LYV vs. CZR, OSW, HLT, NWSA, CNK, RDI, DIS, TKO, NWS, and WMG
Should you be buying Live Nation Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Nation Entertainment include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), News (NWSA), Cinemark (CNK), Reading International (RDI), Walt Disney (DIS), TKO Group (TKO), News (NWS), and Warner Music Group (WMG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Live Nation Entertainment vs. Its Competitors
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -2.08%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 125.77% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.
Live Nation Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $165.24, suggesting a potential upside of 9.72%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus price target of $43.07, suggesting a potential upside of 43.89%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.
Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than Live Nation Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 20 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.76 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Live Nation Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Nation Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Live Nation Entertainment beats Caesars Entertainment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LYV) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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