Live Ventures Inc chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 103.51
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 1.27
Market capitalization 76.38M
Operating cash flow 7.83M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

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.

Sector: Consumer Cyclical - Industry: Home Improvement Retail

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.43
Working Capital0.92
Return On Equity0.41
Debt To Equity0.52
Fixed Asset Ratio0.03
Fixed Interest Cover6.88

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Change To Liabilities 4.97M -444k -5.32M 6.59M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -9.39M 100k -8.78M -17.42M
Net Borrowings -2.54M -18.1M -11.91M -16.05M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -4.41M -19.21M -13.71M -16.09M
Change To Operating Activities 2.67M 5.54M 3.79M -532k
Issuance Of Stock 323k 323k 323k 323k
Net Income 5.92M -4.01M 10.93M 31.2M
Change In Cash -1.98M -61k 6.3M -4.32M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 11.82M 19.05M 28.79M 29.19M
Depreciation 6.05M 5.67M 7.32M 6.58M
Change To Account Receivables -1.16M 1.99M -951k -1.58M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -1.32M -223k -134k 60k
Change To Netincome -2.1M 2.86M -727k -5.37M
Capital Expenditures -8.71M -2.38M -3.88M -10.83M

Income Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Research Development
Income Before Tax 10.33M -5.64M 15.62M 39.68M
Net Income 5.92M -4.01M 10.93M 31.2M
Selling General Administrative 63.4M 67.62M 54.9M 63.67M
Gross Profit 74.2M 70.87M 75.32M 99.46M
Ebit 10.8M 3.26M 20.42M 35.79M
Operating Income 10.8M 3.26M 20.42M 35.79M
Interest Expense -8.64M -6.32M -5.25M -5.21M
Income Tax Expense 4.41M -1.62M 4.96M 8.66M
Total Revenue 199.63M 193.29M 191.72M 272.98M
Cost Of Revenue 125.44M 122.42M 116.4M 173.52M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -470k -8.89M -4.81M 3.89M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 5.92M -4.01M 10.66M 31.02M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 5.92M -4.01M 10.93M 31.2M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-09-30 2019-09-30 2020-09-30 2021-09-30
Total Liabilities 102.32M 88.32M 153.59M 136.66M
Total Stockholder Equity 38.76M 34.13M 43.95M 75.53M
Other Current Liabilities 2.46M 1.7M 14.67M 13.85M
Total Assets 141.08M 122.45M 197.26M 211.74M
Common Stock 2k 2k 2k 2k
Other Current Assets 520k 180k
Retained Earnings -23.34M -27.36M -16.43M 14.77M
Treasury Stock -1.55M -2.44M -4.1M -4.52M
Cash 2.74M 2.68M 8.98M 4.66M
Total Current Liabilities 37.51M 35.02M 57.36M 64.96M
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 27.99M 22.6M 61.27M 66.1M
Total Current Assets 65.98M 55.75M 95.93M 98.79M
Net Tangible Assets -4.85M -5.01M 5.13M 29.37M
Net Receivables 13.54M 12.14M 20.12M 21.56M
Accounts Payable 14.59M 14.14M 9.12M 10.64M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Live Ventures Inc:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
ISAAC JONPurchase at price 28.95 per share.I2022-08-15Chief Executive Officer2k
GAO DENNISPurchase at price 35.20 - 37.40 per share.I2022-03-14Director3.34k
GAO DENNISPurchase at price 35.63 - 35.84 per share.D2022-03-11Director4.15k
STEIN MICHAEL JASONSale at price 38.16 per share.D2021-09-28Former4.01k
STEIN MICHAEL JASONConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 11.80 per share.D2021-08-26General Counsel12k
ISAAC JONPurchase at price 29.02 per share.D2021-08-19Chief Executive Officer3.5k
SPRIGGS RODNEY DALESale at price 55.59 - 57.80 per share.D2021-06-14Officer5k
SPRIGGS RODNEY DALEConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 10.86 per share.D2021-04-27Officer16.67k
SPRIGGS RODNEY DALEConversion of Exercise of derivative security at price 10.86 per share.D2021-04-27Officer16.67k
GAO DENNISSale at price 28.87 - 32.65 per share.D2021-02-19Director12.67k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Live Ventures Inc. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Live Ventures Inc

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Live Ventures Inc. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Live Ventures Inc:

Live Ventures Inc automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 266.38% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

266.38 %

Latent gain

4616.88 $

Invested capital

1733.21 $

Annualized return

64.97 %
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Momentum strategy results on Live Ventures Inc

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Live Ventures Inc. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Live Ventures Inc:

Live Ventures Inc momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 257.27% of return on Live Ventures Inc. That represents 14131.72$ of latent gain with 5492.93$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 283.96% of return on Live Ventures Inc. That represents 9203.73$ of latent gain with 3241.17$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

257.27 %

Latent gain

14131.72 $

Invested capital

5492.93 $

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

283.96 %

Latent gain

9203.73 $

Invested capital

3241.17 $

Annualized return

78.44 %

Momentum equity curve on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Live Ventures Inc:

Live Ventures Inc momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Live Ventures Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Live Ventures Inc since the beginning:

Live Ventures Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Live Ventures Inc

Buy the dip entry openings on Live Ventures Inc

Live Ventures Inc

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Live Ventures Inc is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Live Ventures Inc stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Live Ventures Inc, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 $

Invested capital

0.0 $

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Live Ventures Inc:

Live Ventures Inc

Note: the dividends potentially given by Live Ventures Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Live Ventures Inc:

Live Ventures Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Live Ventures Inc

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Live Ventures Inc.

Equity curve comparison on Live Ventures Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Live Ventures Inc investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Live Ventures Inc

Live Ventures Inc investment comparison

Performance comparison on Live Ventures Inc

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 266.38% 4616.88$ 1733.21$ 64.97%
Momentum 1 quarter 257.27% 14131.72$ 5492.93$ 66.65%
Momentum 2 quarters 283.96% 9203.73$ 3241.17$ 78.44%
Non-directional 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

64.97 %

Momentum 1Q

78.44 %

Momentum 2Q

78.44 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Live Ventures Inc:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

  • Live Ventures Inc

  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

  • ARC Document Solutions Inc
  • Live Ventures Inc

  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

  • MEDINCELL

  • Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Live Ventures Inc and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Live Ventures Inc does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name Live Ventures Inc
    Country United States
    City Las Vegas
    Address 325 East Warm Springs Road
    Phone 702 997 5968
    Website www.liveventures.com
    FullTime employees 897
    Industry Home Improvement Retail
    Sector Consumer Cyclical
    Exchange XNAS
    Ticker LIVE
    Market www.nasdaq.com

    Live Ventures Inc ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 0
    Peer Environment Performance unknown
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil unknown
    Nuclear unknown
    Fur Leather unknown
    GMO unknown
    Coal unknown
    Pesticides unknown
    Animal Testing unknown

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 0
    Peer Social Performance unknown
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy unknown
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
    Adult unknown
    Gambling unknown
    Alcoholic unknown
    Tobacco unknown
    Catholic unknown
    Controversial Weapons unknown
    Small Arms unknown
    Military Contract unknown
    Peer Count unknown

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    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 0
    Peer Governance Performance unknown
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: unknown
    Environment Score: 0
    Social Score: 0
    Governance Score: 0

    ESG Performance: unknown

    Peer Group: unknown

    Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

    Rating Year: unknown

    Rating Month: unknown

    Max Age: unknown

    Percentile: unknown