LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC. vs MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LYV and MSGE diverge most: on operating margin, LYV reads 6.8% and MSGE reads -4.4%; on net margin, LYV reads 0.5% and MSGE reads 6.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LYV's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LYV | MSGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $170.31 | $80.86 |
| Market cap | $40.1B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | — | 58.6 |
| P/B | 53.11 | 85.01 |
| P/S | 1.53 | 3.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.0 | 21.1 |
| Revenue growth | +10.9% | +14.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | -4.4% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 17.8% | 144.6% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 3.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 18.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 9.0% |
| Debt / equity | 12.18 | 12.47 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.83 | 1.79 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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