For the quarter ended September 2025, Live Nation (LYV) reported revenue of $8.5 billion, up 11.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.73, compared to $1.66 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.59% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8.55 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.21, the EPS surprise was -39.67%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Live Nation performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - Total: 51.27 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of 52.5 million.
- Ticketing - Total Fee-Bearing Number of Tickets Sold: 89.07 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of 91.55 million.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - Total: 12.29 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of 12.79 million.
- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - North America: 31.79 million compared to the 35.15 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - International: 3.42 million versus 3.22 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Concerts - Estimated Events - North America: 8.87 million compared to the 9.52 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Concerts - Estimated Attendance - International: 19.48 million compared to the 17.34 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Ticketing - Total Non-Fee-Bearing Number of Tickets Sold: 66.09 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of 71.28 million.
- Revenue- Concerts: $7.28 billion versus $7.33 billion estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +10.7% change.
- Revenue- Other and Eliminations: $-23.7 million compared to the $-14.7 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +75.6% year over year.
- Revenue- Sponsorship & Advertising: $442.7 million versus $440.64 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.4% change.
- Revenue- Ticketing: $797.6 million versus $804.51 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +15% change.
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