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 owned, operated, 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 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
89% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 119 | Existing positions closed: 63
40% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $671M | Put options by funds: $478M
33% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 308 | Existing positions reduced: 232
23% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $23.1B [Q1] → $28.4B (+$5.27B) [Q2]
21% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q1] → 17 (+3) [Q2]
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 717 [Q1] → 762 (+45) [Q2]
4.34% more ownership
Funds ownership: 76.58% [Q1] → 80.92% (+4.34%) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
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Rothschild & Co
Ed Vyvyan
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$170
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Neutral
Downgraded
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16 Sep 2025 |
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Citigroup
Jason Bazinet
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$195
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Buy
Maintained
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9 Sep 2025 |
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MoffettNathanson
Robert Fishman
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$195
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Buy
Initiated
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18 Aug 2025 |
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Oppenheimer
Jed Kelly
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$180
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Outperform
Maintained
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12 Aug 2025 |
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Benchmark
Matthew Harrigan
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$180
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Buy
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
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Guggenheim
Curry Baker
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$170
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Buy
Reiterated
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18 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about LYV published over the past 30 days
