Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. trades at $183.14 (market cap $42.71B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $475 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Moody's Corporation pays a 0.86% dividend while Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LYV | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $42.71B | $82.52B |
Sector | Industrials | Financials |
52-Week High | $186.59 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $125.61 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $44.92B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.86% |
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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.
Read more on LYV →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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