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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

Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caesars Entertainment$11.37B0.44-$278M-$0.92-26.13
Live Nation Entertainment$23.16B1.53$896.29M$2.9352.30

Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $42.47, suggesting a potential upside of 76.65%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus target price of $165.94, suggesting a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Live Nation Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caesars Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Live Nation Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Live Nation Entertainment has a net margin of 4.28% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -1.71%. Live Nation Entertainment's return on equity of 125.77% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caesars Entertainment-1.71% -4.55% -0.60%
Live Nation Entertainment 4.28%125.77%4.77%

In the previous week, Live Nation Entertainment had 12 more articles in the media than Caesars Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment and 20 mentions for Caesars Entertainment. Live Nation Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.98 indicating that Live Nation Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caesars Entertainment
11 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Live Nation Entertainment
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Live Nation Entertainment beats Caesars Entertainment on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LYV vs. The Competition

MetricLive Nation EntertainmentMOVIE/TV PRD&DIST IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.52B$11.25B$8.05B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.23%3.21%3.69%
P/E Ratio52.3024.0618.7328.53
Price / Sales1.533.234.7866.51
Price / Cash22.3419.7016.4323.60
Price / Book43.539.924.484.31
Net Income$896.29M$198.04M$218.18M$996.14M
7 Day Performance4.84%-1.28%0.73%1.94%
1 Month Performance5.98%-2.91%-1.11%-0.53%
1 Year Performance67.22%49.72%23.67%14.79%

Live Nation Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
3.9394 of 5 stars
$153.24
+3.4%
$165.94
+8.3%
+64.7%$35.52B$23.16B52.3032,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
3.7169 of 5 stars
$25.36
-1.2%
$42.53
+67.7%
-31.0%$5.27B$11.25B-27.5622,000Analyst Forecast
OSW
OneSpaWorld
3.865 of 5 stars
$22.35
+2.6%
$22.67
+1.4%
+44.7%$2.30B$919.26M32.875,191
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.1535 of 5 stars
$262.35
+0.6%
$259.19
-1.2%
+28.2%$61.70B$11.48B40.30181,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
NWSA
News
4.6846 of 5 stars
$29.51
+1.4%
$39.20
+32.8%
+11.3%$16.71B$10.09B34.3123,900Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CNK
Cinemark
4.8656 of 5 stars
$25.69
-0.7%
$33.67
+31.0%
-4.0%$2.95B$3.05B14.0418,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
RDI
Reading International
0.9675 of 5 stars
$1.31
-1.5%
N/A-9.6%$29.45M$210.53M-1.262,005Upcoming Earnings
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8743 of 5 stars
$119.38
+2.4%
$129.83
+8.8%
+31.3%$214.61B$94.04B24.41233,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TKO
TKO Group
2.7298 of 5 stars
$165.80
+0.1%
$171.33
+3.3%
+47.0%$32.81B$2.80B84.161,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NWS
News
1.2668 of 5 stars
$33.60
+1.1%
N/A+24.3%$19.02B$10.09B39.0725,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
WMG
Warner Music Group
3.4323 of 5 stars
$29.23
+2.1%
$33.72
+15.4%
+8.7%$15.24B$6.33B33.605,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast

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