Lamb Weston Holdings Inc vs Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. — how do they compare? Lamb Weston Holdings Inc trades at $52.79 (market cap $7.23B), while Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. trades at $185.84 (market cap $42.71B). The key difference: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is far larger — about 5.9× Lamb Weston Holdings Inc's market cap, and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc pays a 2.89% dividend while Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LW | LYV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $7.23B | $42.71B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $66.57 | $186.59 |
52-Week Low | $38.48 | $125.61 |
Enterprise Value | $11.10B | $44.92B |
Dividend Yield | 2.89% | — |
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Lamb Weston is the world's second-largest producer of branded and private-label frozen potato products, such as French fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots, diced potatoes, mashed potatoes, hash browns, and chips. The company also has a small appetizer business that produces onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and cheese curds. Including joint ventures, 63% of fiscal 2022 revenue was U.S.-based, with the remainder stemming from Europe, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Mexico, and several other countries. Lamb Weston's customer mix is estimated 58% quick-serve restaurants, 19% full-service restaurants, 8% other food services (hotels, commercial cafeterias, arenas, schools), and 16% retail. Lamb Weston became an independent company in 2016 when it was spun off from Conagra.
Read more on LW →Live Nation is the largest live entertainment firm in the world with over 570 million fans served in 44 countries in 2018 by the company's concert and ticketing platforms. Via either owning, operating, or holding exclusive booking rights, Live Nation controls over 235 venues including the House of Blues, the Hollywood Palladium, and Spark Arena in New Zealand. Live Nation also owns one of the largest ticketing services, Ticketmaster, which sold over 480 million tickets for over 12,000 clients in 2018. The firm's artist management agencies have over 400 clients. This large live entertainment footprint helped Live Nation become one of the largest advertising and sponsorship platforms aimed at music fans. Liberty Media owns 33% of Live Nation, held under its SiriusXM tracking stock.
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