LIVE VENTURES Inc

Listed Company

LIVECIK 0001045742NasdaqNon-AcceleratedSmaller ReportingRetail-Miscellaneous RetailNevadaFY ends Sep 30

Period

FY 2025

Revenue

$444.94M

Net Income

$22.74M

Total Assets

$386.40M

Equity

$95.30M

Shares Out

3.07M

Op. Cash Flow

$28.67M

Business

LIVE VENTURES Inc is a diversified holding company that acquires and operates domestic middle-market businesses. It provides retail-entertainment products and services through Vintage Stock (new and pre-owned movies, video games, music, collectibles, rentals and repair services) and flooring retail and installation services through Flooring Liquidators. Its key segments include Retail-Entertainment, Retail-Flooring, Flooring-Manufacturing (Marquis Industries), Steel-Manufacturing (Precision Industries and subsidiaries) and Corporate. The company sells through brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce, distribution centers, dealer networks and direct-to-business channels across the United States and North America.

Summary from filing dated 2025-12-17

Financials

Consolidated Statement of Income

Year Ended · In millions, except per-share amounts

Concept	FY 2025 2025-09-30	FY 2024 2024-09-30	FY 2023 2023-09-30	FY 2022 2022-09-30	FY 2021 2021-09-30
Revenues	445	473	355	287	—
Cost of revenues	299	328	240	189	174
Gross profit	146	145	116	98	99
General and administrative expenses	114	118	87	55	52
Sales and marketing expenses	17	22	13	12	11
Impairment expense	0	18	—	—	—
Total operating expenses	131	158	100	72	64
Operating income (loss)	15	−14	15	26	36
Interest expense, net	−16	−17	−13	—	—
Gain on extinguishment of debt	713,000	0	—	—	—
Gain on settlement of earnout liability	3	0	—	—	—
Gain on modification of seller note	23	0	—	—	—
Gain on settlement of holdback liability	1	0	—	—	—
Employee Retention Credits	2	0	—	—	—
Adjustment of earnout liability	−1	0	—	—	—
Other income (expense), net	1	−852,000	−2	−1	1
Total other income (expense), net	14	−18	−14	6	4
Income (loss) before income taxes	28	−31	1	32	40
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	6	−5	2	7	9
Net income (loss)	23	−27	−102,000	25	31
Basic loss per share (in usd per share)	7.35	−8.48	−0.03	7.94	19.92
Diluted (in usd per share)	4.93	−8.48	−0.03	7.84	9.8
Weighted average common shares outstanding	3	3	3	3	2
Diluted (in shares)	5	3	3	3	3

Consolidated Balance Sheet

As of · In millions, except per-share amounts

Concept	FY 2025 2025-09-30	FY 2024 2024-09-30	FY 2023 2023-09-30	FY 2022 2022-09-30	FY 2021 2021-09-30
Cash	9	5	4	5	5
Trade receivables, net	40	47	41	26	22
Inventories, net	121	126	131	98	71
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4	4	5	2	2
Total current assets	173	182	183	135	99
Property and equipment, net	78	83	81	65	—
Right of use asset - operating leases	53	56	55	34	30
Deposits and other assets	1	787,000	1	647,000	682,000
Intangible assets, net	20	25	27	4	5
Goodwill	61	61	76	41	41
Total assets	386	408	422	279	212
Accounts payable	27	31	27	11	11
Accrued liabilities	32	32	32	16	17
Income taxes payable	2	948,000	0	0	876,000
Current portion of lease obligations - operating leases	11	13	11	8	7
Current portion of lease obligations - finance leases	573,000	368,000	359,000	217,000	0
Total current liabilities	111	130	98	56	65
Lease obligation long term - operating leases	46	50	48	30	27
Lease obligation long term - finance leases	42	42	33	20	2
Deferred tax liability	9	6	14	9	3
Other non-current obligations	4	7	4	2	0
Total liabilities	291	335	322	181	137
Commitments and contingencies	—	—	—	—	—
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,071,656 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2025; 3,131,360 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000
Paid-in capital	76	70	69	65	65
Treasury stock common 754,391 and 694,687 shares as of September 30, 2025 and 2024	−10	−9	−8	−7	−5
Accumulated earnings	29	12	39	40	15
Total stockholders' equity	95	73	100	98	76
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	386	408	422	279	212

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended · In millions, except per-share amounts

Concept	FY 2025 2025-09-30	FY 2024 2024-09-30	FY 2023 2023-09-30	FY 2022 2022-09-30	FY 2021 2021-09-30
Depreciation and amortization	17	17	14	7	7
Amortization of seller note discount	1	3	2	0	—
Loss on disposal of property and equipment	326,000	0	60,000	510,000	−337,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs	84,000	150,000	78,000	−78,000	659,000
Gain (Loss) On Settlement Of Holdback Liability	−1	0	—	—	—
Write-down of holdback	0	−702,000	0	—	—
Write-down of inventory	0	750,000	0	582,000	—
Stock-based compensation expense	200,000	325,000	446,000	37,000	489,000
Loss on disposition of Johnson	0	301,000	0	—	—
Amortization of right of use assets	5	7	5	1	—
Change in deferred income taxes	3	−7	−3	—	—
Change in allowance for doubtful accounts	−920,000	−87,000	1	71,000	658,000
Change in reserve for obsolete inventory	−925,000	3	1	—	—
Trade receivables	7	−1	792,000	−1	−2
Inventories	5	5	−10	−20	−8
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	542,000	1	3	2	141,000
Deposits and other assets	−777,000	460,000	−589,000	34,000	−457,000
Accounts payable	−3	2	556,000	−2	3
Accrued liabilities	−2	−3	6	−364,000	−389,000
Income taxes payable	1	2	—	−5	140,000
Net cash provided by operating activities	29	21	26	6	29
Purchases of property and equipment	−8	−8	−10	−12	−11
Net cash used in investing activities	−8	−21	−64	−40	−17
Net (payments) borrowings under revolver loans	−11	3	14	22	−1
Proceeds from failed sales and leaseback transaction	0	8	13	8	—
Cash paid for taxes on net settlement of stock option exercise	0	−20,000	−28,000	0	—
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable	496,000	609,000	16	17	2
Purchases of common treasury stock	−528,000	−866,000	−991,000	−3	−421,000
Proceeds from issuance of related party notes payable	2	0	7	0	—
Payments on financing leases	−4	−4	−2	−61,000	—
Net borrowings under related party revolver loans	7	2	—	0	−6
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	−17	1	38	34	−16
Net increase in cash	4	292,000	−291,000	−64,000	—
Interest paid	15	14	8	4	4
Income taxes paid (received), net	2	−22,000	379,000	6	2
Noncash in-substance distribution	6	0	—	—	—
Noncash settlement of holdback	2	0	—	—	—
Noncash stock options exercised	0	94,000	0	—	—
PMW goodwill adjustment	—	347,000	—	—	—

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