Live Nation Entertainment Stock-Based Comp increased by 15.8% to $32.78M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 33.5%, from $24.55M to $32.78M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Stock-Based Comp shows a downward trend with a -7.2% CAGR.
An increase may signal a strategy to preserve cash or align employee interests with shareholders, but it also results in share dilution.
Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense where employees and executives are rewarded with equity or stock options...
High-growth technology firms often have higher stock-based compensation as a percentage of revenue compared to mature industrial firms.
stock_based_compensation| 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 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $12.83M | $27.32M | $129.17M | $49.24M | $12.50M | $24.44M | $23.87M | $27.57M | $27.76M | $30.57M | $30.05M | $31.40M | $28.34M | $25.71M | $24.90M | $24.55M | $61.55M | $40.82M | $28.31M | $32.78M |
| QoQ Change | — | +112.9% | +372.8% | -61.9% | -74.6% | +95.5% | -2.3% | +15.5% | +0.7% | +10.1% | -1.7% | +4.5% | -9.8% | -9.3% | -3.2% | -1.4% | +150.7% | -33.7% | -30.6% | +15.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -2.6% | -10.5% | -81.5% | -44.0% | +122.1% | +25.1% | +25.9% | +13.9% | +2.1% | -15.9% | -17.2% | -21.8% | +117.2% | +58.7% | +13.7% | +33.5% |