Live Ventures Incorporated Common Stock (LIVE)

FairStock Score: 54/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for understandable businesses with durable advantages and conservative balance sheets. Live Ventures is a collection of flooring, steel, and entertainment retail operations. Its record is volatile: in fiscal 2024, the year ended 2024-09-30, it lost $26.7 million on $472.8 million of revenue; in fiscal 2025, ended 2025-09-30, it earned $22.7 million on $444.9 million. FairStock calls it a TURNAROUND because it returned to profit after a loss within the last three years. But the latest filed periods show renewed trouble: in fiscal Q3 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $108.9 million and net income was negative $1.1 million, or diluted EPS of negative $0.34. Fiscal Q2 2026 and fiscal Q1 2026 also produced losses. So the recovery is not durable. The balance sheet is the main worry. FairStock's debt-to-equity is 2.45, and its Altman Z-Score of 0.61 suggests meaningful financial-distress risk. On the positive side, trailing free cash flow is $13.9 million, and FairStock's FCF yield is 61.1% against the $22.8 million market cap. At the 2026-10-13 close of $7.42, FairStock shows P/B of 0.25 and EV/EBITDA of 7.21; its Piotroski F-Score is 7/9. But negative P/E and ROE of -2.77% show current earnings do not support the price. A true Graham bargain needs a margin of safety in both price and balance sheet; here the price may be cheap, but leverage and losses make that margin uncertain. I would want several quarters of stable profit and lower debt before calling this a sound value.

In plain English: Live Ventures runs flooring, steel, and retail entertainment businesses. It has been losing money in recent quarters after a profitable year, and it carries a lot of debt, so the business looks weak and risky. The stock price is very low compared with the company's assets and cash flow, so it looks cheap, but that cheapness comes with real danger.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-12-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-09-30) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-09-30) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-09-30)

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