Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

LIVE • • Industrial / General

Consumer CyclicalHome Improvement RetailSpecialty Home SolutionsDiversified Home Products

AboutLive Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring and steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. The company's Flooring Manufacturing segment manufactures and sells carpets and rugs, and yarn products focusing on the residential, niche commercial, and hospitality end-markets; and resells hard surface flooring products. This segment serves flooring dealers, home centers, and other flooring manufacturers, as well as directly to end users. Its Steel Manufacturing segment manufactures and sells pre-finished de-carb free tool and die steel products, such as deluxe alloy plates, deluxe tool steel plates, precision ground flat stock products, and drill rods. This segment serves steel distributors and steel service centers. The company's Retail segment operates 63 specialty entertainment retail storefronts that offer entertainment products, including new and pre-owned movies, video games, and music products, as well as ancillary products, such as books, comics, toys, and collectibles. It buys, sells, and trades in new and pre-owned movies, music, video games, electronics, and collectibles through 35 Vintage Stock, 3 V-Stock, 13 Movie Trading company, and 12 EntertainMart retail locations in Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah, as well as sells new and used movies, video games, music, and toys through Website, vintagestock.com. This segment also offers services to customers, such as rentals, special orders, disc and video game hardware repair services, and other services. Its Corporate and Other segment provides product and service for new customers. Live Ventures Incorporated was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.Show more

Revenue $473M +33.1%
EBITDA $10M -70.0%
Net Income -$27M -26061.8%
EPS (Diluted) -8.48 -26153.9%
Gross Margin 30.63% -5.9%
EBITDA Margin 2.19% -77.5%
Operating Margin -2.89% -166.3%
Net Margin -5.64% -19564.1%
ROE -30.85% -29731.1%
ROIC -3.07% -176.4%
Debt/Equity 3.54 +45.0%
Interest Coverage -0.81 -166.8%

Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

✓Momentum leader: RS Rating 85 (top 15%)
✓Strong 5Y sales CAGR of 19.6%
✓Trading at only 0.9x book value
✓Efficient asset utilization: 1.2x turnover

✗Weaknesses

✗High debt to equity ratio of 3.5x

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y51.83%

5Y19.59%

3Y20.1%

TTM-4.28%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-

5Y-

3Y-

TTM116.51%

EPS CAGR

10Y-

5Y-

3Y-

TTM103.58%

ROCE

10Y Avg7.35%

5Y Avg11.62%

3Y Avg5.06%

Latest-4.53%

Peer Comparison

Diversified Home Products

Name	Market Cap	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Revenue Growth 1Y	Net Margin	ROE	FCF Yield	Debt/Equity
EMPGEmpro Group Inc. Ordinary shares	143.05M	17.36	184.88	48.37%	13.7%	66.26%		1.00
PFAIPinnacle Food Group Limited Class A Common Shares	8.53M	2.13	100.95	56.6%	8.7%	61.33%		0.35
LIVELive Ventures Incorporated	62.39M	20.31	-2.40	33.13%	0.42%	1.99%	19.46%	3.54

