Buyback yield (TTM)
0.07%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
0.07%
5Y share count change
9.2%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$23.53M
Cumulative buybacks
$96.45M
Key takeaways
- Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) repurchased about $23.53M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is up 9.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — equity issuance and stock-based compensation are outpacing repurchases.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.17× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- TTM repurchases used about 2% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Latest: $23.53M
Overview
In 2025, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) buyback spend totalled $23.53M.
Between 2008 and 2025, Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend declined 17.8%, falling from $28.63M to $23.53M.
The highest annual buyback spend of $28.63M was reported in 2008. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 2003.
Live Nation Entertainment Buyback Spend 2025: $23.53M
Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend in 2025 was $23.53M.
Live Nation Entertainment Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00.
Live Nation Entertainment Buyback Spend 2023: $0.00
Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend in 2023 was $0.00.
Live Nation Entertainment Buyback Spend 2022: $0.00
Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend in 2022 was $0.00.
Live Nation Entertainment Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
Live Nation Entertainment buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $23.53M | $155.22M | −$131.69M | 0.07% | 0.23B | -1.9% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $110.35M | −$110.35M | — | 0.24B | +2.3% | |
| 2023 | $0.00 | $115.96M | −$115.96M | — | 0.23B | -0.3% | |
| 2022 | $0.00 | $110.05M | −$110.05M | — | 0.23B | +6.6% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $209.34M | −$209.34M | — | 0.22B | +2.3% | |
| 2020 | $0.00 | $116.89M | −$116.89M | — | 0.21B | +1.0% | |
| 2019 | $0.00 | $48.78M | −$48.78M | — | 0.21B | +1.3% | |
| 2018 | $0.00 | $45.58M | −$45.58M | — | 0.21B | +1.2% | |
| 2017 | $0.00 | $42.76M | −$42.76M | — | 0.20B | +1.4% | |
| 2016 | $0.00 | $32.72M | −$32.72M | — | 0.20B | +0.5% | |
| 2015 | $0.00 | $33.36M | −$33.36M | — | 0.20B | +1.1% | |
| 2014 | $0.00 | $39.03M | −$39.03M | — | 0.20B | +2.6% | |
| 2013 | $0.00 | $28.41M | −$28.41M | — | 0.19B | +3.7% | |
| 2012 | $0.00 | $37.06M | −$37.06M | — | 0.19B | +2.5% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $50.05M | −$50.05M | — | 0.18B | +10.9% | |
| 2010 | $1.57M | $52.40M | −$50.83M | 0.08% | 0.16B | +98.9% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $16.68M | −$16.68M | — | 0.08B | +8.4% | |
| 2008 | $28.63M | $34.56M | −$5.93M | 6.40% | 0.08B | +11.4% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +5.5% | |
| 2006 | $24.72M | $3.43M | $21.29M | 1.69% | 0.06B | -2.9% | |
| 2005 | $18.00M | $1.26M | $16.75M | 2.03% | 0.07B | -1.1% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | 0.0% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | — |
- 2025$23.53M
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$0.00
- 2022$0.00
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$0.00
- 2019$0.00
- 2018$0.00
- 2017$0.00
- 2016$0.00
- 2015$0.00
- 2014$0.00
- 2013$0.00
- 2012$0.00
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$1.57M
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$28.63M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$24.72M
- 2005$18.00M
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.17×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
How Live Nation Entertainment splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Live Nation Entertainment, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $45.71B | |
| $26.25B | |
| $9.97B | |
| $9.13B | |
| $4.50B | |
| $3.50B | |
| $510.99M | |
| $0.00 |
- $45.71B
- $26.25B
- $9.97B
- $9.13B
- $4.50B
- $3.50B
- $510.99M
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $1.23B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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