Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A (FWONA) vs Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV)

Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $40.7B against $22.7B — 1.8× the size. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A trades at 80.0×. Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A has the higher net margin (18.2% vs −1.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 56.6%). Across the 18 metrics below, Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series A leads on 9 and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
P/E 79.98 n/m 24.45
P/S 7.09 1.51 1.32
P/B 2.86 52.55 1.68
Price to free cash flow 28.96 28.45 15.62
EV/EBITDA 37.21 24.83 9.61
EV/Sales 7.59 1.52 1.75
Earnings yield 1.25% (0.66%) (0.66%)
Free cash flow yield 3.45% 3.52% 3.50%

Profitability

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
Gross margin 19.48% 25.78% 44.92%
Operating margin 0.00% 3.05% 2.34%
Net margin 18.17% (1.58%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 24.47% 5.34% 1.50%
Return on equity 7.74% (49.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets 0.00% (1.62%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 56.58% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 10.75% 5.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,769.23% (108.76%) 4.17%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 68.39% 9.28%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.46 12.18 0.46
Current ratio 1.67 0.85 0.87
Net debt to EBITDA 2.27 0.55 0.61

Dividend

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
Dividend yield — — 1.18%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric FWONA LYV Entertainment median
Market cap 22.66b 40.65b 1.15b

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