Profit & Loss

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Sales/Revenue+	33.37M	78.95M	152.06M	199.63M	193.29M	191.72M	272.98M	286.91M	355.17M	472.84M
Revenue Growth %	3.59%	1.37%	0.93%	0.31%	-0.03%	-0.01%	0.42%	0.05%	0.24%	0.33%
Cost of Goods Sold+	22.12M	58.98M	89.49M	125.43M	122.42M	116.4M	173.52M	189.09M	239.6M	328.02M
COGS % of Revenue	0.66%	0.75%	0.59%	0.63%	0.63%	0.61%	0.64%	0.66%	0.67%	0.69%
Gross Profit+	11.25M	19.97M	62.57M	74.2M	70.87M	75.32M	99.46M	97.83M	115.57M	144.82M
Gross Margin %	0.34%	0.25%	0.41%	0.37%	0.37%	0.39%	0.36%	0.34%	0.33%	0.31%
Gross Profit Growth %	4.52%	0.77%	2.13%	0.19%	-0.04%	0.06%	0.32%	-0.02%	0.18%	0.25%
Operating Expenses+	17.68M	17.66M	44.47M	63.4M	67.62M	54.9M	63.67M	71.9M	100.12M	158.47M
OpEx % of Revenue	0.53%	0.22%	0.29%	0.32%	0.35%	0.29%	0.23%	0.25%	0.28%	0.34%
Selling, General & Admin	17.68M	17.66M	44.47M	63.4M	67.62M	54.9M	63.67M	66.99M	100.12M	140.41M
SG&A % of Revenue	0.53%	0.22%	0.29%	0.32%	0.35%	0.29%	0.23%	0.23%	0.28%	0.3%
Research & Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R&D % of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Expenses	0	0	81.21K	0	0	0	0	4.91M	0	18.06M
Operating Income+	-10.14M	2.32M	18.1M	10.8M	6.48M	20.42M	35.79M	25.93M	15.45M	-13.64M
Operating Margin %	-0.3%	0.03%	0.12%	0.05%	0.03%	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	0.04%	-0.03%
Operating Income Growth %	-1.25%	1.23%	6.81%	-0.4%	-0.4%	2.15%	0.75%	-0.28%	-0.4%	-1.88%
EBITDA+	-9.09M	5.48M	23.12M	16.85M	12.15M	27.75M	42.37M	42.32M	34.51M	10.35M
EBITDA Margin %	-0.27%	0.07%	0.15%	0.08%	0.06%	0.14%	0.16%	0.15%	0.1%	0.02%
EBITDA Growth %	-1.27%	1.6%	3.22%	-0.27%	-0.28%	1.28%	0.53%	-0%	-0.18%	-0.7%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)	1.05M	3.16M	5.03M	6.05M	5.67M	7.32M	6.58M	16.4M	19.06M	23.99M
EBIT	-6.42M	6.72M	18.1M	18.97M	3.26M	20.87M	44.88M	35.83M	14.21M	-14.5M
Net Interest Income+	-4.49M	-4.02M	-7.6M	-8.64M	-6.32M	-5.25M	-5.21M	-4.21M	-12.74M	-16.85M
Interest Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Expense	4.49M	4.02M	7.6M	8.64M	6.32M	5.25M	5.21M	4.21M	12.74M	16.85M
Other Income/Expense	-4.2M	67.96K	-7.52M	-470K	-8.89M	-4.81M	3.89M	5.69M	-13.98M	-17.7M
Pretax Income+	-14.34M	5.46M	10.58M	10.33M	-5.64M	15.62M	39.68M	31.62M	1.47M	-31.34M
Pretax Margin %	-0.43%	0.07%	0.07%	0.05%	-0.03%	0.08%	0.15%	0.11%	0%	-0.07%
Income Tax+	376K	-12.49M	4.08M	4.41M	-1.63M	4.96M	8.66M	6.88M	1.57M	-4.66M
Effective Tax Rate %	1.02%	3.27%	0.61%	0.57%	0.71%	0.7%	0.79%	0.78%	-0.07%	0.85%
Net Income+	-14.67M	17.83M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.93M	31.2M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Net Margin %	-0.44%	0.23%	0.04%	0.03%	-0.02%	0.06%	0.11%	0.09%	-0%	-0.06%
Net Income Growth %	-2.15%	2.22%	-0.64%	-0.09%	-1.68%	3.72%	1.86%	-0.21%	-1%	-260.62%
Net Income (Continuing)	-14.71M	17.95M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.66M	31.02M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Interest	1.95M	0	0	0	0	-268K	-448K	-448K	0	0
EPS (Diluted)+	-5.58	5.40	1.61	1.58	-1.12	3.09	9.80	7.84	-0.03	-8.48
EPS Growth %	-1.62%	1.97%	-0.7%	-0.02%	-1.71%	3.76%	2.17%	-0.2%	-1%	-261.54%
EPS (Basic)	-5.58	6.33	2.94	3.05	-2.11	6.40	19.92	7.94	-0.03	-8.48
Diluted Shares Outstanding	2.63M	3.3M	4.05M	3.74M	3.58M	3.53M	3.18M	3.16M	3.15M	3.15M
Basic Shares Outstanding	2.63M	2.82M	2.21M	1.94M	1.9M	1.61M	1.57M	3.12M	3.13M	3.15M
Dividend Payout Ratio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Total Current Assets+	25.83M	25.22M	55.55M	65.67M	55.75M	95.93M	98.79M	134.8M	182.85M	181.94M
Cash & Short-Term Investments	2.73M	770.89K	3.97M	1.99M	2.68M	8.98M	4.66M	4.6M	4.31M	4.6M
Cash Only	2.73M	770.89K	3.97M	1.99M	2.68M	8.98M	4.66M	4.6M	4.31M	4.6M
