Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)

Nasdaq: LIVE · Retail-Miscellaneous Retail · Las Vegas, NV · filing with the SEC since 1998

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Grade5.2

◀ Past 3.2● Present 6.5▶ Future 5.0

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The grade of Live Ventures Incorporated

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.2/10

◀ Past3.225% of the headline

● Present6.545% of the headline

▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

1.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

18 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-03-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 12th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's filings since 2017 show 18 warning events of 6 kinds: a bankruptcy or receivership notice (8-K item 1.03, 2 times, the latest 2022-03-03); a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2019-12-13); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2020-02-24); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, 2 times, the latest 2020-08-14); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 6 times, the latest 2021-10-04); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 5 times, the latest 2020-12-30) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

5.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.7% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 2 of 4.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $287 million in fiscal 2022 to $445 million in fiscal 2025, up 15.7% a year; it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span15.7%top 23% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 23% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.9%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

3.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 13.5% a year. 3% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Live Ventures Incorporated's diluted share count grew about 13.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 3% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 4 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $55 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 38% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.5/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 24%: 24¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Live Ventures Incorporated earned about 24 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 38 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 46.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 37% of its family
return on equitytop 6% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 45% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 38% of 12 in its family; net margin 5.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $445 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 45% by size; a net margin of 5.1% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 15.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$445Mbottom 45% of its family
net margin5.1%top 37% of its family
three-year revenue growth15.7%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 7.9/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 21% of 9 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title.
How it was reasoned: one part: the chief executive's years on the record, the one part on file, ranked among 9 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Live Ventures Incorporated's leadership is put at 7.9 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the chief executive's years under the title, which ranks in the top 21% of 9 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: officer and director changes against the people in charge, the years the people in charge have been filing, the chief executive's years under the title. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 2.3% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.7% of revenue (top 37%); a gross margin of 32.7% (bottom 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets2.3%top 35% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.7%top 37% of its family
gross margin32.7%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.7% a year over the last three filed years against 15.7% over all 4, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew -5.9% (bottom 14%); capital spending grew -14.1% a year (bottom 25%) (its annual reports). Live Ventures Incorporated reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Steel Manufacturing at $133 million, Retail Flooring at $122 million, Flooring Manufacturing at $122 million, and 1 more. 1 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 29% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 18% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-5.9%bottom 14% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-14.1%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

5.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 42% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Live Ventures Incorporated's newest year against its own record: revenue of $445 million in fiscal 2025 came in 26.7% below the $607 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 15% of its family); net income of $23 million against a prior three-year average of $682 thousand (top 5%); a net margin of 5.1% against 1% before (top 35%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-26.7%bottom 15% of its family
net income against the prior three years' averagefive times its prior average or moretop 5% of its family
net margin against its prior average+4.1 pointstop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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