Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026)
Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 4.74% for Q2 2026, down 8.97 percentage points from 13.71% a year earlier but up 0.68 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Live Nation Entertainment posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 10.26%, down 1.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +44.35 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 11.45% in FY2024 (-1.30 pp), 12.75% in FY2023 (+3.17 pp), 9.58% in FY2022 (+17.65 pp) and -8.07% in FY2021 (+26.02 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] spans a low of -13.04% in Q3 2021 and a high of 14.53% in Q3 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.38 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 34.82 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2026 (a drop of 9.51 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 4.05% (Q1 2026), 9.54% (Q4 2025) and 14.53% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live Nation Entertainment | 40.43 Bn | 6.93 Bn | 2.36 Bn | 5.24% |
| 2 | Liberty Media | 25.07 Bn | 18.88 Bn | 494.00 Mn | 3.04% |
| 3 | TKO Group Holdings | 14.16 Bn | 11.32 Bn | 871.13 Mn | 8.17% |
| 4 | Liberty Live Holdings | 9.31 Bn | 7.22 Bn | 20.12 Mn | -2.30% |
| 5 | Cinemark Holdings | 4.55 Bn | 961.74 Mn | - | 9.68% |
| 6 | Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 3.73 Bn | 2.76 Bn | 90.38 Mn | 19.62% |
| 7 | Amc Entertainment Holdings | 2.94 Bn | 637.81 Mn | 1.13 Bn | 18.37% |
| 8 | Marcus | 823.64 Mn | 702.39 Mn | 113.63 Mn | 5.91% |
| 9 | Reading International | 41.00 Mn | 11.10 Mn | 14.10 Mn | 1.42% |
| 10 | Nip | 10.43 Mn | -30,357.31 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.24% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.74% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.05% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.53% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.56% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.89% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.46% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 11.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.24% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.19% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.11% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.48% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.79% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.57% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -7.41% |
API Access
Live Nation Entertainment Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=LYV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();