LIVE VENTURES Inc financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
LIVE on Nasdaq
Location
Las Vegas, NV
Fiscal year end
30 September
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • LIVE - LIVE VENTURES Inc financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 26%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-189%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 26.3%, Return On Assets 5.7%, and Operating Margin 3.9%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

47.9/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

26%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

5.7%

Metric score 45.7/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.68x
Quick Ratio
0.52x
Debt to Equity
3.16x

Strengths

Return On Equity and Current Ratio

Watchpoints

Operating Margin, Debt-to-equity, and Revenues YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

26%

YoY: -189%

Industry median: 13% (n=24)

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Return On Assets

5.7%

YoY: -192%

Industry median: -8.5% (n=26)

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Operating Margin

3.9%

YoY: -211%

Industry median: -5.6% (n=22)

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Current Ratio

1.68x

YoY: +18%

Industry median: 0.86x (n=25)

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Quick Ratio

0.52x

YoY: +28%

Industry median: 0.48x (n=21)

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Debt-to-equity

3.16x

YoY: -21%

Industry median: -1.01x (n=19)

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Revenues YoY

-5.3%

YoY:

Industry median: 5% (n=22)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-113%

YoY:

Industry median: 3.2% (n=26)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 26% -189%
Return On Assets 5.6% -192%
Operating Margin 3.9% -211%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.68x +18%
Quick Ratio 0.52x +28%
Debt-to-equity 3.16x -21%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY -5.3%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -113%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 3,071,656 -1.6%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 3,071,656 -1.4%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $2,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 3,071,656 -1.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 3,071,656 -1.7%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $441,980,000 -5.3%
Cost of Revenue $296,300,000 -8.2%
Selling and Marketing Expense $16,843,000 -23%
General and Administrative Expense $111,513,000 -7.4%
Operating Income (Loss) $17,324,000 +353%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $10,417,000 -1773%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $27,741,000 -116%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $5,554,000 -131%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 7.17 -112%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 4.75 -112%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $34,197,000 -10%
Inventory, Net $118,212,000 -4.2%
Assets, Current $170,868,000 -0.91%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $60,746,000 +10%
Goodwill $61,152,000 0%
Assets $389,224,000 -1.6%
Accounts Payable, Current $27,355,000 -3.9%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $27,543,000 -9.8%
Liabilities, Current $101,725,000 -16%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $8,685,000 +49%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $54,439,000 +17%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $3,979,000 +2.5%
Liabilities $293,933,000 -8.8%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $28,997,000 +127%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $95,291,000 +30%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $95,291,000 +30%
Liabilities and Equity $389,224,000 -1.6%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $5,899,000 +34%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $51,000 0%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $9,847,000 +4.8%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $2,209,000 +54%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $1,336,000 +26%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 3,071,656 -1.4%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $6,302,000 +125%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $15,133,000 +104%
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities $3,452,000 +5.1%
Operating Lease, Liability $65,929,000 +10%
Depreciation $11,800,000 -4.8%
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $1,336,000 -26%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $96,395,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $11,490,000 -13%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.098 -1%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $471,000 -3.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $30,466,000 +14%
Operating Lease, Payments $4,500,000 -4.3%
Additional Paid in Capital $75,899,000 +8.8%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $5,000,000 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY