Live Ventures Stock Analysis

LIVE Stock  USD 19.80  1.07  5.71%   
Below is the normalized historical share price chart for Live Ventures extending back to December 04, 1997. This chart has been adjusted for all splits and dividends and is plotted against all major global economic recessions. As of today, the current price of Live Ventures stands at 19.80, as last reported on the 14th of February 2026, with the highest price reaching 20.20 and the lowest price hitting 18.99 during the day.
IPO Date
2nd of January 2001
200 Day MA
16.3828
50 Day MA
17.17
Beta
1.045
 
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Live Ventures holds a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.3. At present, Live Ventures' Short and Long Term Debt Total is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Short Term Debt is expected to grow to about 59.7 M, whereas Short and Long Term Debt is forecasted to decline to about 24.5 M. Live Ventures' financial risk is the risk to Live Ventures stockholders that is caused by an increase in debt.

Asset vs Debt

Equity vs Debt

Live Ventures' liquidity is one of the most fundamental aspects of both its future profitability and its ability to meet different types of ongoing financial obligations. Live Ventures' cash, liquid assets, total liabilities, and shareholder equity can be utilized to evaluate how much leverage the Company is using to sustain its current operations. For traders, higher-leverage indicators usually imply a higher risk to shareholders. In addition, it helps Live Stock's retail investors understand whether an upcoming fall or rise in the market will negatively affect Live Ventures' stakeholders.
For many companies, including Live Ventures, marketable securities, inventories, and receivables are the most common assets that could be converted to cash. However, for Live Ventures, the most critical issue when managing liquidity is ensuring that current assets are properly aligned with current liabilities. If they are not, Live Ventures' management will need to obtain alternative financing to ensure there are always enough cash equivalents on the balance sheet to meet obligations.
Price Book
0.6037
Enterprise Value Ebitda
4.0323
Price Sales
0.1367
Shares Float
867.8 K
Wall Street Target Price
138
At present, Live Ventures' Common Stock Shares Outstanding is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is expected to grow to about 466.6 M, whereas Common Stock Total Equity is forecasted to decline to 1,710. . At present, Live Ventures' Price To Free Cash Flows Ratio is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.
Live Ventures is undervalued with Real Value of 48.93 and Target Price of 138.0. The main objective of Live Ventures stock analysis is to determine its intrinsic value, which is an estimate of what Live Ventures is worth, separate from its market price. There are two main types of Live Ventures' stock analysis: fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
The Live Ventures stock is traded in the USA on NASDAQ Exchange, with the market opening at 09:30:00 and closing at 16:00:00 every Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri except for officially observed holidays in the USA. Here, you can get updates on important government artifacts, including earning estimates, SEC corporate filings, announcements, and Live Ventures' ongoing operational relationships across important fundamental and technical indicators.
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Live Stock Analysis Notes

About 72.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders. The company has price-to-book ratio of 0.6. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. Live Ventures last dividend was issued on the 12th of July 2005. The entity had 1:6 split on the 8th of December 2016. Live Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring and steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. Live Ventures Incorporated was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Live Ventures operates under Home Improvement Retail classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 897 people. To find out more about Live Ventures contact Christopher Nichols at 702 997 5968 or learn more at https://www.liveventures.com.

Live Ventures Quarterly Total Revenue

108.54 Million

Live Ventures Investment Alerts

Many investors view ongoing market volatility as an opportunity to purchase more stocks at a favorable price or short it to generate a bearish trend profit opportunity. If you are one of those investors, make sure you clearly understand the position you are entering. Live Ventures' investment alerts are automatically generated signals that are significant enough to either complement your investing judgment regarding Live Ventures or challenge it. These alerts can help you understand what you are buying and avoid costly mistakes.
Live Ventures is way too risky over 90 days horizon
Live Ventures appears to be risky and price may revert if volatility continues
Live Ventures is unlikely to experience financial distress in the next 2 years
About 72.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders
Latest headline from seekingalpha.com: Live Ventures outlines AI-driven operational strategy while reporting 7.8M adjusted EBITDA growth

Live Largest EPS Surprises

Earnings surprises can significantly impact Live Ventures' stock price both in the short term and over time. Negative earnings surprises usually result in a price decline. However, it has been seen that positive earnings surprises lead to an immediate rise in a stock's price and a gradual increase over time. This is why we often hear news about some companies beating earning projections. Financial analysts spend a large amount of time predicting earnings per share (EPS) along with other important future indicators. Many analysts use forecasting models, management guidance, and additional fundamental information to derive an EPS estimate.
Reported
Fiscal Date
Estimated EPS
Reported EPS
Surprise
2014-05-20
2014-03-31-0.3-0.42-0.1240 
2014-08-13
2014-06-30-0.48-0.66-0.1837 
2014-01-16
2013-12-31-0.08-0.4457-0.3657457 
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Live Ventures Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores

Live Ventures' ESG score is a quantitative measure that evaluates Live Ventures' performance and commitment regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. These scores are becoming increasingly crucial in investment decision-making processes, providing insights into non-financial aspects of Live Ventures' operations that may have significant financial implications and affect Live Ventures' stock price as well as guide investors towards more socially responsible investments.

