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 | 39.78 Bn | 8.85 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 4.74% |
| 2 | TKO Group Holdings | 33.44 Bn | 30.40 Bn | 990.96 Mn | 6.70% |
| 3 | Liberty Media | 18.71 Bn | 14.03 Bn | 329.00 Mn | 2.95% |
| 4 | Liberty Live Holdings | 8.81 Bn | 6.86 Bn | 30.26 Mn | -2.57% |
| 5 | Cinemark Holdings | 4.18 Bn | 797.64 Mn | - | 8.12% |
| 6 | Madison Square Garden Entertainment | 3.23 Bn | 2.43 Bn | 75.84 Mn | 14.10% |
| 7 | Amc Entertainment Holdings | 1.99 Bn | 80.86 Mn | 1.05 Bn | 10.29% |
| 8 | Emerald Holding | 997.46 Mn | 523.66 Mn | 99.50 Mn | -1.57% |
| 9 | Marcus | 831.33 Mn | 762.92 Mn | 106.56 Mn | 5.03% |
| 10 | Reading International | 41.78 Mn | 12.09 Mn | 14.10 Mn | 1.42% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -13.04% |
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();