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Live Ventures Incorporated
Consumer Cyclical · Home Improvement Retail · NCM
$9.01
Data: 2026-05-15
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$31M
Total market value of the company
2.16
Very cheap relative to earnings
1.37
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
-2.7%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
5.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
26.3%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
N/A
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock
About Live Ventures Incorporated

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.

https://www.liveventures.com

Country: United States Employees: 1,366 Industry: Home Improvement Retail
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
712.3% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
48.1% FAIL
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$112.50
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
92.0%
Deep discount to fair value — significant undervaluation
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
81.6th
Ranks in the top 18% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
95.0
Quality Score
64.3
Combined
49.6

Trading at $10 against a fair value of $112, a 91% discount. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 79% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.063
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
-0.0252
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
-0.480
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-35.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-73.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
8
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.06
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$25.42
65% below the year high
52W Low
$7.01
29% above the year low
Avg Volume
5,769
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$4.75
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

2.35
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
1.68
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
0.49
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
33.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
3.2%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$22M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$442M
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$22M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2025-12-19 GAO DENNIS Director 3,343 $52,496
2025-06-24 ISAAC JON Chief Executive Officer 36,915 $367,180
2025-03-27 ISAAC JON Chief Executive Officer 55,796 $391,551
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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