Short-Term Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts Receivable	8.24M	7.6M	10.64M	13.54M	12.14M	20.12M	21.56M	30.07M	42.31M	46.86M
Days Sales Outstanding	90.17	35.15	25.53	24.76	22.92	38.31	28.83	38.25	43.48	36.17
Inventory	13.34M	11.05M	34.5M	46.53M	38.56M	64.53M	70.75M	97.66M	131.31M	126.35M
Days Inventory Outstanding	220.09	68.4	140.71	135.39	114.97	202.33	148.82	188.51	200.04	140.6
Other Current Assets	1.52M	0	6.44M	0	685K	520K	180K	0	4.92M	4.12M
Total Non-Current Assets+	14.83M	28.25M	73.05M	75.86M	66.7M	101.33M	112.95M	143.83M	238.96M	225.61M
Property, Plant & Equipment	12.48M	14.01M	22.82M	27.99M	22.6M	61.27M	66.1M	98.25M	135.25M	138.57M
Fixed Asset Turnover	2.67x	5.63x	6.66x	7.13x	8.55x	3.13x	4.13x	2.92x	2.63x	3.41x
Goodwill	800K	0	36.95M	36.95M	36.95M	37.75M	41.47M	41.09M	75.87M	61.15M
Intangible Assets	1.52M	1.69M	4.21M	6.67M	2.2M	1.06M	4.7M	3.84M	26.57M	25.1M
Long-Term Investments	0	0	0	283.14K	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Non-Current Assets	36.09K	19.77K	77.52K	750.45K	90K	223K	682K	647K	1.28M	787K
Total Assets+	40.66M	53.47M	128.59M	141.52M	122.45M	197.26M	211.74M	278.64M	421.81M	407.55M
Asset Turnover	0.82x	1.48x	1.18x	1.41x	1.58x	0.97x	1.29x	1.03x	0.84x	1.16x
Asset Growth %	1.22%	0.31%	1.41%	0.1%	-0.13%	0.61%	0.07%	0.32%	0.51%	-0.03%
Total Current Liabilities+	11.02M	13.59M	66.44M	37.26M	35.02M	57.36M	64.96M	56.39M	97.82M	129.66M
Accounts Payable	5.54M	5.4M	8.22M	14.34M	14.14M	9.12M	10.64M	10.9M	27.19M	31M
Days Payables Outstanding	91.38	33.43	33.54	41.73	42.17	28.59	22.39	21.04	41.42	34.5
Short-Term Debt	1.44M	2.01M	48.88M	14.35M	7.9M	13.28M	18.05M	20.93M	27.08M	52.72M
Deferred Revenue (Current)	243.08K	4.09K	182.05K	862.48K	240K	169K	241K	384K	1000K	0
Other Current Liabilities	2.69M	-3.95M	2.22M	2.7M	9.43M	14.5M	11.13M	1.7M	1.53M	30.41M
Current Ratio	2.34x	1.86x	0.84x	1.76x	1.59x	1.67x	1.52x	2.39x	1.87x	1.40x
Quick Ratio	1.13x	1.04x	0.32x	0.51x	0.49x	0.55x	0.43x	0.66x	0.53x	0.43x
Cash Conversion Cycle	218.89	70.12	132.71	118.42	95.71	212.05	155.25	205.73	202.1	142.27
Total Non-Current Liabilities+	21.38M	15.68M	28.57M	64.81M	53.3M	96.22M	71.7M	125.09M	223.86M	205M
Long-Term Debt	21.06M	15.46M	28.57M	64.23M	52.65M	67.39M	39.56M	64.7M	124.62M	100.29M
Capital Lease Obligations	0	0	0	0	0	28.1M	29.34M	49.95M	81.1M	91.79M
Deferred Tax Liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8M	8.82M	14.04M	6.27M
Other Non-Current Liabilities	316K	0	0	579K	654K	734K	0	1.61M	4.1M	6.66M
Total Liabilities	32.4M	29.27M	95.01M	102.08M	88.32M	153.59M	136.66M	181.47M	321.68M	334.66M
Total Debt+	22.51M	17.47M	78.82M	78.59M	60.54M	115.95M	94.16M	143.66M	244.53M	258.05M
Net Debt	19.78M	16.7M	74.84M	76.59M	57.86M	106.97M	89.5M	139.06M	240.22M	253.44M
Debt / Equity	2.72x	0.72x	2.35x	1.99x	1.77x	2.66x	1.25x	1.48x	2.44x	3.54x
Debt / EBITDA	-	3.19x	3.41x	4.66x	4.98x	4.18x	2.22x	3.39x	7.09x	24.94x
Net Debt / EBITDA	-	3.05x	3.24x	4.55x	4.76x	3.86x	2.11x	3.29x	6.96x	24.50x
Interest Coverage	-2.26x	0.58x	2.38x	1.25x	1.03x	3.89x	6.88x	6.16x	1.21x	-0.81x
Total Equity+	8.27M	24.2M	33.58M	39.45M	34.13M	43.67M	75.08M	97.16M	100.14M	72.89M
Equity Growth %	-0.37%	1.93%	0.39%	0.17%	-0.13%	0.28%	0.72%	0.29%	0.03%	-0.27%
Book Value per Share	3.15	7.32	8.30	10.54	9.52	12.35	23.59	30.79	31.76	23.16
Total Shareholders' Equity	6.31M	24.2M	33.58M	39.45M	34.13M	43.94M	75.53M	97.61M	100.14M	72.89M
Common Stock	16.91K	2.82K	2.09K	2.09K	2K	2K	2K	2K	2K	2K
Retained Earnings	-46.67M	-28.84M	-28.58M	-22.65M	-27.36M	-16.43M	14.77M	39.51M	38.96M	12.27M
Treasury Stock	0	-300.03K	-999.58K	-1.55M	-2.44M	-4.11M	-4.53M	-7.22M	-8.21M	-9.08M
Accumulated OCI	-618.45K	-3.46M	-7.37M	-11.51M	4K	7K	7K	0	7K	0
Minority Interest	1.95M	0	0	0	0	-268K	-448K	-448K	0	0

