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Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)

Consumer Cyclical | Home Improvement Retail | Las Vegas, United States | NasdaqCM
9.19 USD -0.12 (-1.289%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 9.00 -0.19 (-0.190%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is neutral due to conflicting signals: while the price has rallied recently, the statistical forecast model predicts a slight downside (-1.07%) with very low confidence, suggesting the recent move may be noise rather than a trend. More critically, the long-term picture is murky; despite a positive cumulative return over the last nine years, the company is currently generating negative earnings per share and reporting negative return on equity, which prevents any assignment of a buy rating. Furthermore, there is no dividend income to offset these fundamental weaknesses, leaving the investment reliant entirely on capital appreciation from a business with deteriorating profitability metrics.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.055676
AutoETS0.055676
MSTL0.056362
AutoTheta0.056606

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 2.88
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.279
Excess Kurtosis -0.54
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2005-07-11
Last Dividend Date 2005-07-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 245.054
Revenue per Share 141.375
Market Cap 28,228,518
Forward P/E 1.23
Beta 1.04
Profit Margins -0.59%
Website https://www.liveventures.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2005-07-12 1.901141 0.917431
2005-04-12 1.901141 1.030928
2005-01-12 1.901141 0.769231
2004-09-22 1.901141 0.847458
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2005-07-12
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 1.901141
lastDividendDate 2005-07-12
dividendDate 2016-12-08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.54001975
Address1 8,548 Rozita Lee Avenue
Address2 Suite 305
All Time High 1,060.8365
All Time Low 2.04
Ask 12.22
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,690
Average Daily Volume3 Month 10,767
Average Volume 10,767
Average Volume10Days 8,690
Beta 1.035
Bid 6.91
Bid Size 2
Book Value 29.916
City Las Vegas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 9.19
Current Ratio 1.353
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 9.6748
Day Low 9.19
Debt To Equity 245.054
Dividend Date 1,481,155,200
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,654,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,654,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,624,200
Ebitda 30,107,000
Ebitda Margins 0.06933
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.054
Enterprise To Revenue 0.558
Enterprise Value 242,486,512
Eps Forward 7.5
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.17
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,121,126,400
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 10.1282
Fifty Day Average Change -0.9382
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.09263246
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -54.001976
Fifty Two Week High 23.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.81
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6004348
Fifty Two Week Low 8.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.6899996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.08117642
Fifty Two Week Range 8.5 - 23.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,012,314,600,000
Float Shares 825,569
Forward Eps 7.5
Forward P E 1.2253333
Free Cashflow 14,840,250
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 1,366
Fullday Change -0.120001
Fullday Change Percent -1.28895
Fullday Price 9.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.33143002
Gross Profits 143,920,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.71748
Held Percent Institutions 0.07126
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,071,656
Industry Home Improvement Retail
Industry Disp Home Improvement Retail
Industry Key home-improvement-retail
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,121,126,400
Last Dividend Value 1.901141
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 1,481,155,200
Last Split Factor 1:6
Long Business Summary Live Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring and steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. It operates in five segments: Retail-Entertainment, Retail-Flooring, Flooring Manufacturing, Steel Manufacturing, and Corporate and Other. The Retail-Entertainment segment provides a selection of 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. This segment also offers services to customers, such as rentals, special orders, disc, video game hardware repair, and other services. The Retail-Flooring segment retails and installs flooring, carpeting, and countertops to consumers, builders, and contractors. The Steel Manufacturing segment manufactures pre-finished de-carb free tool and die steel comprising deluxe alloy plate, deluxe tool steel plate, precision ground flat stock, and drill rod; industrial knives and hardened wear products for the tissue, metals, and wood industries, as well as for in-house grinding, machining, and heat-treating; manufactures and supplies engineered parts and components to various industries, such as appliance, automotive, hardware, electrical, electronic, medical products, and devices; and offers specialized fabricated metal products, including cable racks, auxiliary framing, hardware, insulation products, and network bays. It serves steel distributors and steel service centers. The Flooring Manufacturing segment manufactures and distributes carpets and rugs, yarn, and hard-surface flooring products focusing on the residential, niche commercial, and hospitality end-markets. This segment serves flooring dealers, home centers, other flooring manufacturers, and directly to commercial end-users. The 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.
Long Name Live Ventures Incorporated
Market us_market
Market Cap 28,228,518
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1521205
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -2,573,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 28,950,357
Open 9.4801
Operating Cashflow 21,421,000
Operating Margins 0.04851
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 702 997 5968
Post Market Change -0.18999958
Post Market Change Percent -2.06746
Post Market Price 9.0
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 9.31
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.30719346
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.06500567
Profit Margins -0.00593
Quick Ratio 0.393
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.12000084
Regular Market Change Percent -1.2889456
Regular Market Day High 9.6748
Regular Market Day Low 9.19
Regular Market Day Range 9.19 - 9.6748
Regular Market Open 9.4801
Regular Market Previous Close 9.31
Regular Market Price 9.19
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 4,094
Return On Assets 0.023459999
Return On Equity -0.02765
Revenue Growth -0.032
Revenue Per Share 141.375
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 3,071,656
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.005
Shares Short 15,502
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 10,738
Short Name Live Ventures Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.0069999998
Short Ratio 1.3
Source Interval 15
State NV
Symbol LIVE
Total Cash 10,900,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.549
Total Debt 225,164,992
Total Revenue 434,247,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.17
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 12.9632
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.7732
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2910701
Type Disp Equity
Volume 4,094
Website https://www.liveventures.com
Zip 89,113