Live Nation Entertainment LYV
We believe that we are the largest live entertainment company in the world, connecting over 805 million fans across all of our concerts and ticketing platforms in 55 countries during 2025. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 17,700
- Headquarters
- Beverly Hills, CA
- CEO
- Michael Rapino
- Next results
- around Feb 18, 2027
LYV among Communication peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 18 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
4 new risk paragraphs and 1 accounting fact worth reading about. 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026 against Feb 21, 2025.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
1fact worth reading about the other 10 checks found nothing to note
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Critical audit matters changedNew this year: Income Taxes (“As disclosed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is subject to income taxes in jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign, which affect the Company’s provision for income taxes. The Company earns a significant amount of its operating income in certain foreign jurisdictions ”). No longer listed: Goodwill impairment assessment
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Receivables +15.0% vs revenue +8.8% (+6.1 pts)
9 more checks with nothing to note
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Cash from operations $1.4B vs net income $496.0M (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
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Inventory +12.8% vs revenue +8.8% (+4.0 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
4 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 21, 2025. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 21, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
In foreign countries in which we operate, a risk exists that our employees, contractors or agents could, in contravention of our policies, engage in business practices prohibited by applicable United States laws and regulations, such as the United States
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 21, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
Separately, in September 2025, the United States Federal Trade Commission, joined by the attorneys general of seven states, filed a lawsuit against us alleging that we advertised ticket prices to consumers that were deceptively lower than prices displayed at checkout, deceived consumers about the enforcement of advertised event ticket…
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Communication companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.7B | $22.7B | $23.2B | $25.2B |
| Net income | $266.4M | $556.9M | $896.3M | $496.0M |
| Operating cash flow | $1.8B | $1.4B | $1.7B | $1.4B |
| Free cash flow | $1.5B | $924.4M | $1.1B | $333.6M |
Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$25.2B ▲ 8.8% in FY2025$496.0M ▼ 44.7% in FY2025$333.6M ▼ 69.1% in FY2025
Recent filings
3 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
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8-KNov 5, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QNov 5, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Sep 30, 2026
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8-KOct 16, 2026Material agreement signed, New debt or obligation 8-K items 1.01, 2.03
About the company
Live Nation Entertainment, Beverly Hills, CA · from the 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026
We believe that we are the largest live entertainment company in the world, connecting over 805 million fans across all of our concerts and ticketing platforms in 55 countries during 2025. We believe we are the largest producer of live music concerts in the world, based on total fans that attend Live Nation events as compared to events of other promoters, connecting 159 million fans to over 11,000 artists at 55,000 events in 2025.
- Headquarters
- Beverly Hills, CA
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Last results
- Nov 5, 2026
- Incorporated in
- DE
Employees, at the top of the page: "As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 17,700 full-time employees" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 21, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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