Analysts’ Views On Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV)

Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE:LYV) finished Thursday with an addition of $2.67 to close at $83.69, an upside of 3.30 percent. An average of 1,761,880 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $3.72 in the past week, and it reached a new high 27 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,896,780 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 2,127,102.

LYV stock has decreased by -0.70% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $78.63 on 09/25/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 07/28/23, shares of the company touched a low of $64.25 and a high of $101.74 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 35 times so far this year and achieved 20.00% or $13.95 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -17.74% from the 52-week high.

Top 5 AI Stocks to Buy for 2023

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already here. And it's about to change everything we know about everything. According to Grand View Research, the global AI boom could grow from about $137 billion in 2022 to more than $1.81 trillion by 2030. And investors like you always want to get in on the hottest stocks of tomorrow. Here are five of the best ways to profit from the AI boom.

Click Here to Download the FREE Report.

Sponsored

Insider Transactions

LYV stock investors should be aware that Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 109 days ago on Jun 12. In this transaction, the insider spent $85,790. EVP & General Counsel, Rowles Michael, disposed of 100,000 shares at a price of $78.00 on May 08. The insider now owns more than $7,800,000 worth of shares.

Valuation Metrics

Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 79.03. The stock’s beta is 1.30. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.00, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 12.74.

Financial Health

The quick ratio of Live Nation Entertainment Inc for the three months ended June 29 was 1.08, and the current ratio was 1.08, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Live Nation Entertainment Inc’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is 7.37%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 4.55%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $4.34 billion compared to revenue of $16.68 billion.

Earnings Surprise

For the three-month period that ended June 29, Live Nation Entertainment Inc had $6.55 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $237.06 million in the quarter, while revenues of -$58.1 million were grew 34.51%. The analyst consensus anticipated Live Nation Entertainment Inc’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.62 per share, but it turned out to be $1.02, a 64.50% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $548.44 million. Shareholders own equity worth $230.15 million.

Technical Picture

From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 28 September was 60.21%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 23.41%.

As of today, LYV’s price is $80.80 +4.65% or $3.72 from its 5-day moving average. LYV is currently trading -0.72% lower than its 20-day SMA and +8.46% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -12.49% below the SMA50 and +16.61% above the SMA200.

The stochastic %K and %D were 43.88% and 26.86%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.68. With the 14-day stochastic at 76.20% and the average true range at 1.71, the RSI (14) stands at 53.29%. The stock has reached 0.28 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.38.

Analyst Ratings

Oppenheimer launched coverage on Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE: LYV) in its analyst report released on July 21, 2023. The firm assigned the stock an Outperform rating. The consensus rating for Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 1 brokerage firm advise that investors sell LYV, while 4 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 13 others rate it as a “buy”.

What is LYV’s price target for the next 12 months?

Analysts predict a range of price targets between $85.00 and $124.00, with a median target of $112.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV) stock is $109.11.

Most Popular

Related Posts