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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-016674"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIVE"
cik: "0001045742"
company_name: "LIVE VENTURES Inc"
filed_at: "2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T00:37:15.819615+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Ventures Q3 revenue $68.3M, net income down 65.1% to $3.5M; acquired Kinetic

## Summary
- Revenue $68.3M (-1.2% YoY); net income $3.5M (-65.1%); diluted EPS $1.11 (-63.2%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $8.8M (-9.5%); operating income $5.9M (-28.8%).
- Acquired The Kinetic Co., industrial knife and hardened wear products manufacturer, for steel segment.
- Repurchased 14,160 shares at avg $23.31 during the quarter.
- Cash & credit availability $35.6M; total assets $262.8M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-016674
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIVE
- cik: 0001045742
- company_name: LIVE VENTURES Inc
- filed_at: 2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017022016674/0000950170-22-016674-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017022016674/live-20220811.htm

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