Live Nation (LYV) reported $6.31 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 11.1%. EPS of -$1.06 for the same period compares to $0.56 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.07 billion, representing a surprise of +3.97%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +2.2%, with the consensus EPS estimate being -$1.08.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Live Nation performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - Total: 41.37 million compared to the 42.18 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Ticketing - Total Fee-Bearing Number of Tickets Sold: 96.08 million versus 96.32 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - Total: 16.68 million versus 16.44 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - North America: 18.88 million compared to the 20.93 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - International: 6.86 million versus 6.47 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - North America: 9.82 million versus 10.01 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - International: 22.49 million versus 21.48 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Ticketing - Total Non-Fee-Bearing Number of Tickets Sold: 84.29 million versus 83.7 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Concerts: $5.15 billion compared to the $4.93 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +12.5% year over year.
- Revenue- Other and Eliminations: $-10.4 million versus $-21.39 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -42.2% change.
- Revenue- Sponsorship & Advertising: $329.9 million versus $324.56 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +17.3% change.
- Revenue- Ticketing: $846.2 million versus $843.04 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.6% change.
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Shares of Live Nation have returned +11.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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