TTM
4.8%
YoY change
−3.21pp
Trough year (2020)
-70.2%
Peak year (2021)
25.9%
Latest annual
1.3%
FCF Margin history chart for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) from 2003 to 2025
Latest: 1.3%
FCF Margin change chart for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) from 2003 to 2025
Latest: −3.21pp
FCF Margin history table for Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) from 2003 to 2025
| 2025 | 1.3% | -3.21pp | ||
| 2024 | 4.5% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2023 | 3.9% | -4.98pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.9% | -16.97pp | ||
| 2021 | 25.9% | +96.03pp | ||
| 2020 | -70.2% | -71.07pp | ||
| 2019 | 0.9% | -5.27pp | ||
| 2018 | 6.2% | +2.31pp | ||
| 2017 | 3.9% | -1.49pp | ||
| 2016 | 5.3% | +3.24pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.1% | -0.06pp | ||
| 2014 | 2.2% | -2.40pp | ||
| 2013 | 4.6% | +0.65pp | ||
| 2012 | 3.9% | +3.45pp | ||
| 2011 | 0.5% | -1.13pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.6% | +2.44pp | ||
| 2009 | -0.8% | +6.86pp | ||
| 2008 | -7.7% | -4.64pp | ||
| 2007 | -3.1% | +9.12pp | ||
| 2006 | -12.2% | -9.49pp | ||
| 2005 | -2.7% | -4.33pp | ||
| 2004 | 1.7% | -0.88pp | ||
| 2003 | 2.5% | — |
- 20251.3%-3.21pp
- 20244.5%+0.63pp
- 20233.9%-4.98pp
- 20228.9%-16.97pp
- 202125.9%+96.03pp
- 2020-70.2%-71.07pp
- 20190.9%-5.27pp
- 20186.2%+2.31pp
- 20173.9%-1.49pp
- 20165.3%+3.24pp
- 20152.1%-0.06pp
- 20142.2%-2.40pp
- 20134.6%+0.65pp
- 20123.9%+3.45pp
- 20110.5%-1.13pp
- 20101.6%+2.44pp
- 2009-0.8%+6.86pp
- 2008-7.7%-4.64pp
- 2007-3.1%+9.12pp
- 2006-12.2%-9.49pp
- 2005-2.7%-4.33pp
- 20041.7%-0.88pp
- 20032.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Live Nation Entertainment's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)
According to Live Nation Entertainment's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 4.8%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) free cash flow margin totalled 1.32% – contracted 3.2 percentage points year-over-year.
2021 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 25.86%, with the historical low of -70.17% recorded in 2020.
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin by Year
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin 2025: 1.3%
Live Nation Entertainment posted free cash flow margin of 1.32% in 2025, contracted 3.2 percentage points from 2024.
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin 2024: 4.5%
In 2024, Live Nation Entertainment reported free cash flow margin of 4.53%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin 2023: 3.9%
Live Nation Entertainment free cash flow margin in 2023 was 3.91%, contracted 5.0 percentage points from 2022.
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin 2022: 8.9%
2022's free cash flow margin for Live Nation Entertainment came in at 8.88%, contracted 17.0 percentage points from 2021.
Live Nation Entertainment FCF Margin 2021: 25.9%
Live Nation Entertainment free cash flow margin in 2021 was 25.86%.
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| 25.4% | |
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| 13.7% | |
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