Cash Flow

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Cash from Operations+	-1.02M	6.06M	7.87M	11.82M	19.05M	28.79M	29.19M	14.58M	26M	20.61M
Operating CF Margin %	-0.03%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%	0.1%	0.15%	0.11%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
Operating CF Growth %	0.8%	6.95%	0.3%	0.5%	0.61%	0.51%	0.01%	-0.5%	0.78%	-0.21%
Net Income	-14.71M	17.95M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.66M	31.02M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Depreciation & Amortization	1.05M	3.13M	5.03M	6.05M	5.67M	7.32M	6.58M	16.4M	19.06M	24M
Stock-Based Compensation	767.22K	256.15K	203.69K	497.16K	270K	86K	489K	37K	446K	325K
Deferred Taxes	3.8M	-12.52M	3.52M	4.18M	-1.65M	4.07M	3.82M	6.02M	-2.85M	-6.88M
Other Non-Cash Items	6.22M	-1.12M	-744.15K	-5.76M	4.52M	59K	-5.02M	-4.98M	9.14M	23.83M
Working Capital Changes	1.85M	-1.63M	-6.64M	935.42K	14.25M	6.59M	-7.69M	-27.63M	310K	6.02M
Change in Receivables	-152.04K	-144.54K	-2.86M	-1.16M	1.99M	-951K	-1.58M	-1.13M	792K	750K
Change in Inventory	1.91M	1.58M	-3.81M	-4.95M	7.16M	12.31M	-8.49M	-20.21M	-9.54M	4.55M
Change in Payables	-885.92K	-134.14K	-2.34M	4.97M	-444K	-9.39M	2.77M	-2.38M	556K	1.79M
Cash from Investing+	-5.57M	-722.83K	-53.73M	-9.39M	100K	-8.78M	-17.42M	-40.04M	-63.88M	-21.48M
Capital Expenditures	-216.76K	-1.38M	-6.51M	-9.39M	-2.6M	-3.89M	-11.42M	-12.13M	-10M	-8.47M
CapEx % of Revenue	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.02%
Acquisitions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing	153.5K	653.86K	159.91K	-684K	0	0	0	15K	87K	-2.53M
Cash from Financing+	1.2M	-7.3M	49.06M	-4.41M	-19.21M	-13.71M	-16.09M	25.39M	37.6M	1.16M
Debt Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equity Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividends Paid	-1.92K	-1.92K	-959	-4K	0	0	0	0	0	0
Share Repurchases	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Financing	1.2M	-2.42M	-1.16M	-1.32M	-223K	-134K	383K	-8.1M	-126K	-20K
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow+	-1.24M	4.69M	1.36M	2.43M	16.45M	24.91M	17.77M	2.45M	15.99M	12.14M
FCF Margin %	-0.04%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.09%	0.13%	0.07%	0.01%	0.05%	0.03%
FCF Growth %	0.77%	4.79%	-0.71%	0.78%	5.77%	0.51%	-0.29%	-0.86%	5.52%	-0.24%
FCF per Share	-0.47	1.42	0.34	0.65	4.59	7.05	5.58	0.78	5.07	3.86
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)	0.07x	0.34x	1.21x	2.00x	-4.75x	2.63x	0.94x	0.59x	-254.85x	-0.77x
Interest Paid	0	1.25M	5.33M	0	0	0	4.34M	3.96M	7.8M	0
Taxes Paid	0	466K	149.31K	758K	0	0	1.54M	6.15M	379K	0

Key Ratios

Metric	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Return on Equity (ROE)	-137.49%	109.85%	22.51%	16.22%	-10.91%	28.09%	52.54%	28.73%	-0.1%	-30.85%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	-44%	5.04%	18.18%	7.22%	4.67%	12.63%	17.03%	9.7%	4.02%	-3.07%
Gross Margin	33.73%	25.3%	41.15%	37.17%	36.67%	39.28%	36.44%	34.1%	32.54%	30.63%
Net Margin	-43.95%	22.58%	4.28%	2.97%	-2.08%	5.7%	11.43%	8.62%	-0.03%	-5.64%
Debt / Equity	2.72x	0.72x	2.35x	1.99x	1.77x	2.66x	1.25x	1.48x	2.44x	3.54x
Interest Coverage	-2.26x	0.58x	2.38x	1.25x	1.03x	3.89x	6.88x	6.16x	1.21x	-0.81x
FCF Conversion	0.07x	0.34x	1.21x	2.00x	-4.75x	2.63x	0.94x	0.59x	-254.85x	-0.77x
Revenue Growth	359.31%	136.6%	92.59%	31.29%	-3.18%	-0.81%	42.39%	5.1%	23.79%	33.13%

Revenue by Segment

	2014	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Flooring Manufacturing	-	-	-	-	109.64M	130.22M	130.85M	109.77M
Flooring Manufacturing Growth	-	-	-	-	-	18.77%	0.48%	-16.11%
Steel Manufacturing	-	-	-	-	7.96M	49.3M	60.62M	88.91M
Steel Manufacturing Growth	-	-	-	-	-	519.22%	22.95%	46.68%
Corporate and Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.29M	2.49M
Corporate and Other Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-73.16%
Retail	-	-	-	-	-	-	86.16M	-
Retail Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corporate And Other	-	-	-	-	553K	4.61M	-	-
Corporate And Other Growth	-	-	-	-	-	733.82%	-	-
Retail	-	-	-	-	73.56M	-	-	-
Retail Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retail And Online	-	-	110.13M	100.7M	-	-	-	-
Retail And Online Growth	-	-	-	-8.56%	-	-	-	-
Manufacturing	-	72.51M	88.76M	91.95M	-	-	-	-
Manufacturing Growth	-	-	22.42%	3.59%	-	-	-	-
Legacy Merchant Services	1.99M	-	-	636K	-	-	-	-
Legacy Merchant Services Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Services	-	1.01M	744.71K	-	-	-	-	-
Services Growth	-	-	-26.04%	-	-	-	-	-
Marketplace Platform	-	5.44M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marketplace Platform Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Online Marketplace Platform	5.27M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Online Marketplace Platform Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Frequently Asked Questions

Growth & Financials

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) reported $443.8M in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 10768% increase from $4.1M in 2011.

