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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

Caesars Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $43.20, suggesting a potential upside of 43.86%. Live Nation Entertainment has a consensus price target of $165.24, suggesting a potential upside of 14.82%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher probable upside, 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)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Live Nation Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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$11.25B0.56-$278M-$1.09-27.55
Live Nation Entertainment$23.16B1.44$896.29M$2.9349.12

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caesars Entertainment-2.08% -2.60% -0.35%
Live Nation Entertainment 4.28%125.77%4.77%

Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Nation Entertainment has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 9 more articles in the media than Live Nation Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 9 mentions for Live Nation Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Live Nation Entertainment's score of 0.69 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Live Nation Entertainment beats Caesars Entertainment on 11 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$33.48B$11.34B$8.34B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.08%3.12%3.71%
P/E Ratio49.1232.1621.3327.84
Price / Sales1.443.343.3342.30
Price / Cash21.6220.2016.9422.63
Price / Book40.889.564.654.57
Net Income$896.29M$198.04M$214.95M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-3.59%-0.47%36.33%0.20%
1 Month Performance1.93%2.14%45.42%3.95%
1 Year Performance46.92%52.02%16.02%10.27%

Live Nation Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment
4.368 of 5 stars
$143.91
-0.4%
$165.24
+14.8%
+50.1%$33.48B$23.16B49.1232,200
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
3.9052 of 5 stars
$29.42
-1.0%
$42.50
+44.5%
-22.9%$6.12B$11.25B-26.9922,000Analyst Forecast
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.389 of 5 stars
$21.26
-0.6%
$21.25
0.0%
+34.3%$2.18B$903.42M33.225,191Positive News
HLT
Hilton Worldwide
4.1436 of 5 stars
$270.75
-1.0%
$249.06
-8.0%
+28.0%$64.36B$11.17B42.71181,000Positive News
NWSA
News
4.3958 of 5 stars
$29.37
-1.2%
$39.20
+33.5%
+6.1%$16.63B$10.09B34.1523,900Positive News
CNK
Cinemark
4.8676 of 5 stars
$29.86
-2.8%
$33.20
+11.2%
+38.2%$3.43B$3.05B19.6418,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RDI
Reading International
1.6211 of 5 stars
$1.24
-1.6%
$2.40
+93.5%
-6.9%$27.88M$210.53M-1.192,005
DIS
Walt Disney
4.6629 of 5 stars
$123.17
-0.7%
$125.83
+2.2%
+24.0%$221.43B$91.36B25.19233,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TKO
TKO Group
2.3467 of 5 stars
$176.29
-0.5%
$168.08
-4.7%
+56.4%$34.89B$2.80B89.491,300Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
NWS
News
0.6818 of 5 stars
$33.92
-1.4%
N/A+19.7%$19.20B$10.09B39.4425,500Positive News
WMG
Warner Music Group
3.7029 of 5 stars
$29.42
+0.1%
$33.68
+14.5%
-1.2%$15.34B$6.33B33.825,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume

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