Live Ventures (LIVE) Competitors $10.68 +0.28 (+2.68%) Closing price 04/25/2025 03:48 PM EasternExtended Trading$10.68 +0.00 (+0.01%) As of 04/25/2025 04:36 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock LIVE vs. LESL, PLBY, DIBS, AKA, JZXN, YI, SPWH, VGII, HTLM, and DXLGShould you be buying Live Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Ventures include Leslie's (LESL), PLBY Group (PLBY), 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), a.k.a. Brands (AKA), Jiuzi (JZXN), 111 (YI), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), Homestolife (HTLM), and Destination XL Group (DXLG). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry. Live Ventures vs. Leslie's PLBY Group 1stdibs.Com a.k.a. Brands Jiuzi 111 Sportsman's Warehouse Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II Homestolife Destination XL Group Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) and Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk. Which has more risk and volatility, LIVE or LESL? Live Ventures has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leslie's has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor LIVE or LESL? Live Ventures received 165 more outperform votes than Leslie's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave Live Ventures an outperform vote while only 34.38% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLive VenturesOutperform Votes20961.65% Underperform Votes13038.35% Leslie'sOutperform Votes4434.38% Underperform Votes8465.63% Do analysts prefer LIVE or LESL? Leslie's has a consensus price target of $2.65, suggesting a potential upside of 315.95%. Given Leslie's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leslie's is more favorable than Live Ventures.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Live Ventures 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Leslie's 1 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.92 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LIVE or LESL? Leslie's has higher revenue and earnings than Live Ventures. Leslie's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Ventures, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLive Ventures$466.76M0.07-$26.68M-$8.11-1.32Leslie's$1.33B0.09-$23.38M-$0.15-4.24 Is LIVE or LESL more profitable? Leslie's has a net margin of -2.13% compared to Live Ventures' net margin of -5.47%. Leslie's' return on equity of -6.11% beat Live Ventures' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Live Ventures-5.47% -11.90% -2.38% Leslie's -2.13%-6.11%-1.08% Does the media favor LIVE or LESL? In the previous week, Leslie's had 6 more articles in the media than Live Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Leslie's and 1 mentions for Live Ventures. Leslie's' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Live Ventures' score of 0.00 indicating that Leslie's is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Live Ventures Neutral Leslie's Positive Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LIVE or LESL? 7.5% of Live Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.3% of Live Ventures shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Leslie's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryLeslie's beats Live Ventures on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Live Ventures News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LIVE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart LIVE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLive Venturesretail IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$33.17M$1.25B$12.94B$7.80BDividend YieldN/A2.57%3.81%4.31%P/E Ratio-1.3215.869.5918.40Price / Sales0.072.683.49101.30Price / Cash1.5730.1013.3534.62Price / Book0.453.961.934.18Net Income-$26.68M$66.44M$959.43M$247.71M7 Day Performance-3.66%2.66%1.85%6.61%1 Month Performance50.83%12.52%-4.71%-2.22%1 Year Performance-58.72%130.20%-5.69%4.67% Live Ventures Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)LIVELive Ventures1.5141 of 5 stars$10.68+2.7%N/A-58.8%$33.17M$466.76M-1.321,250Negative NewsGap DownLESLLeslie's3.799 of 5 stars$0.57-0.6%$2.65+361.0%-84.1%$106.27M$1.33B-3.824,200Analyst UpgradeGap UpPLBYPLBY Group2.7487 of 5 stars$1.05+8.2%$2.57+144.4%-3.9%$98.43M$116.14M-1.091,010Positive NewsDIBS1stdibs.Com0.8254 of 5 stars$2.52+2.9%N/A-55.4%$89.95M$88.26M-6.00310Analyst ForecastNews CoverageAKAa.k.a. Brands2.9577 of 5 stars$8.00-8.5%$21.25+165.6%-38.2%$85.54M$574.70M-2.771,100Analyst ForecastNews CoverageGap DownJZXNJiuzi0.8044 of 5 stars$6.86+2.2%N/A-41.5%$75.54M$1.40M0.0060Gap DownYI1111.0524 of 5 stars$7.66+2.1%N/A-18.2%$65.51M$14.40B-1.922,110Analyst ForecastNews CoverageSPWHSportsman's Warehouse3.0402 of 5 stars$1.59+3.2%$2.80+76.1%-49.5%$60.61M$1.20B-1.817,700Positive NewsGap DownVGIIVirgin Group Acquisition Corp. IIN/A$1.11+2.8%N/A-27.0%$55.85MN/A0.00N/AHTLMHomestolifeN/A$3.66-6.4%N/AN/A$53.76M$4.17M0.00N/ADXLGDestination XL Group3.1973 of 5 stars$0.95-7.5%$2.75+188.7%-71.2%$50.98M$467.02M6.351,350Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Leslie's Alternatives PLBY Group Alternatives 1stdibs.Com Alternatives a.k.a. Brands Alternatives Jiuzi Alternatives 111 Alternatives Sportsman's Warehouse Alternatives Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. 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