Live Nation (LYV) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Earnings season for Q3 2025 is well underway, but the exuberance from Q2 has faded. According to FactSet, more than 80% of S&P 500 companies reporting so far have beaten analysts' expectations with their Q3 results, but the strength of those beats has been underwhelming.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.'s LYV stock tumbled 5.6% on the third-quarter 2025 earnings year-over-year decline. The metric missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate as well.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ( LYV ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call November 4, 2025 5:00 PM EST Company Participants Amy Yong - Senior Vice President of Investor Relations Michael Rapino - President, CEO & Director Joe Berchtold - President & CFO Conference Call Participants Brandon Ross - LightShed Partners, LLC Stephen Laszczyk - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Cameron Mansson-Perrone - Morgan Stanley, Research Division David Karnovsky - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Robert Fishman - MoffettNathanson LLC Logan Angress - Wolfe Research, LLC Jason Bazinet - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Eric Handler - ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, Research Division Ian Moore - Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Live Nation (LYV) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended September 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Live Nation (LYV) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.73 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.21 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.66 per share a year ago.
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday said concert demand was set to stay strong into next year, helped by shows abroad and concerts at larger venues, but the Ticketmaster parent's third-quarter sales came up short of Wall Street's expectations.
LYV's third-quarter results may show strong revenue growth from packed venues and robust ticket sales, though rising costs can pressure margins.
Evaluate the expected performance of Live Nation (LYV) for the quarter ended September 2025, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.
Live Nation (LYV) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
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The Supreme Court has declined to hear Live Nation's appeal in a consumer antitrust case. The justices let stand an appeals court decision which had found that the ticketing company's arbitration agreements with customers were “unconscionable” and unenforceable under California law, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Oct. 6).