As reported earlier, BTIG analyst Brandon Ross upgraded Live Nation (LYV) to Buy from Neutral with a $60 price target, saying he is now more convinced that the company will outperform expectations amid inflecting growth rate with an added possibility of M&A. Despite the tough comparisons, Ross notes that Live Nation should "handily" top operating income consensus in FY18 and going forward, having build an "insurmountable" competitive float in U.S. markets, and that its mid-teens EBITDA growth is "the new normal". The analyst further believes that a near-term combination between Live Nation and Sirius XM (SIRI) is "inevitable".

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