Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 80 Communication Services companies.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) scores 5.9 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on profitability, and solvency is what holds it back.
2 pillars, growth and efficiency, are unscored because the filings behind them carry too little to judge. Each is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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As of October 19, 2026, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. scores 5.9 out of 10 on the Lemma Quality Score, a reading of solid quality. This band covers companies that do several things well but not everything, so the pillar detail below matters more than the headline. Nothing in it comes from the share price or from forecasts: it is Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s own reported numbers, scored pillar by pillar.
Set against 80 Communication Services companies, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. lands at the 75th percentile, in the top quarter of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 4.6 and a company needs 6.0 to reach its top quarter, which leaves Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. above the median.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s profitability score is 7.8 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 3.7 among 77 Communication Services companies, that is well above the group and the 89th percentile. Returns and margins at this level leave room to reinvest, absorb a bad year or return cash to shareholders without straining the business.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s solvency score is 4.5 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.8 among 62 Communication Services companies, that is in line with the group and the 44th percentile. An average solvency reading suggests debt is present but manageable, the normal state for a company that borrows to fund its operations.
Growth has no score for Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median growth score across 64 Communication Services companies is 4.7. Growth needs at least three years of comparable annual statements, so a short or interrupted history leaves it blank.
Efficiency has no score for Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median efficiency score across 76 Communication Services companies is 6.1. Without it the overall cannot say how well reported profit turns into cash.
Predictability scores 5.0 out of 10, which reads as average. The median across 80 Communication Services companies is 4.5, so Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 61st percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
Profitability at 7.8 is Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s best pillar and solvency at 4.5 its weakest. The 3.3 point gap between them is worth keeping in mind when reading the overall. A profitability lead usually reflects something durable in the business model rather than a good year. When solvency is the soft spot, the question is how much of the cash flow is already spoken for by debt.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has no pillar below the median of Communication Services companies, which leaves little room to rise. Its exposure is to slippage instead, and profitability carries the most weight: one point less there would mean an overall of roughly 5.5 rather than 5.9. With two pillars unscored, the overall rests on 65 of the 100 weight points, spread across the three pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Communication Services companies below are nearest to Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. scores 5.9 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is profitability, its weakest is solvency. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ranks at the 75th percentile of the 80 Communication Services companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.6 and the top quarter starts at 6.0, against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.’s 5.9.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for LYV are in the app.
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