LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC. vs NETFLIX INC, two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LYV and NFLX diverge most: on net margin, LYV reads 0.5% and NFLX reads 22.4%; on return on assets, LYV reads 0.5% and NFLX reads 18.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LYV's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What NFLX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LYV | NFLX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $174.19 | $71.69 |
| Market cap | $41.0B | $298.5B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +27.9% |
| P/E | — | 8.5 |
| P/B | 54.32 | 9.90 |
| P/S | 1.56 | 6.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.6 | 20.6 |
| Revenue growth | +10.9% | +16.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 33.4% |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 22.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.8% | 36.0% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 18.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.9% | 27.0% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Debt / equity | 8.25 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.83 | 8.32 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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