Live Ventures Incorporated
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Live Ventures Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $444.9 million, down 5.90% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 3.22%, EPS fell 119.4%, free cash flow fell 51.0% and total debt fell 2.73%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) Piotroski F-score
Live Ventures Incorporated's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 8 out of 9: 8 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 4 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8 | 4.00 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 2.00 |
| FY2023 | 2 | (1.00) |
| FY2022 | 3 | (3.00) |
| FY2021 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2020 | 7 | 3.00 |
| FY2019 | 4 | (1.00) |
| FY2018 | 5 | (1.00) |
| FY2017 | 6 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 5.73% | (6.44%) | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 28.67m | 20.61m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 5.73% | (6.44%) | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | 5.93m | 47.30m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.30 | 0.34 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising current ratio | 1.56 | 1.40 | Pass | 1 |
| No new shares issued | 3,094,000 | 3,148,000 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising gross margin | 32.74% | 30.63% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 1.12 | 1.14 | Fail | 0 |
| Piotroski F-score | Strong — most fundamentals improved | 8 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| LIVE Live Ventures Incorporated | 8 |
| HVT Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. compare | 7 |
| FND Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. compare | 6 |
| LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. compare | 6 |
| HD The Home Depot, Inc. compare | 4 |
| TTSH Tile Shop Hldgs, Inc. compare | 3 |
| HVT.A Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. compare | — |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover