Live Nation Entertainment
About: Live Nation is the largest live entertainment company in the world, serving as a concert promoter, venue operator, and ticketing platform. In addition, the firm generates revenue from sponsorships and advertising. With offices in 45 countries, Live Nation promotes concerts globally and it owns, operates, or had exclusive booking rights to nearly 400 venues worldwide at the end of 2024, which the firm says makes it the second-largest operator of music venues globally. In 2024, Live Nation promoted nearly 55,000 events, drawing more than 150 million fans. Ticketmaster is a dominant global ticketing service, selling almost 640 million tickets in 2024.
Employees: 16,200
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
145% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 137 | Existing positions closed: 56
17% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $19B [Q3] → $22.2B (+$3.24B) [Q4]
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 242 | Existing positions reduced: 211
11% more funds holding
Funds holding: 618 [Q3] → 684 (+66) [Q4]
0.88% less ownership
Funds ownership: 75.34% [Q3] → 74.46% (-0.88%) [Q4]
13% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $445M | Put options by funds: $511M
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 16 [Q3] → 8 (-8) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Macquarie Paul Golding 32% 1-year accuracy 17 / 53 met price target | 30%upside $165 | Outperform Maintained | 6 Mar 2025 |
B of A Securities Peter Henderson 20% 1-year accuracy 1 / 5 met price target | 38%upside $175 | Buy Maintained | 24 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Cameron Mansson-Perrone 40% 1-year accuracy 2 / 5 met price target | 42%upside $180 | Overweight Reiterated | 21 Feb 2025 |
Benchmark Matthew Harrison 45% 1-year accuracy 10 / 22 met price target | 40%upside $178 | Buy Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Roth MKM Eric Handler 79% 1-year accuracy 19 / 24 met price target | 37%upside $174 | Buy Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about LYV published over the past 30 days