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) grew revenue by 33.1% over the past year. This is strong growth.

Yes, Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) is profitable, generating $1.9M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (-5.6% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) has a return on equity (ROE) of -30.8%. Negative ROE indicates the company is unprofitable.

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) generated $19.4M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

LIVE • • Industrial / General

Consumer CyclicalHome Improvement RetailSpecialty Home SolutionsDiversified Home Products

Revenue $473M +33.1%
EBITDA $10M -70.0%
Net Income -$27M -26061.8%
EPS (Diluted) -8.48 -26153.9%
Gross Margin 30.63% -5.9%
EBITDA Margin 2.19% -77.5%
Operating Margin -2.89% -166.3%
Net Margin -5.64% -19564.1%
ROE -30.85% -29731.1%
ROIC -3.07% -176.4%
Debt/Equity 3.54 +45.0%
Interest Coverage -0.81 -166.8%

Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

✓Momentum leader: RS Rating 85 (top 15%)
✓Strong 5Y sales CAGR of 19.6%
✓Trading at only 0.9x book value
✓Efficient asset utilization: 1.2x turnover

✗Weaknesses

✗High debt to equity ratio of 3.5x

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y51.83%

5Y19.59%

3Y20.1%

TTM-4.28%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-

5Y-

3Y-

TTM116.51%

EPS CAGR

10Y-

5Y-

3Y-

TTM103.58%

ROCE

10Y Avg7.35%

5Y Avg11.62%

3Y Avg5.06%

Latest-4.53%

Peer Comparison

Diversified Home Products

Name	Market Cap	Current Price	P/E Ratio	Revenue Growth 1Y	Net Margin	ROE	FCF Yield	Debt/Equity
EMPGEmpro Group Inc. Ordinary shares	143.05M	17.36	184.88	48.37%	13.7%	66.26%		1.00
PFAIPinnacle Food Group Limited Class A Common Shares	8.53M	2.13	100.95	56.6%	8.7%	61.33%		0.35
LIVELive Ventures Incorporated	62.39M	20.31	-2.40	33.13%	0.42%	1.99%	19.46%	3.54

