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Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV) vs News Corporation (NWS)

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and News Corporation are both Entertainment companies. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $42.5B against $14.7B — 2.9× the size. News Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 23.8× against 315×. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against 7.82%. News Corporation has the higher net margin (6.76% vs 0.23%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.85% vs 21.0%). Across the 22 metrics below, News Corporation leads on 18 and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
P/E 314.83 23.77 22.59
P/S 1.51 1.72 1.37
P/B 35.34 1.71 1.76
Price to free cash flow 48.89 22.02 17.15
EV/EBITDA 25.23 8.38 8.42
EV/Sales 1.56 1.54 1.62
Earnings yield 0.32% 4.21% (0.98%)
Free cash flow yield 2.05% 4.54% 4.08%

Profitability

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
Gross margin 25.36% 57.02% 45.28%
Operating margin 3.23% 13.05% 2.50%
Net margin 0.23% 6.76% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 3.11% 7.82% 3.04%
Return on equity 5.48% 6.69% 1.68%
Return on assets 0.25% 4.03% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 21.01% 9.85% 1.09%

Growth

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.47% 7.82% 8.51%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (108.76%) (50.24%) 9.47%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 68.39% (0.72%) 9.28%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 11.67% 0.00%

Health

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
Debt to equity 8.21 0.22 0.46
Current ratio 0.95 1.62 1.07
Net debt to EBITDA 0.55 (0.07) 1.13

Dividend

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
Dividend yield — 0.69% 1.22%
Payout ratio — 0.16 0.26

Size

Metric LYV NWS Entertainment median
Market cap 42.45b 14.68b 3.37b

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