11.09% a year earlier and down 0.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Live Nation Entertainment's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 12.21%, up 3.95 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +35.88 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Live Nation Entertainment's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 8.26% in FY2024 (-5.71 pp), 13.98% in FY2023 (+3.85 pp), 10.13% in FY2022 (+17.54 pp) and -7.41% in FY2021 (+16.26 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q4 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.77 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the past five years was Q2 2022, with a gain of 25.34 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2024, with a drop of 3.94 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] for the three prior quarters was 8.44% (Q1 2026), 10.54% (Q4 2025) and 10.75% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live Nation Entertainment | 40.88 Bn | 7.38 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 6.90% |
| 2 | Liberty Media | 25.35 Bn | 19.15 Bn | 494.00 Mn | 4.26% |
| 3 | TKO Group Holdings | 13.90 Bn | 11.06 Bn | 871.13 Mn | 8.69% |
| 4 | Liberty Live Holdings | 9.40 Bn | 7.31 Bn | 20.12 Mn | - |
| 5 | Cinemark Holdings | 4.46 Bn | 870.56 Mn | - | 9.62% |
| 6 | Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 3.67 Bn | 2.70 Bn | 90.38 Mn | 15.31% |
| 7 | Amc Entertainment Holdings | 2.79 Bn | 494.56 Mn | 1.13 Bn | 7.06% |
| 8 | Marcus | 821.34 Mn | 700.09 Mn | 113.63 Mn | 4.66% |
| 9 | Reading International | 39.37 Mn | 9.48 Mn | 14.10 Mn | 1.12% |
| 10 | Nip | 10.27 Mn | -30,357.31 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 6.90% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.38% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.44% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.75% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.64% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.43% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.57% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.12% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.61% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.48% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 9.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 8.59% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.73% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.27% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -5.96% |
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Live Nation Entertainment Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();