Profit & Loss

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Sales/Revenue+	33.37M	78.95M	152.06M	199.63M	193.29M	191.72M	272.98M	286.91M	355.17M	472.84M
Revenue Growth %	3.59%	1.37%	0.93%	0.31%	-0.03%	-0.01%	0.42%	0.05%	0.24%	0.33%
Cost of Goods Sold+	22.12M	58.98M	89.49M	125.43M	122.42M	116.4M	173.52M	189.09M	239.6M	328.02M
COGS % of Revenue	0.66%	0.75%	0.59%	0.63%	0.63%	0.61%	0.64%	0.66%	0.67%	0.69%
Gross Profit+	11.25M	19.97M	62.57M	74.2M	70.87M	75.32M	99.46M	97.83M	115.57M	144.82M
Gross Margin %	0.34%	0.25%	0.41%	0.37%	0.37%	0.39%	0.36%	0.34%	0.33%	0.31%
Gross Profit Growth %	4.52%	0.77%	2.13%	0.19%	-0.04%	0.06%	0.32%	-0.02%	0.18%	0.25%
Operating Expenses+	17.68M	17.66M	44.47M	63.4M	67.62M	54.9M	63.67M	71.9M	100.12M	158.47M
OpEx % of Revenue	0.53%	0.22%	0.29%	0.32%	0.35%	0.29%	0.23%	0.25%	0.28%	0.34%
Selling, General & Admin	17.68M	17.66M	44.47M	63.4M	67.62M	54.9M	63.67M	66.99M	100.12M	140.41M
SG&A % of Revenue	0.53%	0.22%	0.29%	0.32%	0.35%	0.29%	0.23%	0.23%	0.28%	0.3%
Research & Development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
R&D % of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Operating Expenses	0	0	81.21K	0	0	0	0	4.91M	0	18.06M
Operating Income+	-10.14M	2.32M	18.1M	10.8M	6.48M	20.42M	35.79M	25.93M	15.45M	-13.64M
Operating Margin %	-0.3%	0.03%	0.12%	0.05%	0.03%	0.11%	0.13%	0.09%	0.04%	-0.03%
Operating Income Growth %	-1.25%	1.23%	6.81%	-0.4%	-0.4%	2.15%	0.75%	-0.28%	-0.4%	-1.88%
EBITDA+	-9.09M	5.48M	23.12M	16.85M	12.15M	27.75M	42.37M	42.32M	34.51M	10.35M
EBITDA Margin %	-0.27%	0.07%	0.15%	0.08%	0.06%	0.14%	0.16%	0.15%	0.1%	0.02%
EBITDA Growth %	-1.27%	1.6%	3.22%	-0.27%	-0.28%	1.28%	0.53%	-0%	-0.18%	-0.7%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)	1.05M	3.16M	5.03M	6.05M	5.67M	7.32M	6.58M	16.4M	19.06M	23.99M
EBIT	-6.42M	6.72M	18.1M	18.97M	3.26M	20.87M	44.88M	35.83M	14.21M	-14.5M
Net Interest Income+	-4.49M	-4.02M	-7.6M	-8.64M	-6.32M	-5.25M	-5.21M	-4.21M	-12.74M	-16.85M
Interest Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Expense	4.49M	4.02M	7.6M	8.64M	6.32M	5.25M	5.21M	4.21M	12.74M	16.85M
Other Income/Expense	-4.2M	67.96K	-7.52M	-470K	-8.89M	-4.81M	3.89M	5.69M	-13.98M	-17.7M
Pretax Income+	-14.34M	5.46M	10.58M	10.33M	-5.64M	15.62M	39.68M	31.62M	1.47M	-31.34M
Pretax Margin %	-0.43%	0.07%	0.07%	0.05%	-0.03%	0.08%	0.15%	0.11%	0%	-0.07%
Income Tax+	376K	-12.49M	4.08M	4.41M	-1.63M	4.96M	8.66M	6.88M	1.57M	-4.66M
Effective Tax Rate %	1.02%	3.27%	0.61%	0.57%	0.71%	0.7%	0.79%	0.78%	-0.07%	0.85%
Net Income+	-14.67M	17.83M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.93M	31.2M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Net Margin %	-0.44%	0.23%	0.04%	0.03%	-0.02%	0.06%	0.11%	0.09%	-0%	-0.06%
Net Income Growth %	-2.15%	2.22%	-0.64%	-0.09%	-1.68%	3.72%	1.86%	-0.21%	-1%	-260.62%
Net Income (Continuing)	-14.71M	17.95M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.66M	31.02M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Interest	1.95M	0	0	0	0	-268K	-448K	-448K	0	0
EPS (Diluted)+	-5.58	5.40	1.61	1.58	-1.12	3.09	9.80	7.84	-0.03	-8.48
EPS Growth %	-1.62%	1.97%	-0.7%	-0.02%	-1.71%	3.76%	2.17%	-0.2%	-1%	-261.54%
EPS (Basic)	-5.58	6.33	2.94	3.05	-2.11	6.40	19.92	7.94	-0.03	-8.48
Diluted Shares Outstanding	2.63M	3.3M	4.05M	3.74M	3.58M	3.53M	3.18M	3.16M	3.15M	3.15M
Basic Shares Outstanding	2.63M	2.82M	2.21M	1.94M	1.9M	1.61M	1.57M	3.12M	3.13M	3.15M
Dividend Payout Ratio	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Total Current Assets+	25.83M	25.22M	55.55M	65.67M	55.75M	95.93M	98.79M	134.8M	182.85M	181.94M
Cash & Short-Term Investments	2.73M	770.89K	3.97M	1.99M	2.68M	8.98M	4.66M	4.6M	4.31M	4.6M
Cash Only	2.73M	770.89K	3.97M	1.99M	2.68M	8.98M	4.66M	4.6M	4.31M	4.6M