Live Stock Institutional Investors

Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.2025-06-30
36.0
Bank Of America Corp2025-06-30
13.0
Tower Research Capital Llc2025-06-30
12.0
Sbi Securities Co Ltd2025-06-30
1.0
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2025-06-30
0.0
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
65.8 K
Bridgeway Capital Management, Llc2025-06-30
36.5 K
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2025-06-30
32 K
Renaissance Technologies Corp2025-06-30
29.7 K
Sigma Planning Corp2025-06-30
19.8 K
Empowered Funds, Llc2025-06-30
19.1 K
Note, although Live Ventures' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Live Market Capitalization

The company currently falls under 'Micro-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 60.8 M.

Live Profitablity

The company has Profit Margin (PM) of 0.05 %, which maeans that even a very small decline in it revenue will erase profits resulting in a net loss. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows Operating Margin (OM) of 0.03 %, which suggests for every 100 dollars of sales, it generated a net operating income of $0.03.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Return On Tangible Assets 0.07  0.07 
Return On Capital Employed 0.05  0.05 
Return On Assets 0.05  0.06 
Return On Equity 0.21  0.23 

Management Efficiency

Live Ventures has return on total asset (ROA) of 0.023 % which means that it generated a profit of $0.023 on every $100 spent on assets. This is way below average. Similarly, it shows a return on stockholder's equity (ROE) of 0.2704 %, meaning that it created $0.2704 on every $100 dollars invested by stockholders. Live Ventures' management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Live Ventures manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. The current year's Return On Tangible Assets is expected to grow to 0.07. The current year's Return On Capital Employed is expected to grow to 0.05. At present, Live Ventures' Non Current Assets Total are projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Total Current Assets is expected to grow to about 209 M, whereas Other Current Assets are forecasted to decline to about 2.4 M.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Book Value Per Share 35.56  42.99 
Tangible Book Value Per Share 5.25  4.99 
Enterprise Value Over EBITDA 3.88  3.32 
Price Book Value Ratio 0.68  0.65 
Enterprise Value Multiple 3.88  3.32 
Price Fair Value 0.68  0.65 
Enterprise Value237.8 M249.7 M
The leadership approach at Live Ventures' fosters a culture of excellence and accountability. Our analysis examines how this culture influences financial outcomes and stock valuation.
Operating Margin
0.0332
Profit Margin
0.0511
Beta
1.045
Return On Assets
0.023
Return On Equity
0.2704

Technical Drivers

As of the 14th of February 2026, Live Ventures secures the Downside Deviation of 3.82, mean deviation of 4.31, and Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1277. In connection with fundamental indicators, the technical analysis model lets you check existing technical drivers of Live Ventures, as well as the relationship between them. Please verify Live Ventures jensen alpha, potential upside, as well as the relationship between the Potential Upside and skewness to decide if Live Ventures is priced some-what accurately, providing market reflects its recent price of 19.8 per share. Given that Live Ventures has jensen alpha of 0.7026, we recommend you to check Live Ventures's last-minute market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself at a future point.

Live Ventures Price Movement Analysis

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Live Ventures Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Live Ventures insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Live Ventures' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Live Ventures insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Live Ventures Outstanding Bonds

Live Ventures issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Live Ventures uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Live bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Live Ventures has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Live Ventures Predictive Daily Indicators

Live Ventures intraday indicators are useful technical analysis tools used by many experienced traders. Just like the conventional technical analysis, daily indicators help intraday investors to analyze the price movement with the timing of Live Ventures stock daily movement. By combining multiple daily indicators into a single trading strategy, you can limit your risk while still earning strong returns on your managed positions.

