The Walt Disney Company (DIS) vs Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV)

The Walt Disney Company and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. The Walt Disney Company is the larger, with a market value of $182.1B against $40.3B — 4.5× the size. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; The Walt Disney Company trades at 21.8×. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.8% against 4.58%. The Walt Disney Company has the higher net margin (8.70% vs −1.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.35% vs 56.6%). Across the 20 metrics below, The Walt Disney Company leads on 13 and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
P/E 21.84 n/m 22.03
P/S 1.87 1.52 1.47
P/B 1.58 52.73 2.00
Price to free cash flow 22.25 28.54 16.60
EV/EBITDA 11.02 24.92 9.65
EV/Sales 2.28 1.52 1.76
Earnings yield 4.58% (0.65%) (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield 4.50% 3.50% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
Gross margin 37.60% 25.78% 45.02%
Operating margin 13.66% 3.05% 2.30%
Net margin 8.70% (1.58%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 8.39% 5.34% 1.56%
Return on equity 7.46% (49.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets 4.29% (1.62%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 5.35% 56.58% 0.00%

Growth

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.58% 10.75% 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 151.84% (108.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.63% 68.39% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.39 12.18 0.46
Current ratio 0.71 0.85 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 1.89 0.55 0.72

Dividend

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
Dividend yield 0.54% — 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric DIS LYV Entertainment median
Market cap 182.11b 40.31b 1.87b

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