Valuation
26% of the score
7median 53
Live Nation Entertainment is valued at 51.2x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
51.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
LYVLive Nation Entertainment
$173.53+14% 1Y
$173.53
$125.6152 weeks$188.42
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 49 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Live Nation Entertainment scores higher than 43% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Communication Services median 56 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time11
11
33
37
46
53
49
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 22 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
17median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 4.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
4.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 17%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 71 cents. New capital earned 165%, and 43% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
71%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
64median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.8% a year over 5 years: new shares
405%
-3%
1.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 17% a year, sales 68%
10012%
-2%
-52%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
74median 63
Today's operating margin of 3% is 0.92x its normal 3.3%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 3%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
54median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.1x a year of EBITDA
1004.5x
0.5x
0.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
71.5x
12x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
91median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.30x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.2% of assets
818%
0%
-8%
-4.2%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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