Live Ventures Corporate Filings

8K
12th of February 2026
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F4
23rd of December 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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10K
17th of December 2025
Annual report required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a company financial performance
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8K
11th of December 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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10Q
8th of August 2025
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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8K
7th of August 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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F3
18th of July 2025
The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock
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8K
3rd of July 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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Live Ventures Forecast Models

Live Ventures' time-series forecasting models are one of many Live Ventures' stock analysis techniques aimed at predicting future share value based on previously observed values. Time-series forecasting models ae widely used for non-stationary data. Non-stationary data are called the data whose statistical properties e.g. the mean and standard deviation are not constant over time but instead, these metrics vary over time. These non-stationary Live Ventures' historical data is usually called time-series. Some empirical experimentation suggests that the statistical forecasting models outperform the models based exclusively on fundamental analysis to predict the direction of the market movement and maximize returns from investment trading.

Live Ventures Bond Ratings

Live Ventures financial ratings play a critical role in determining how much Live Ventures have to pay to access credit markets, i.e., the amount of interest on their issued debt. The threshold between investment-grade and speculative-grade ratings has important market implications for Live Ventures' borrowing costs.
Piotroski F Score
6
HealthyView
Beneish M Score
(2.35)
Unlikely ManipulatorView

Live Ventures Debt to Cash Allocation

Many companies such as Live Ventures, eventually find out that there is only so much market out there to be conquered, and adding the next product or service is only half as profitable per unit as their current endeavors. Eventually, the company will reach a point where cash flows are strong, and extra cash is available but not fully utilized. In this case, the company may start buying back its stock from the public or issue more dividends.
Live Ventures currently holds 216.46 M in liabilities with Debt to Equity (D/E) ratio of 1.3, which is about average as compared to similar companies. Live Ventures has a current ratio of 2.21, suggesting that it is liquid enough and is able to pay its financial obligations when due. Note, when we think about Live Ventures' use of debt, we should always consider it together with its cash and equity.

Live Ventures Total Assets Over Time

Live Ventures Assets Financed by Debt

The debt-to-assets ratio shows the degree to which Live Ventures uses debt to finance its assets. It includes both long-term and short-term borrowings maturing within one year. It also includes both tangible and intangible assets, such as goodwill.

Live Ventures Debt Ratio

    
  28.0   
It looks as if most of the Live Ventures' assets are financed through equity. Typically, companies with high debt-to-asset ratios are said to be highly leveraged. The higher the ratio, the greater risk will be associated with the Live Ventures' operation. In addition, a high debt-to-assets ratio may indicate a low borrowing capacity of Live Ventures, which in turn will lower the firm's financial flexibility.

Live Ventures Corporate Bonds Issued

Most Live bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Live Ventures has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Live Net Debt

Net Debt

250.71 Million

At present, Live Ventures' Net Debt is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

About Live Stock Analysis

Stock analysis is the technique used by a trader or investor to examine and evaluate how Live Ventures prices is reacting to, or reflecting on a current market direction and economic conditions. It can be used to make informed decisions about market timing, and when buying or selling Live shares will generate the highest return on investment. We also built our stock analysis module to help investors to gain an insight into the world economy as a whole, the stock market, thematic ideas. a specific sector, or an individual Stock such as Live Ventures. By using and applying Live Stock analysis, traders can create a robust methodology for identifying Live entry and exit points for their positions.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Pretax Profit Margin 0.06  0.06 
Operating Profit Margin 0.03  0.03 
Net Profit Margin 0.05  0.05 
Gross Profit Margin 0.38  0.55 

Current Live Analysis - Recommendations

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. Live analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Live analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Target PriceConsensus# of Analysts
138.0Strong Buy1Odds
Live Ventures current and past analyst recommendations published by a number of research institutions as well as average analyst consensus.
Most Live analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to helps potential investors understand Live stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching public financial statements of Live Ventures, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to Live conference calls.
Live Analyst Advice Details

Live Stock Analysis Indicators

Live Ventures stock analysis indicators help investors evaluate how Live Ventures stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing and determine when trading Live Ventures shares will generate the highest return on investment. By understating and applying Live Ventures stock analysis, traders can identify Live Ventures position entry and exit signals to maximize returns.
Begin Period Cash Flow4.6 M
Long Term Debt78.4 M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding4.4 M
Total Stockholder Equity95.3 M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities-7.7 M
Tax Provision5.7 M
Quarterly Earnings Growth Y O Y-0.703
Property Plant And Equipment Net130.6 M
Cash And Short Term Investments8.8 M
Cash8.8 M
Accounts Payable27.4 M
Net Debt207.6 M
50 Day M A17.17
Total Current Liabilities111 M
Other Operating Expenses430.2 M
Non Current Assets Total213.3 M
Forward Price Earnings3.8081
Non Currrent Assets Other1.5 M
Stock Based Compensation200 K

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