---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-026577"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIVE"
cik: "0001045742"
company_name: "LIVE VENTURES Inc"
filed_at: "2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T03:53:14.412951+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.72
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Ventures Q4 net loss $0.6M; FY22 EPS $7.84, down 20% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $73.8M (+4.6% YoY); net loss $0.6M vs income $7.1M prior year.
- Q4 includes $4.9M goodwill impairment at SW Financial; adjusted EBITDA $7.2M (-37.5%).
- FY22 revenue $286.9M (+5.1%); net income $24.7M (-20.7%); diluted EPS $7.84.
- Marquis acquired Better Backers assets for ~$3.2M to enhance flooring segment.
- Cash and credit availability $31.0M; bought back 86,451 shares at avg $31.18.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-026577
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIVE
- cik: 0001045742
- company_name: LIVE VENTURES Inc
- filed_at: 2022-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.72
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.72
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017022026577/0000950170-22-026577-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017022026577/live-20221215.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-026577.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LIVE VENTURES Inc reported financial results for fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On December 15, 2022, Live Ventures Incorporated issued a press release announcing its financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal full year ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017022026577/0000950170-22-026577-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.