Live Ventures (LIVE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Live 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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.06 to $11.99
• 50-Day Range: $6.70 to $11.70
• 52-Week Range: $6.25 to $26.33
• Volume: 5,786 shs
• Average Volume: 8,921 shs
• Market Capitalization: $34.43 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Live Ventures Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Live Ventures scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 15th out of 21 stocks in the multi-sector conglomerates sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Live Ventures.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Live Ventures is -1.37, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Live Ventures is -1.37, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Live Ventures has a P/B Ratio of 0.47. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.98% of the float of Live Ventures has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Live Ventures has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Live Ventures has recently increased by 314.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Live Ventures does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Live Ventures does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.98% of the float of Live Ventures has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Live Ventures has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Live Ventures has recently increased by 314.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Live Ventures has a news sentiment score of 0.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Multi-Sector Conglomerates companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Live Ventures this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for LIVE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Live Ventures insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $268,062.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

52.30% of the stock of Live Ventures is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 7.46% of the stock of Live Ventures is held by institutions.

LIVE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have LIVE shares performed this year?

Live Ventures' stock was trading at $9.33 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LIVE stock has increased by 18.8% and is now trading at $11.0850.
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How were Live Ventures' earnings last quarter?

Live Ventures Incorporated (NASDAQ:LIVE) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The information services provider reported ($0.74) earnings per share for the quarter. Live Ventures had a negative net margin of 5.47% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.90%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Live Ventures?

Shares of LIVE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Live Ventures own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Live Ventures investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), CymaBay Therapeutics (CBAY) and General Electric (GE).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/06/2025
• Today: 4/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Multi-Sector Conglomerates
• Industry: Miscellaneous retail
• Sub-Industry: Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LIVE
• CIK: 1045742
• Web: www.live-ventures.com
• Phone: (702) 997-5968
• Fax: 480-654-9727
• Employees: 1,250
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($8.11)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-26,680,000.00
• Net Margins: -5.47%
• Pretax Margin: -6.40%
• Return on Equity: -11.90%
• Return on Assets: -2.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.97
• Current Ratio: 1.42
• Quick Ratio: 0.40

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $466.76 million
• Price / Sales: 0.07
• Cash Flow: $7.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.57
• Book Value: $23.59 per share
• Price / Book: 0.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,106,000
• Free Float: 1,482,000
• Market Cap: $34.43 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.85