Correlation Analysis
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. vs Walmart Inc. Common Stock
LYV vs WMT
+0.873
Very strong positive
When one moves up, the other tends to follow.
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
↗LYV
Live Nation is the largest live entertainment company in the world, serving as a concert promoter, venue operator, and ticketing platform. In addition, the firm generates revenue from sponsorships and advertising. With offices in 51 countries, Live Nation promotes concerts globally and it owned, operated, or had exclusive booking rights to more than 400 venues worldwide at the end of 2025, which the firm says makes it the second-largest operator of music venues globally. In 2025, Live Nation promoted nearly 55,000 events, drawing roughly 160 million fans. Ticketmaster is a dominant global ticketing service, selling nearly 650 million tickets in 2025.
Market cap 37.6B · 17,700 employees
Walmart Inc. Common Stock
↗WMT
Since its founding in 1962, Walmart has become the world's largest retailer, operating over 10,700 stores globally (including 4,600 namesake locations on its home turf and another 600 Sam's Club outlets) and growing its e-commerce presence, attracting 270 million customers weekly. In aggregate, the firm posted more than $680 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. Its core operations span three reporting segments: Walmart US (68% of fiscal 2025 sales), Walmart International (18%), and Sam's Club (14%). Within the US, nearly 60% of its $465 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, with another quarter from general merchandise. Internationally, Walmart's operations are concentrated in Mexico, though it also has budding exposure to India.
Market cap 1T
Time Series
Relative Performance
Who Moves First
WMT leads LYV by 6 days
WMT tends to move before LYV.
After testing 13 timing shifts, the strongest relationship was +0.874 (they moved in the same direction).
Do They Crash Together?
Correlation by Market Regime
How these series behave when markets are rising, falling, or diverging. A correlation that holds in drawdowns is very different from one that only works in rallies.
Both Rising
+0.320
14 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
+0.910
5 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
-0.462
16 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
R-Squared
76.2%
Share of variance in one series explained by the other.
Trend Agreement
56.0%
How often both series moved in the same direction period-to-period.
Overlap Quality
1,254
Deep shared window — 1,254 usable pairs.
Significance
p < 0.001
95% CI: [0.859, 0.885]
Scatter
XY Regression
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline
Data quality details
Pipeline Summary
1,254 paired data points survived the daily window.
Raw input
1,254
1,254
Normalized
1,254
1,254
Prepared
1,254
1,254
Aligned
1,254
1,254
Invalid removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Series A
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
LYV
Market cap 37.6B · 17,700 employees
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Series B
Walmart Inc. Common Stock
WMT
Market cap 1T
Stock · 1,254 raw → 1,254 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
47
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.7875
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
-16.7412
Linear regression intercept.
Related Extremes
Highest and Lowest Correlated
LYV
Live Nation Entertainment Inc.
Highest
+0.887
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPM · 1,254 data points
Lowest
+0.368
Exxon Mobil Corporation
XOM · 1,254 data points
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