Black Swift Group LLC purchased a new stake in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 10,000 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,306,000.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Measured Risk Portfolios Inc. bought a new position in shares of Live Nation Entertainment in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new stake in Live Nation Entertainment during the 1st quarter worth $30,000. Chilton Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Live Nation Entertainment during the 1st quarter worth $33,000. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp bought a new stake in Live Nation Entertainment during the 4th quarter worth $40,000. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Live Nation Entertainment by 690.2% in the 1st quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 324 shares of the company's stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 283 shares during the last quarter. 74.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on LYV. Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on Live Nation Entertainment in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $185.00 price target for the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $178.00 target price on shares of Live Nation Entertainment in a research note on Tuesday, April 1st. Susquehanna set a $165.00 target price on Live Nation Entertainment and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 10th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $170.00 target price on shares of Live Nation Entertainment in a research note on Wednesday, June 18th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities cut their price target on Live Nation Entertainment from $174.00 to $170.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Live Nation Entertainment has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $165.24.
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Live Nation Entertainment Price Performance
LYV stock traded up $0.43 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $151.40. 49,351 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,338,626. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.43, a current ratio of 0.96 and a quick ratio of 0.96. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $145.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $138.15. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has a 12 month low of $87.33 and a 12 month high of $157.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $35.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.65, a PEG ratio of 5.79 and a beta of 1.45.
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported ($0.32) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.03) by ($0.29). The company had revenue of $3.38 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.63 billion. Live Nation Entertainment had a net margin of 4.28% and a return on equity of 125.77%. The company's revenue was down 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. will post 2.38 EPS for the current year.
Insider Transactions at Live Nation Entertainment
In other news, EVP John Hopmans sold 34,808 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $147.38, for a total transaction of $5,130,003.04. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 189,456 shares of the company's stock, valued at $27,922,025.28. This represents a 15.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 2.72% of the company's stock.
About Live Nation Entertainment
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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc operates as a live entertainment company worldwide. 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. This segment operates and manages music venues; produces music festivals; creates and streams associated content; and offers management and other services to artists.
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