Live Ventures
Market Cap
US$36.4m
Last Updated
2021/02/28 00:48 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials
Executive Summary
Live Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring manufacturing, steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. More Details
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Undervalued with excellent balance sheet.
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Share Price & News
How has Live Ventures's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: LIVE is more volatile than 90% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 34% a week.
Volatility Over Time: LIVE's weekly volatility has increased from 20% to 34% over the past year.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
-21.2%
LIVE
-3.4%
US Consumer Durables
-3.6%
US Market
1 Year Return
336.6%
LIVE
44.6%
US Consumer Durables
36.4%
US Market
Return vs Industry: LIVE exceeded the US Consumer Durables industry which returned 44.7% over the past year.
Return vs Market: LIVE exceeded the US Market which returned 38.5% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| LIVE | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | -21.2% | -3.4% | -3.6% |
| 30 Day | -3.6% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| 90 Day | 87.1% | 10.2% | 6.7% |
| 1 Year | 336.6%336.6% | 46.5%44.6% | 39.4%36.4% |
| 3 Year | 81.5%81.5% | 52.3%46.1% | 53.4%43.5% |
| 5 Year | 158.3%158.3% | 89.6%75.8% | 117.3%93.0% |
Long-Term Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Live Ventures's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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Will The ROCE Trend At Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) Continue?4 months ago | Simply Wall St
Here's Why Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) Is Weighed Down By Its Debt Load1 year ago | Simply Wall St
Live Ventures Incorporated (NASDAQ:LIVE) Insiders Increased Their HoldingsValuation
Is Live Ventures undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: LIVE ($23.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($500.3)
Significantly Below Fair Value: LIVE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: LIVE is good value based on its PE Ratio (2.4x) compared to the US Consumer Durables industry average (14x).
PE vs Market: LIVE is good value based on its PE Ratio (2.4x) compared to the US market (21.3x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LIVE's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: LIVE is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.7x) compared to the US Consumer Durables industry average (1.9x).
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Future Growth
How is Live Ventures forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
17.8%
Forecasted Consumer Durables industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Live Ventures has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Next Steps
- Examine whether Live Ventures is trading at an attractive price based on how much it is expected to earn in the future, and relative to its industry peers and the wider market.
- Explore growth companies in the Consumer Durables industry.
Past Performance
How has Live Ventures performed over the past 5 years?
-7.0%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: LIVE has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: LIVE became profitable in the past.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: LIVE has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by -7% per year.
Accelerating Growth: LIVE has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: LIVE has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Consumer Durables industry (32.8%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: Whilst LIVE's Return on Equity (31.68%) is high, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.
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Financial Health
How is Live Ventures's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: LIVE's short term assets ($91.2M) exceed its short term liabilities ($52.8M).
Long Term Liabilities: LIVE's short term assets ($91.2M) exceed its long term liabilities ($89.1M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: LIVE's debt to equity ratio (152.4%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: LIVE's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 335.5% to 152.4% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: LIVE's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (45.2%).
Interest Coverage: LIVE's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (4.5x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Live Ventures's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate LIVE's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate LIVE's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LIVE's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if LIVE's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of LIVE's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
4.1yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jon Isaac (37 yo)
9.08yrs
Tenure
US$391,149
Compensation
Mr. Jon Isaac has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Live Ventures Incorporated (Formerly known as Live Ventures Inc. (formerly known as LiveDeal, Inc.) since January 20, 2012 and serves as ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jon's total compensation ($USD391.15K) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD511.69K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jon's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 9.08yrs | US$391.15k | 13.74% $ 5.0m | |
| Senior VP & General Counsel | 3.33yrs | US$310.00k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Financial Planning & Strategist/Economist and Director | 9.17yrs | US$29.50k | 3.54% $ 1.3m | |
| Chief Executive Officer of Marquis Industries Inc. | 2.58yrs | US$716.18k | no data | |
| Chief Financial Officer | 4.08yrs | no data | 0% $ 0 | |
| Investor relations | no data | no data | no data | |
| President & CEO of Vintage Stock | no data | US$316.75k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Office Manager | no data | no data | no data |
4.1yrs
Average Tenure
53yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: LIVE's management team is considered experienced (4.1 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 9.08yrs | US$391.15k | 13.74% $ 5.0m | |
| Financial Planning & Strategist/Economist and Director | 9.17yrs | US$29.50k | 3.54% $ 1.3m | |
| Independent Director | 14.5yrs | US$30.00k | 1.0% $ 362.4k | |
| Independent Director | 9.08yrs | US$30.00k | 0% $ 0 | |
| Independent Director | 6.5yrs | US$29.50k | no data |
9.2yrs
Average Tenure
40yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: LIVE's board of directors are considered experienced (9.2 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: LIVE insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Live Ventures Incorporated's company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Live Ventures Incorporated
- Ticker: LIVE
- Exchange: NasdaqCM
- Founded: 1968
- Industry: Home Furnishings
- Sector: Consumer Durables
- Market Cap: US$36.391m
- Shares outstanding: 1.56m
- Website: https://www.liveventures.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Live Ventures Incorporated
- 325 East Warm Springs Road
- Suite 102
- Las Vegas
- Nevada
- 89119
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIVE | NasdaqCM (Nasdaq Capital Market) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Jun 1999 |
| UYXP | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Jun 1999 |
Biography
Live Ventures Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the flooring manufacturing, steel manufacturing, and retail businesses in the United States. The company’s Flooring Manufacturing segm...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2021/02/28 00:48 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2021/02/26 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2020/09/30 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.