Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) vs Lowe's Companies, Inc. (LOW)

Live Ventures Incorporated and Lowe's Companies, Inc. are both Home Improvement Retail companies. Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $109.8B against $24.0M — 4583.1× the size. Live Ventures Incorporated has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Lowe's Companies, Inc. trades at 16.7×. Lowe's Companies, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.15% against −2.15%. Lowe's Companies, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.32% vs −0.59%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.1% vs 2.77%). Across the 20 metrics below, Live Ventures Incorporated leads on 11 and Lowe's Companies, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
P/E n/m 16.67 20.86
P/S 0.05 1.22 0.58
P/B 0.25 n/m 1.46
Price to free cash flow 1.73 15.58 15.58
EV/EBITDA 4.57 11.33 8.69
EV/Sales 0.39 1.60 0.55
Earnings yield (10.93%) 6.00% 4.75%
Free cash flow yield 57.94% 6.42% 6.42%

Profitability

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Gross margin 33.14% 33.08% 44.86%
Operating margin 2.42% 11.38% 3.34%
Net margin (0.59%) 7.32% 4.93%
Free cash flow margin 3.21% 7.83% 5.08%
Return on equity (2.76%) (70.33%) 7.62%
Return on assets (0.67%) 12.93% 3.52%
Return on invested capital 2.77% 24.08% 7.92%

Growth

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (2.15%) 8.15% 2.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 158.14% (3.11%) (0.87%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.34% (0.75%) 4.51%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.79% 2.69% 1.36%

Health

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Debt to equity 1.70 (5.05) 0.17
Current ratio 1.35 1.10 1.33
Net debt to EBITDA 4.06 3.12 1.45

Dividend

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Dividend yield — 3.09% —
Payout ratio — 0.52 —

Size

Metric LIVE LOW Home Improvement Retail median
Market cap 23.96m 109.81b 456.85m

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