Short-Term Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accounts Receivable	8.24M	7.6M	10.64M	13.54M	12.14M	20.12M	21.56M	30.07M	42.31M	46.86M
Days Sales Outstanding	90.17	35.15	25.53	24.76	22.92	38.31	28.83	38.25	43.48	36.17
Inventory	13.34M	11.05M	34.5M	46.53M	38.56M	64.53M	70.75M	97.66M	131.31M	126.35M
Days Inventory Outstanding	220.09	68.4	140.71	135.39	114.97	202.33	148.82	188.51	200.04	140.6
Other Current Assets	1.52M	0	6.44M	0	685K	520K	180K	0	4.92M	4.12M
Total Non-Current Assets+	14.83M	28.25M	73.05M	75.86M	66.7M	101.33M	112.95M	143.83M	238.96M	225.61M
Property, Plant & Equipment	12.48M	14.01M	22.82M	27.99M	22.6M	61.27M	66.1M	98.25M	135.25M	138.57M
Fixed Asset Turnover	2.67x	5.63x	6.66x	7.13x	8.55x	3.13x	4.13x	2.92x	2.63x	3.41x
Goodwill	800K	0	36.95M	36.95M	36.95M	37.75M	41.47M	41.09M	75.87M	61.15M
Intangible Assets	1.52M	1.69M	4.21M	6.67M	2.2M	1.06M	4.7M	3.84M	26.57M	25.1M
Long-Term Investments	0	0	0	283.14K	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Non-Current Assets	36.09K	19.77K	77.52K	750.45K	90K	223K	682K	647K	1.28M	787K
Total Assets+	40.66M	53.47M	128.59M	141.52M	122.45M	197.26M	211.74M	278.64M	421.81M	407.55M
Asset Turnover	0.82x	1.48x	1.18x	1.41x	1.58x	0.97x	1.29x	1.03x	0.84x	1.16x
Asset Growth %	1.22%	0.31%	1.41%	0.1%	-0.13%	0.61%	0.07%	0.32%	0.51%	-0.03%
Total Current Liabilities+	11.02M	13.59M	66.44M	37.26M	35.02M	57.36M	64.96M	56.39M	97.82M	129.66M
Accounts Payable	5.54M	5.4M	8.22M	14.34M	14.14M	9.12M	10.64M	10.9M	27.19M	31M
Days Payables Outstanding	91.38	33.43	33.54	41.73	42.17	28.59	22.39	21.04	41.42	34.5
Short-Term Debt	1.44M	2.01M	48.88M	14.35M	7.9M	13.28M	18.05M	20.93M	27.08M	52.72M
Deferred Revenue (Current)	243.08K	4.09K	182.05K	862.48K	240K	169K	241K	384K	1000K	0
Other Current Liabilities	2.69M	-3.95M	2.22M	2.7M	9.43M	14.5M	11.13M	1.7M	1.53M	30.41M
Current Ratio	2.34x	1.86x	0.84x	1.76x	1.59x	1.67x	1.52x	2.39x	1.87x	1.40x
Quick Ratio	1.13x	1.04x	0.32x	0.51x	0.49x	0.55x	0.43x	0.66x	0.53x	0.43x
Cash Conversion Cycle	218.89	70.12	132.71	118.42	95.71	212.05	155.25	205.73	202.1	142.27
Total Non-Current Liabilities+	21.38M	15.68M	28.57M	64.81M	53.3M	96.22M	71.7M	125.09M	223.86M	205M
Long-Term Debt	21.06M	15.46M	28.57M	64.23M	52.65M	67.39M	39.56M	64.7M	124.62M	100.29M
Capital Lease Obligations	0	0	0	0	0	28.1M	29.34M	49.95M	81.1M	91.79M
Deferred Tax Liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8M	8.82M	14.04M	6.27M
Other Non-Current Liabilities	316K	0	0	579K	654K	734K	0	1.61M	4.1M	6.66M
Total Liabilities	32.4M	29.27M	95.01M	102.08M	88.32M	153.59M	136.66M	181.47M	321.68M	334.66M
Total Debt+	22.51M	17.47M	78.82M	78.59M	60.54M	115.95M	94.16M	143.66M	244.53M	258.05M
Net Debt	19.78M	16.7M	74.84M	76.59M	57.86M	106.97M	89.5M	139.06M	240.22M	253.44M
Debt / Equity	2.72x	0.72x	2.35x	1.99x	1.77x	2.66x	1.25x	1.48x	2.44x	3.54x
Debt / EBITDA	-	3.19x	3.41x	4.66x	4.98x	4.18x	2.22x	3.39x	7.09x	24.94x
Net Debt / EBITDA	-	3.05x	3.24x	4.55x	4.76x	3.86x	2.11x	3.29x	6.96x	24.50x
Interest Coverage	-2.26x	0.58x	2.38x	1.25x	1.03x	3.89x	6.88x	6.16x	1.21x	-0.81x
Total Equity+	8.27M	24.2M	33.58M	39.45M	34.13M	43.67M	75.08M	97.16M	100.14M	72.89M
Equity Growth %	-0.37%	1.93%	0.39%	0.17%	-0.13%	0.28%	0.72%	0.29%	0.03%	-0.27%
Book Value per Share	3.15	7.32	8.30	10.54	9.52	12.35	23.59	30.79	31.76	23.16
Total Shareholders' Equity	6.31M	24.2M	33.58M	39.45M	34.13M	43.94M	75.53M	97.61M	100.14M	72.89M
Common Stock	16.91K	2.82K	2.09K	2.09K	2K	2K	2K	2K	2K	2K
Retained Earnings	-46.67M	-28.84M	-28.58M	-22.65M	-27.36M	-16.43M	14.77M	39.51M	38.96M	12.27M
Treasury Stock	0	-300.03K	-999.58K	-1.55M	-2.44M	-4.11M	-4.53M	-7.22M	-8.21M	-9.08M
Accumulated OCI	-618.45K	-3.46M	-7.37M	-11.51M	4K	7K	7K	0	7K	0
Minority Interest	1.95M	0	0	0	0	-268K	-448K	-448K	0	0

