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LIVE VENTURES Inc
LIVE
$45M
Mkt Cap
$9.69
-2.02%
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a current P/E ratio of 2.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 3.7. The stock is currently considered Cheap based on its historical valuation range.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 6.8%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a market capitalization of $30M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 1.25%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) appears cheap. The current P/E of 2.0 is 45% below its historical median of 3.7. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is 1.8%.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) operates in the Retail-Miscellaneous Retail industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) reported annual revenue of $445 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Our Company The “Company,” “Live Ventures”, “Live”, “we,” “our,” and “us” are used interchangeably to refer to Live Ventures Incorporated and its subsidiaries, as appropriate in the context. Live Ventures Incorporated (Nasdaq: LIVE) is a diversified holding company with a strategic focus on value-oriented acquisitions of domestic middle-market companies. Live Ventures’ acquisition strategy is industry agnostic and focuses on well-run, closely held businesses with a demonstrated track record of earnings growth and cash flow generation. The Company looks for opportunities to partner with management to build increased stockholder value through a disciplined buy-build-hold, long-term focused strategy. Live Ventures was founded in 1968 and later refocused under our Chief Executive Officer and strategic investor, Jon Isaac. The Company’s current portfolio of diversified operating subsidiaries includes companies in the textile, flooring, tools, steel, and entertainment industries.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 442M | 445M | 473M | 355M | 287M | 273M |
| Net Income | 22M | 23M | -27M | -102K | 25M | 31M |
| EPS | $7.20 | $4.93 | $-8.48 | $-0.03 | $7.84 | $9.86 |
| Free Cash Flow | 22M | 21M | 12M | 16M | -5.7M | 18M |
| ROIC | 11.3% | 9.8% | -21.6% | 6.5% | 14.3% | 25.1% |
| Gross Margin | 33.0% | 32.7% | 30.6% | 32.5% | 34.1% | 36.4% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.33 | 0.84 | 0.71 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Operating Income | 17M | 15M | -14M | 15M | 26M | 36M |
| Operating Margin | 3.9% | 3.3% | -2.9% | 4.3% | 9.0% | 13.1% |
| ROE | 23.3% | 27.0% | -30.8% | -0.1% | 28.6% | 52.2% |
| Shares Outstanding | 3M | 5M | 3M | 3M | 3M | 3M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 7.3M | 33M | 79M | 152M | 200M | 193M | 192M | 273M | 287M | 355M | 473M | 445M | 442M |
| Gross Margin | 28.1% | 33.7% | 25.3% | 41.1% | 37.2% | 36.7% | 39.3% | 36.4% | 34.1% | 32.5% | 30.6% | 32.7% | 33.0% |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 5.6M | 11M | 8.5M | 36M | 49M | 53M | 44M | 52M | 55M | 87M | 118M | 114M | 112M |
| EBIT | -4.5M | -10M | 2.3M | 18M | 11M | 3.3M | 20M | 36M | 26M | 15M | -14M | 15M | 17M |
| Op. Margin | -61.9% | -30.4% | 2.9% | 11.9% | 5.4% | 1.7% | 10.7% | 13.1% | 9.0% | 4.3% | -2.9% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
| Net Income | -4.7M | -15M | 18M | 6.5M | 5.9M | -4.0M | 11M | 31M | 25M | -102K | -27M | 23M | 22M |
| Net Margin | -64.2% | -44.0% | 22.6% | 4.3% | 3.0% | -2.1% | 5.7% | 11.4% | 8.6% | -0.0% | -5.6% | 5.1% | 5.0% |
| Non-Recurring | 308K | 1.3M | -72K | 33K | -32K | -1.1M | 0 | 337K | 3.2M | -60K | 18M | -326K | -326K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | -54.6% | -80.3% | 58.9% | 15.7% | 7.8% | 3.5% | 17.6% | 25.1% | 14.3% | 6.5% | -21.6% | 9.8% | 11.3% |
| ROE | -57.4% | -137.5% | 109.8% | 22.8% | 16.5% | -11.0% | 28.0% | 52.2% | 28.6% | -0.1% | -30.8% | 27.0% | 23.3% |
| ROA | -41.9% | -49.8% | 37.9% | 7.1% | 4.4% | -3.0% | 6.8% | 15.3% | 10.1% | -0.0% | -6.4% | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | -5.2M | -1.0M | 7.9M | 7.9M | 12M | 19M | 29M | 29M | 6.4M | 26M | 21M | 29M | 29M |
| Free Cash Flow | -5.3M | -1.2M | 4.7M | 1.5M | 3.1M | 17M | 25M | 18M | -5.7M | 16M | 12M | 21M | 22M |
| Owner Earnings | -5.6M | -2.3M | 4.2M | 305K | -185K | 5.3M | 15M | 22M | -804K | 11M | 3.1M | 11M | 12M |
| CapEx | 80K | 152K | 3.2M | 6.4M | 8.7M | 2.4M | 3.9M | 11M | 12M | 10M | 8.5M | 7.7M | 7.2M |
