Live Nation: what changed
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You see every sector peer as a dot per ratio, with the company in two financial years and every ratio over five years against the sector.
What moved between 2021 and 2022
Largest movements
- Cash -€12.4m
down €12.4m (-78.0%), from €15.9m to €3.5m
mainly Accrued charges and deferred income (-€12.4m) and Receivables within one year (-€8.9m)
- Receivables within one year +€8.9m
up €8.9m (+142%), from €6.3m to €15.1m
of which Trade receivables: +€8.8m
- Accrued charges and deferred income -€12.4m
down €12.4m (-46.8%), from €26.5m to €14.1m
- Trade debts +€6.7m
up €6.7m (+373%), from €1.8m to €8.5m
- Other debts +€1.8m
up €1.8m (+16.2%), from €10.9m to €12.6m
- Turnover +€64.6m
up €64.6m (+885%), from €7.3m to €71.9m
- Goods and materials +€55.8m
up €55.8m (+997%), from €5.6m to €61.4m
- Services and other goods +€2.1m
up €2.1m (+91.8%), from €2.3m to €4.5m
- Staff costs +€837,945
up €837,945 (+33.7%), from €2.5m to €3.3m
Change in the result, 2021 to 2022
For each income-statement line you see the change as its effect on the result. Higher costs lower the result, higher income raises it.
Derived cash bridge
The bridge is derived from the 2021 and 2022 balance sheets and the 2022 result. There is no filed cash-flow statement. You see where the money came from and where it went.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2021 | 2022 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €129,778,975 | €127,330,548 | -€2.4m | -1.9% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €96,298,975 | €97,147,515 | +€848,540 | +0.9% |
| Intangible fixed assets | 21 | - | €413,477 | +€413,477 | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €5,759 | €300,220 | +€294,461 | +5,113% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | - | €296,620 | +€296,620 | |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €5,759 | €3,600 | -€2,159 | -37.5% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €96,293,216 | €96,433,818 | +€140,602 | +0.1% |
| Affiliated companies | 280/1 | €96,293,216 | €96,433,818 | +€140,602 | +0.1% |
| Participating interests | 280 | €96,293,216 | €96,433,818 | +€140,602 | +0.1% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €33,480,000 | €30,183,033 | -€3.3m | -9.8% |
| Amounts receivable after more than one year | 29 | €10,101,059 | €10,126,059 | +€25,000 | +0.2% |
| Other amounts receivable | 291 | €10,101,059 | €10,126,059 | +€25,000 | +0.2% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €6,261,567 | €15,126,964 | +€8.9m | +142% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €2,320,954 | €11,096,975 | +€8.8m | +378% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €3,940,613 | €4,029,989 | +€89,376 | +2.3% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €15,861,490 | €3,484,470 | -€12.4m | -78.0% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | €1,255,883 | €1,445,540 | +€189,657 | +15.1% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €129,778,975 | €127,330,548 | -€2.4m | -1.9% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €34,653,510 | €35,860,307 | +€1.2m | +3.5% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €393,515 | €393,515 | -€0 | 0.0% |
| Revaluation surpluses | 12 | €6,305 | €6,305 | +€0 | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €6,943,288 | €6,943,288 | +€0 | 0.0% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €31,665 | €31,665 | +€0 | 0.0% |
| Reserves not available under the articles | 1311 | €31,665 | €31,665 | +€0 | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €8,262 | €8,262 | -€0 | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €6,903,360 | €6,903,361 | +€1 | 0.0% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €27,310,402 | €28,517,199 | +€1.2m | +4.4% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €95,125,465 | €91,470,241 | -€3.7m | -3.8% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year | 17 | €55,502,087 | €55,502,087 | = | 0.0% |
| Financial debts | 170/4 | €55,502,087 | €55,502,087 | = | 0.0% |
| Other loans | 174 | €55,502,087 | €55,502,087 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €13,124,590 | €21,868,548 | +€8.7m | +66.6% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €1,799,934 | €8,513,425 | +€6.7m | +373% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €1,799,934 | €8,513,425 | +€6.7m | +373% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €450,540 | €719,809 | +€269,269 | +59.8% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | - | €42,247 | +€42,247 | |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €450,540 | €677,562 | +€227,022 | +50.4% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €10,874,116 | €12,635,314 | +€1.8m | +16.2% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 492/3 | €26,498,788 | €14,099,606 | -€12.4m | -46.8% |
