---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-028745"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIVE"
cik: "0001045742"
company_name: "LIVE VENTURES Inc"
filed_at: "2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T16:18:57.037478+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Live Ventures Q3 revenue up 34% to $91.5M, net income falls 69% to $1.1M; acquires Precision Metal Works for $28M

## Summary
- Revenue $91.5M (+34.1% YoY) driven by Flooring Liquidators and Kinetic acquisitions; organic decline elsewhere.
- Net income $1.1M ($0.33 diluted EPS) vs $3.5M ($1.11) a year ago; down 69.5% on lower operating income and higher interest.
- Adjusted EBITDA $9.6M (+8.3% YoY); acquired Precision Metal Works post-quarter for $28M, adding ~$75M annual revenue.
- Steel Manufacturing operating income up 113% to $2.7M; Flooring Manufacturing down 38.5% to $2.0M.
- Ended quarter with $32.3M in cash and credit availability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-028745
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIVE
- cik: 0001045742
- company_name: LIVE VENTURES Inc
- filed_at: 2023-08-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000162828023028745/0001628280-23-028745-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000162828023028745/live-20230810.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-028745.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  LIVE VENTURES Inc reported fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $91.5 million, net income $1.1 million, EPS $0.33 per diluted share.
  - Period: fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $91.5 million
  - Net income: $1.1 million
  - EPS: $0.33 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Live Ventures Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results LAS VEGAS, August 10, 2023 -- Live Ventures Incorporated (Nasdaq: LIVE) (“Live Ventures” or the “Company”), a diversified holding company, today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2023. Fiscal Third Quarter 2023 Key Highlights: • Revenues were $91.5 million, as compared with $68.3 million, an increase of 34.1% over the prior year period • Net income was $1.1 million and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) were $0.33, as compared with $3.5 million and diluted EPS of $1.11 in the prior year period
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000162828023028745/0001628280-23-028745-index.htm

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