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Live Ventures Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Live Ventures Inc had return on equity of 27.0%, an operating margin of 3.3%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.56. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin28.1%33.7%25.3%41.1%37.2%36.7%39.3%36.4%34.1%32.5%30.6%32.7%33.1%
Operating margin−61.9%−30.4%2.9%11.9%5.4%1.7%10.7%13.1%9.0%4.3%−2.9%3.3%2.4%
Net margin−64.2%−44.0%22.6%4.3%3.0%−2.1%5.7%11.4%8.6%−0.0%−5.6%5.1%−0.6%
Free-cash-flow margin−72.6%−3.5%5.9%1.0%1.6%8.6%13.0%6.7%−2.0%4.5%2.6%4.7%3.2%
Return on equity−35.7%−137.5%109.8%22.8%16.4%−10.9%28.0%52.2%28.6%−0.1%−30.8%27.0%−2.7%
Return on assets−25.5%−49.8%37.9%7.1%4.4%−3.0%6.8%15.3%10.1%−0.0%−6.4%5.7%−0.7%
Asset turnover0.401.131.681.671.481.471.201.331.171.011.141.121.12
Current ratio3.192.341.830.841.761.591.671.522.391.871.401.561.35
Debt to equity11.9%193.7%65.7%233.5%188.6%163.3%175.6%71.7%81.2%88.7%0.0%0.0%0.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/mn/m——————6.2x1.2xn/m0.9x0.7x
Effective tax rate———38.6%42.7%—31.7%21.8%21.7%——19.9%—
Capital spending as % of revenue1.1%0.5%4.0%4.2%4.4%1.2%2.0%4.0%4.2%2.8%1.8%1.7%1.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income——26.3%22.4%52.6%—228.0%58.8%−23.1%——92.2%—
Dividends ÷ net income——0.0%0.0%0.0%————————
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow——6.4%48.0%17.7%5.3%6.7%2.3%—6.2%7.1%2.5%0.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 3 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $386m
Short-term assets $174mLonger-term assets $211m
What it owes, and who funded it · $386m
Short-term liabilities $129mLonger-term liabilities $165mShareholders' equity $92m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $174m of assets due within a year against $129m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $174m short-term assets against $165m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $11m against $15m of interest.

From Live Ventures Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

38 /100

Weak moat

How hard Live Ventures's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 2 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 3.2% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 36.0%, moving by 2.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.0%; its worst year was -1.5%.

  • Cash conversion 11 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 3.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 19 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 6.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.1% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (44 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Live Ventures Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Live Ventures Inc.