Live Nation Entertainment Free cash flow increased by 646.7% to $2.03B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 76.4%, from $1.15B to $2.03B. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2024), Free cash flow shows a downward trend with a -12.8% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
An increase suggests strong operational efficiency and the ability to self-fund future innovation or return capital to shareholders, while a decrease may indicate heavy capital expenditure cycles or declining operational profitability.
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free_cash_flow| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $1.06B | -$191.14M | $707.05M | $1.14B | $281.39M | -$694.79M | $765.47M | $1.04B | $405.36M | -$994.58M | $474.63M | $854.82M | $212.45M | -$878.96M | $890.24M | $1.15B | -$39.95M | -$371.27M | $2.03B |
| QoQ Change | — | -118.0% | +469.9% | +60.6% | -75.2% | -346.9% | +210.2% | +35.7% | -61.0% | -345.4% | +147.7% | +80.1% | -75.1% | -513.7% | +201.3% | +29.2% | -103.5% | -829.4% | +646.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -73.5% | -263.5% | +8.3% | -8.5% | +44.1% | -43.1% | -38.0% | -17.7% | -47.6% | +11.6% | +87.6% | +34.6% | -118.8% | +57.8% | +76.4% |