Cash Flow

	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024
Cash from Operations+	-1.02M	6.06M	7.87M	11.82M	19.05M	28.79M	29.19M	14.58M	26M	20.61M
Operating CF Margin %	-0.03%	0.08%	0.05%	0.06%	0.1%	0.15%	0.11%	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%
Operating CF Growth %	0.8%	6.95%	0.3%	0.5%	0.61%	0.51%	0.01%	-0.5%	0.78%	-0.21%
Net Income	-14.71M	17.95M	6.5M	5.92M	-4.01M	10.66M	31.02M	24.74M	-102K	-26.68M
Depreciation & Amortization	1.05M	3.13M	5.03M	6.05M	5.67M	7.32M	6.58M	16.4M	19.06M	24M
Stock-Based Compensation	767.22K	256.15K	203.69K	497.16K	270K	86K	489K	37K	446K	325K
Deferred Taxes	3.8M	-12.52M	3.52M	4.18M	-1.65M	4.07M	3.82M	6.02M	-2.85M	-6.88M
Other Non-Cash Items	6.22M	-1.12M	-744.15K	-5.76M	4.52M	59K	-5.02M	-4.98M	9.14M	23.83M
Working Capital Changes	1.85M	-1.63M	-6.64M	935.42K	14.25M	6.59M	-7.69M	-27.63M	310K	6.02M
Change in Receivables	-152.04K	-144.54K	-2.86M	-1.16M	1.99M	-951K	-1.58M	-1.13M	792K	750K
Change in Inventory	1.91M	1.58M	-3.81M	-4.95M	7.16M	12.31M	-8.49M	-20.21M	-9.54M	4.55M
Change in Payables	-885.92K	-134.14K	-2.34M	4.97M	-444K	-9.39M	2.77M	-2.38M	556K	1.79M
Cash from Investing+	-5.57M	-722.83K	-53.73M	-9.39M	100K	-8.78M	-17.42M	-40.04M	-63.88M	-21.48M
Capital Expenditures	-216.76K	-1.38M	-6.51M	-9.39M	-2.6M	-3.89M	-11.42M	-12.13M	-10M	-8.47M
CapEx % of Revenue	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.02%
Acquisitions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing	153.5K	653.86K	159.91K	-684K	0	0	0	15K	87K	-2.53M
Cash from Financing+	1.2M	-7.3M	49.06M	-4.41M	-19.21M	-13.71M	-16.09M	25.39M	37.6M	1.16M
Debt Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equity Issued (Net)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividends Paid	-1.92K	-1.92K	-959	-4K	0	0	0	0	0	0
Share Repurchases	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Financing	1.2M	-2.42M	-1.16M	-1.32M	-223K	-134K	383K	-8.1M	-126K	-20K
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cash Flow+	-1.24M	4.69M	1.36M	2.43M	16.45M	24.91M	17.77M	2.45M	15.99M	12.14M
FCF Margin %	-0.04%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.09%	0.13%	0.07%	0.01%	0.05%	0.03%
FCF Growth %	0.77%	4.79%	-0.71%	0.78%	5.77%	0.51%	-0.29%	-0.86%	5.52%	-0.24%
FCF per Share	-0.47	1.42	0.34	0.65	4.59	7.05	5.58	0.78	5.07	3.86
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)	0.07x	0.34x	1.21x	2.00x	-4.75x	2.63x	0.94x	0.59x	-254.85x	-0.77x
Interest Paid	0	1.25M	5.33M	0	0	0	4.34M	3.96M	7.8M	0
Taxes Paid	0	466K	149.31K	758K	0	0	1.54M	6.15M	379K	0

Key Ratios

Metric	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Return on Equity (ROE)	-137.49%	109.85%	22.51%	16.22%	-10.91%	28.09%	52.54%	28.73%	-0.1%	-30.85%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	-44%	5.04%	18.18%	7.22%	4.67%	12.63%	17.03%	9.7%	4.02%	-3.07%
Gross Margin	33.73%	25.3%	41.15%	37.17%	36.67%	39.28%	36.44%	34.1%	32.54%	30.63%
Net Margin	-43.95%	22.58%	4.28%	2.97%	-2.08%	5.7%	11.43%	8.62%	-0.03%	-5.64%
Debt / Equity	2.72x	0.72x	2.35x	1.99x	1.77x	2.66x	1.25x	1.48x	2.44x	3.54x
Interest Coverage	-2.26x	0.58x	2.38x	1.25x	1.03x	3.89x	6.88x	6.16x	1.21x	-0.81x
FCF Conversion	0.07x	0.34x	1.21x	2.00x	-4.75x	2.63x	0.94x	0.59x	-254.85x	-0.77x
Revenue Growth	359.31%	136.6%	92.59%	31.29%	-3.18%	-0.81%	42.39%	5.1%	23.79%	33.13%

Revenue by Segment

	2014	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Flooring Manufacturing	-	-	-	-	109.64M	130.22M	130.85M	109.77M
Flooring Manufacturing Growth	-	-	-	-	-	18.77%	0.48%	-16.11%
Steel Manufacturing	-	-	-	-	7.96M	49.3M	60.62M	88.91M
Steel Manufacturing Growth	-	-	-	-	-	519.22%	22.95%	46.68%
Corporate and Other	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.29M	2.49M
Corporate and Other Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-73.16%
Retail	-	-	-	-	-	-	86.16M	-
Retail Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Corporate And Other	-	-	-	-	553K	4.61M	-	-
Corporate And Other Growth	-	-	-	-	-	733.82%	-	-
Retail	-	-	-	-	73.56M	-	-	-
Retail Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retail And Online	-	-	110.13M	100.7M	-	-	-	-
Retail And Online Growth	-	-	-	-8.56%	-	-	-	-
Manufacturing	-	72.51M	88.76M	91.95M	-	-	-	-
Manufacturing Growth	-	-	22.42%	3.59%	-	-	-	-
Legacy Merchant Services	1.99M	-	-	636K	-	-	-	-
Legacy Merchant Services Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Services	-	1.01M	744.71K	-	-	-	-	-
Services Growth	-	-	-26.04%	-	-	-	-	-
Marketplace Platform	-	5.44M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marketplace Platform Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Online Marketplace Platform	5.27M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Online Marketplace Platform Growth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Frequently Asked Questions

Growth & Financials

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) reported $443.8M in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 10768% increase from $4.1M in 2011.

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) grew revenue by 33.1% over the past year. This is strong growth.

Yes, Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) is profitable, generating $1.9M in net income for fiscal year 2024 (-5.6% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) has a return on equity (ROE) of -30.8%. Negative ROE indicates the company is unprofitable.

Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) generated $19.4M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.