---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002250"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIVE"
cik: "0001045742"
company_name: "LIVE VENTURES Inc"
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T19:07:22.574161+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Ventures Q1 revenue $69M, EPS $0.60; acquires Flooring Liquidators for $84M

## Summary
- Revenue $69.0M (-8.2% YoY), net income $1.8M ($0.60 diluted EPS) vs $6.5M ($2.04) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $7.5M (-37.7% YoY) driven by inflation and lower demand across segments.
- Post-quarter acquired Flooring Liquidators for $84M; adds ~$125M annual revenue in CA/NV.
- Repurchased 24,710 shares at avg $25.16; total cash availability $34.0M at Dec 31, 2022.
- Flooring Manufacturing revenue down 19.6%; Steel Manufacturing up 45.4% from Kinetic acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002250
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIVE
- cik: 0001045742
- company_name: LIVE VENTURES Inc
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017023002250/0000950170-23-002250-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017023002250/live-20230209.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LIVE VENTURES Inc reported fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $69.0 million, net income $1.8 million, EPS $0.60 per share.
  - Period: fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $69.0 million
  - Net income: $1.8 million
  - EPS: $0.60 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: a diversified holding company, today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2022. Fiscal First Quarter 2023 Key Highlights: • Revenues were $69.0 million, as compared with $75.2 million in the prior year period • Adjusted EBITDA1 was $7.5 million, as compared with $12.1 million in the prior year period • Net income was $1.8
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000095017023002250/0000950170-23-002250-index.htm

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