| Operating income | 70/76A | €7,551,505 | €72,061,844 | +€64.5m | +854% |
| Turnover | 70 | €7,293,052 | €71,856,591 | +€64.6m | +885% |
| Other operating income | 74 | €258,453 | €96,196 | -€162,257 | -62.8% |
| Non-recurring operating income | 76A | - | €109,057 | +€109,057 | |
| Operating charges | 60/66A | €10,408,767 | €69,408,595 | +€59.0m | +567% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables | 60 | €5,591,700 | €61,359,228 | +€55.8m | +997% |
| Purchases | 600/8 | €5,591,700 | €61,359,228 | +€55.8m | +997% |
| Services and other goods | 61 | €2,332,716 | €4,473,379 | +€2.1m | +91.8% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €2,483,641 | €3,321,586 | +€837,945 | +33.7% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €933 | €134,238 | +€133,305 | +14,288% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals) | 631/4 | -€2,292 | €117,050 | +€119,342 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €2,070 | €3,114 | +€1,044 | +50.4% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | -€2,857,262 | €2,653,249 | +€5.5m | |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €397,772 | €464,368 | +€66,596 | +16.7% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €397,772 | €464,368 | +€66,596 | +16.7% |
| Income from current assets | 751 | €372,689 | €307,006 | -€65,683 | -17.6% |
| Other financial income | 752/9 | €25,083 | €157,362 | +€132,279 | +527% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €1,440,953 | €1,860,253 | +€419,300 | +29.1% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €1,440,953 | €1,860,253 | +€419,300 | +29.1% |
| Debt charges | 650 | €1,440,953 | €1,860,253 | +€419,300 | +29.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | -€3,900,443 | €1,257,364 | +€5.2m | |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | -€131,934 | €50,567 | +€182,501 | |
| Taxes | 670/3 | - | €50,567 | +€50,567 | |
| Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions | 77 | €131,934 | - | -€131,934 | |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | -€3,768,509 | €1,206,797 | +€5.0m | |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | -€3,768,509 | €1,206,797 | +€5.0m |
Value
latest balance sheet 31-12-2022 · indication, not a valuation or adviceIts turnover (€71.9m) and balance sheet total (€127.3m) are both above the SME limits of €50m turnover or €43m balance sheet total. This indication is made for SMEs. For a company of this size market prices set the value, and those prices are not in this range.
Indicative value of the equity
Indication, not a valuation or adviceMidpoint €35.4m · adjusted equity only
Capitalisation rate 12% result over 3 years, excluding non-recurring income and charges earnings weight 50% revaluation €0 other adjustment €0 EBITDA multiple
The filed figures and these assumptions give no positive value. The adjusted equity and the average result are both zero or negative.
Part of the calculation comes out below zero. A shareholding is never worth less than zero, so the floor is zero.
Adjusted equity
- Equity (10/15)
- €35,860,307
- Formation expenses (20)
- €0
- Intangible fixed assets (21)
- -€413,477
- Revaluation of assets
- €0
- Deferred tax on the revaluation
- €0
- Other adjustment
- €0
- Adjusted equity
- €35.4m
Capitalised earnings
- 2022
- €1,206,797
- excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €1,097,740
- 2021
- -€3,768,509
- 2020
- -€3,823,023
- 2019
- -€279,899
- 2018
- €1,087,241
- Average result, excluding non-recurring income and charges
- -€2,164,597
- Divided by the capitalisation rate
- 14% / 12% / 10%
- Capitalised earnings
- not meaningful, as the average result is zero or negative
Your EBITDA multiple
- EBITDA 2022
- €2,787,487
- Net financial debt
- €52,017,617
- Your multiple
- -
- Value with your multiple
- -
Net financial debt is the sum of financial debts after one year, the part due within the year and short-term financial debts, less cash and current investments.
Limits of the indication
- Checked holds no market prices or comparable transactions.
- Anything after the latest accounts and items off the balance sheet (guarantees, leases, disputes) are left out.
- Checked does not know the real value of buildings, stock and receivables. Enter your own revaluation or adjustment for it.
- The owner's role in the business, synergies for a buyer and the tax consequences of a sale are left out.
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Calculation and sources
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB) and main activity (KBO). The movements compare the financial years ended 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022. Green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. The value is an indication, not a valuation or advice. Prepared on 13 November 2026 via checked.be.