| Maint. CapEx | 202K | 618K | 3.5M | 7.4M | 12M | 14M | 14M | 6.8M | 7.2M | 14M | 17M | 17M | 17M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0M | 5.0M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 202K | 618K | 3.5M | 7.4M | 12M | 14M | 14M | 6.8M | 7.2M | 14M | 17M | 17M | 17M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | 40.5% | 81.5% | 73.7% | 12.5% | 13.5% | 37.1% | 189.5% | 38.5% | 41.1% | 26.8% | 24.8% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 17K | 2K | 2K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 300K | 700K | 550K | 888K | 1.7M | 421K | 2.7M | 991K | 866K | 528K | 371K |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | 0.8% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 5.4% | 11.6% | 0.3% | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 168K | 713K | 256K | 204K | 497K | 142K | 86K | 489K | 37K | 446K | 325K | 200K | 200K |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 416K | 1.2M | 1.3M | 223K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98K | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | -6.6M | 13M | 15M | 71M | 72M | 53M | 66M | 49M | 77M | 29M | 37M | 34M | 28M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 8.1M | 2.7M | 771K | 4.0M | 2.0M | 2.7M | 9.0M | 4.7M | 4.6M | 4.3M | 4.6M | 8.8M | 15M |
| Long-Term Debt | 639K | 15M | 13M | 27M | 59M | 48M | 63M | 38M | 63M | 33M | 42M | 42M | 42M |
| Debt/Equity | 0.12 | 1.94 | 0.64 | 2.29 | 1.90 | 1.63 | 1.72 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 0.33 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.45 |
| Interest Coverage | -12.2 | -5.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 1.2 | -0.8 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
| Equity | 13M | 8.3M | 24M | 33M | 39M | 34M | 44M | 76M | 98M | 100M | 73M | 95M | 95M |
| Total Assets | 18M | 41M | 53M | 129M | 141M | 122M | 197M | 212M | 279M | 422M | 408M | 386M | 389M |
| Total Liabilities | 5.2M | 32M | 29M | 95M | 102M | 88M | 154M | 137M | 181M | 322M | 335M | 291M | 294M |
| Intangibles | 3.1M | 1.5M | 1.7M | 4.2M | 6.7M | 2.2M | 1.1M | 4.7M | 3.8M | 27M | 25M | 20M | 19M |
| Retained Earnings | -32M | -53M | -35M | -29M | -23M | -27M | -16M | 15M | 40M | 39M | 12M | 29M | 29M |
| Working Capital | 9.5M | 15M | 11M | -11M | 28M | 21M | 39M | 34M | 78M | 85M | 52M | 62M | 69M |
| Current Assets | 14M | 26M | 25M | 56M | 66M | 56M | 96M | 99M | 135M | 183M | 182M | 173M | 171M |
| Current Liabilities | 4.3M | 11M | 14M | 66M | 38M | 35M | 57M | 65M | 56M | 98M | 130M | 111M | 102M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | -1.05 | -2.60 | 16.20 | 1.65 | 0.79 | -1.06 | 3.51 | 9.86 | 7.84 | -0.03 | -8.48 | 4.93 | 7.20 |
| Owner EPS | -1.25 | -0.42 | 3.78 | 0.08 | -0.02 | 1.39 | 4.86 | 6.92 | -0.25 | 3.32 | 0.98 | 2.43 | 3.95 |
| Book Value | 2.94 | 1.47 | 21.99 | 8.33 | 5.17 | 8.97 | 14.13 | 23.87 | 30.93 | 29.45 | 23.16 | 20.66 | 31.02 |
| Cash Flow/Share | -1.17 | -0.18 | 7.16 | 1.99 | 1.58 | 5.01 | 9.26 | 9.22 | 2.03 | 7.65 | 6.55 | 6.21 | 12.69 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 4.4M | 5.6M | 1.1M | 3.9M | 7.5M | 3.8M | 3.1M | 3.2M | 3.2M | 3.4M | 3.1M | 4.6M | 3.1M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | 2.1 | 7.4 | 5.7 | N/A | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.2 | N/A | N/A | 3.7 | 1.3 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | 2.6 | 32.4 | 21.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 6.5 | N/A | 6.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | 22.4 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 22.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 7.9 | N/A | 7.6 | 3.3 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Price/Sales | 43.1 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| FCF Yield | -2.2% | -0.7% | 12.6% | 6.2% | 19.6% | 101.6% | 174.1% | 15.2% | -7.1% | 16.6% | 25.7% | 24.6% | 73.6% |
| Market Cap | 243M | 173M | 37M | 24M | 16M | 16M | 14M | 120M | 80M | 96M | 47M | 85M | 30M |
| Avg. Price | 23.48 | 16.40 | 9.79 | 13.94 | 12.89 | 7.45 | 7.94 | 30.88 | 32.64 | 28.62 | 23.97 | 12.72 | 9.69 |
| Year-End Price | 18.24 | 10.26 | 11.28 | 11.99 | 9.00 | 8.63 | 9.04 | 37.85 | 25.45 | 28.34 | 15.00 | 18.45 | 9.69 |
LIVE VENTURES Inc passes 4 of 9 quality checks, suggesting mixed fundamentals.
LIVE VENTURES Inc trades at 2.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 3.7x, suggesting it is currently Cheap relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 1.4x vs a median of 4.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 6.8% with a gross margin of 33.3%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 1.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -11.0%.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a net profit margin of 5.1%. This is a modest margin.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) generated $21 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. This indicates a conservatively financed balance sheet.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $4.93 in its most recent fiscal year.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a return on equity (ROE) of 27.0%. This indicates the company generates strong returns for shareholders.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a 5-year average gross margin of 33.3%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE) has a book value per share of $20.66, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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