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Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)

Consumer Cyclical | Home Improvement Retail | Las Vegas, United States | NasdaqCM
11.04 USD +0.28 (2.602%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 10.93 -0.07 (-0.070%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:09 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is bearish due to a relentless multi-year price collapse. Despite a recent 30% price jump, the stock is trading at a significant discount to its 200-day average, indicating the market remains unconvinced by the recovery. The technical setup shows the price struggling to reclaim key moving averages, suggesting continued downward pressure in the near term. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating with negative revenue growth (-3.8%) and, critically, negative trailing earnings per share (-$1.11). While the forward P/E looks artificially attractive at 1.4x, this is driven by a massive earnings rebound estimate rather than current profitability, creating a dangerous valuation gap. The balance sheet is fragile with debt-to-equity exceeding 250%, and there is no cash return to shareholders, as the company has paid no dividends in the last five years. This is a speculative turnaround play with severe execution risks and no income floor.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.212320
AutoETS0.212320
AutoTheta0.212368
MSTL0.216885

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 32%
H-stat 4.50
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.108
Excess Kurtosis -1.00
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Ex Dividend Date 2005-07-11
Last Dividend Date 2005-07-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 250.517
Revenue per Share 142.489
Market Cap 33,911,084
Forward P/E 1.47
Beta 0.99
Profit Margins 0.89%
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 -0.2270115
Address1 8,548 Rozita Lee Avenue
Address2 Suite 305
All Time High 1,060.8365
All Time Low 2.04
Ask 13.88
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 12,260
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,016
Average Volume 9,016
Average Volume10Days 12,260
Beta 0.988
Bid 7.92
Bid Size 2
Book Value 30.244
City Las Vegas
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 11.04
Current Ratio 1.71
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 11.38
Day Low 10.6801
Debt To Equity 250.517
Dividend Date 1,481,155,200
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,792,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,792,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,761,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,624,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,624,200
Ebitda 33,540,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0766
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.497
Enterprise To Revenue 0.574
Enterprise Value 251,441,088
Eps Forward 7.5
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.09
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 10.7286
Fifty Day Average Change 0.3114004
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.029025262
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -22.70115
Fifty Two Week High 25.42
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.38
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5656963
Fifty Two Week Low 8.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.54
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29882354
Fifty Two Week Range 8.5 - 25.42
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,012,314,600,000
Float Shares 825,569
Forward Eps 7.5
Forward P E 1.472
Free Cashflow 17,382,376
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 1,366
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.33141
Gross Profits 145,112,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.71748
Held Percent Institutions 0.07328
Implied Shares Outstanding 3,071,656
Industry Home Improvement Retail
Industry Disp Home Improvement Retail
Industry Key home-improvement-retail
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
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 33,911,084
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1521205
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 3,873,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 33,051,018
Open 10.9599
Operating Cashflow 26,096,000
Operating Margins 0.01948
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 702 997 5968
Post Market Change -0.069999695
Post Market Change Percent -0.6363609
Post Market Price 10.93
Post Market Time 1,783,973,404
Previous Close 10.76
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.3650311
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.07744626
Profit Margins 0.00885
Quick Ratio 0.52
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.27999973
Regular Market Change Percent 2.602228
Regular Market Day High 11.38
Regular Market Day Low 10.6801
Regular Market Day Range 10.6801 - 11.38
Regular Market Open 10.9599
Regular Market Previous Close 10.76
Regular Market Price 11.04
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 28,139
Return On Assets 0.027409999
Return On Equity 0.042600002
Revenue Growth -0.038
Revenue Per Share 142.489
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Sector Disp Consumer Cyclical
Sector Key consumer-cyclical
Shares Outstanding 3,071,656
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0014
Shares Short 4,345
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 5,456
Short Name Live Ventures Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.002
Short Ratio 0.56
Source Interval 15
State NV
Symbol LIVE
Total Cash 15,173,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.94
Total Debt 232,710,000
Total Revenue 437,865,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.09
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.09755
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.0575504
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.21688522
Type Disp Equity
Volume 28,139
Website https://www.liveventures.com
Zip 89,113