ATLANTA BRAVES HOLDINGS, INC. vs LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BATRA and LYV diverge most: on operating margin, BATRA reads -57.3% and LYV reads 6.8%; on net margin, BATRA reads -3.0% and LYV reads 0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LYV's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BATRA | LYV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $54.46 | $174.19 |
| Market cap | $3.5B | $41.0B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/B | 6.60 | 54.32 |
| P/S | 4.63 | 1.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 62.1 | 25.6 |
| Revenue growth | +21.9% | +10.9% |
| Operating margin | -57.3% | 6.8% |
| Net margin | -3.0% | 0.5% |
| Return on equity | -4.2% | 17.8% |
| Return on assets | -1.3% | 0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | -0.6% | 8.9% |
| FCF yield | -2.3% | 3.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.74 | 8.25 |
| Current ratio | 0.46 | 0.85 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.46 | 6.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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