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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02Overview · Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company. It operates through Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising segments. The Concerts segment promotes live music events in its owned or operated venues, and in rented third-party venues; operates and manages music venues; produces music festivals; creates and streams associated content; and offers management and other services to artis…
Management team
- Mr. Russell Wallach · President of Sponsorship & Advertising DivisionFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. John Hopmans · Executive Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic FinanceFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael G. Rowles · Executive VP, General Counsel & SecretaryFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Joe Berchtold · President & CFOFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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+0.0 on a −2 to +2 scale.
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Editor's note
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For the fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-23 (Q2 2026), consolidated revenue rose to $ 7,666,858,000, up $ 660,217,000 versus Q2 2025, and operating income was $ 521,917,000 versus $ 486,653,000 a year earlier, implying an operating margin of roughly 6.8% versus ~ 7.0% in Q2 2025. Net income increased to $ 294,446,000 from $ 243,411,000 and diluted EPS rose to $ 1.05 from $ 0.41.
The Form 10-Q reports first‑half consolidated revenue of $ 11,500,000,000 versus $ 10,400,000,000 a year earlier, while first‑half operating income fell to $ 151,400,000 from $ 601,400,000, a decline management attributes primarily to Governmental Investigations and Litigation. Event‑related deferred revenue is at a record $ 6.4 billion (up 25% year‑over‑year) and Concerts segment revenue for Q2 2026 rose to $ 6.4 billion on ~ 15,300 events and 48.7 million fans, though Concerts AOI declined $ 49.1 million (14%) on geographic mix and higher fixed and international costs. Balance‑sheet and market snapshots show stockholders’ equity improved from negative $ 52,305,000 as of 31 December 2023 to $ 271,007,000 as of 31 December 2025 and was $ 82,330,000 as of 30 June 2026, market capitalization about $ 41,754,319,992, beta versus SPY 0.67, and trailing twelve‑month P/E reported as 521.18.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Live Nation's revenues for fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30) were $7,666,858,000, up $660,217,000 versus fiscal Q2 2025 revenues of $7,006,641,000.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001335258-26-000035Operating income in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30) was $521,917,000, compared with operating income of $486,653,000 in fiscal Q2 2025 (2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001335258-26-000035Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
In the Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-30, consolidated revenue for the second quarter of 2026 increased 9% year-over-year to $7.7 billion.
10-Q filed 2026-07-30The Form 10-Q filed 2026-07-30 reports that consolidated revenue for the first six months of 2026 increased from $10.4 billion to $11.5 billion, a $1.1 billion (10%) increase compared to the same period in 2025.
10-Q filed 2026-07-30Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Beta vs SPY is 0.67 and correlation vs SPY is 0.27 as of 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01Momentum measures are positive: momentum_3m +5.7%, momentum_6m +9.3%, and momentum_12_1 +23.0%, with the 12_1 momentum at the 64th percentile of the 547-stock research universe on 2026-09-01.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
Institutional holdings reported a total value of "$30.50B" as of the 2026-03-31 13F reporting period.
13F holdings · 818 filers · as of 2026-03-31BlackRock, Inc. is listed among the top holders with a reported position value of "$2.06B" as of the 2026-03-31 13F reporting period.
13F holdings · 818 filers · as of 2026-03-31Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
A simplywall.st piece on 2026-08-22 reports Live Nation delivered a 114.4% return over the past three years and describes its current valuation checks as sending a mixed message.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-08-22A finance.yahoo.com release dated 2026-08-26 states that Live Nation will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia & Technology Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10:10 a.m. PT.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-08-26Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Michael Rapino (President & CEO) reported the sale of 16,251 shares for a total value of "$3.0M" on 2026-08-06.
Form 4 · Rapino Michael (President & CEO) · $3.0M code F · 2026-08-06Joe Berchtold (President & CFO) reported three Form 4 transactions: sale of 11,643 shares for "$2.0M" on 2026-05-13, sale of 16,603 shares for "$2.7M" on 2026-05-22, and sale of 10,834 shares for "$2.0M" on 2026-08-06.
Form 4 · Berchtold Joe (President & CFO) · $2.0M code F · 2026-05-13Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is 521.18, computed from the price and reported EPS (trailing twelve months).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeMarket capitalization is reported as $41,754,319,992 and enterprise value is $34,398,058,992 as of the price date 2026-09-01.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The evidence shows material top-line and bottom-line improvement in recent reported periods: Q2 2026 revenue rose 9% year-over-year to ~$7.7B while net income and diluted EPS increased meaningfully (net income $294M; EPS $1.05 vs $0.41 prior year). Event-related deferred revenue is up 25% year-over-year and ticket sales pacing +11% for 2026, supported by higher event counts, fan growth (48.7M fans, +10%) and international expansion — indicators that revenue-generating activity and forward bookings are elevated. Momentum and technical signals are positive (3–12m momentum gains, golden cross, price well above 200-day SMA) and large institutional holders (reported $30.5B total institutional value with major names like BlackRock and recent Q2 purchases by Primecap) reinforce investor engagement. Several negative data points cited by bearish views — the first-half operating income decline and Concerts AOI compression — are characterized in the filings as tied to discrete items (government investigations and litigation, timing/phasing of stadium shows, pre-opening and festival growth costs), which reads as period-specific impacts layered on otherwise rising revenue and deferred revenue trends.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.32
44 surviving claims rest on 21 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 16% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The surviving-read set draws on a moderate spread of distinct sources relative to the number of claims, with no single analyst dominating the desk’s output; that limits single-point failure but leaves some dependence on a handful of filings and computed feeds. The very high debate-survival rate implies few contested assertions remained after review, so the read carries weight as a coherent, internally consistent snapshot — but readers should treat operational and market signals as historical observations rather than forward-looking guidance.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 1st of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
6-month relative strength ranks 3rd of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
90-day volatility ranks 6th of 6 in Entertainment (as of 2026-09-01).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
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23 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
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Read by Mercer+0.6 to the score
8 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
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Read by Oakes+0.4 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
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Read by Nash−0.1 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
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Read by Ellis+0.4 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
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Read by Yatesnothing survived
20 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.2 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
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Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
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1 record· 0 cited
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