
Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
77% below intrinsic value ($58)
Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) — VMCI valuation read
Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) carries a VMCI composite of 58/100, 8 points above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places LIVE in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).
The LIVE insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.
**Investor frame.** Value reads LIVE trades at 22.0x earnings, 22% above the Consumer Cyclical median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Consumer Cyclical 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 10.0% sits 0.0pp above the Consumer Cyclical median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 1.9x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch, the line to track on Live Ventures Incorporated's next 10-Q.
LIVE rose 2.9% over the trailing 7 days, with a -8.2% read on a 30-day basis.
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.
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