secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LIVE VENTURES Inc (LIVE)
CIK:        0001045742
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-038699
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Live Ventures swings to Q3 profit of $5.4M; Adjusted EBITDA more than doubles to $13.2M
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- Revenue $112.5M, down 9.2% YoY; gross margin expands 410 bps to 34.0%.
- Operating income rises 607.6% to $8.0M; net income of $5.4M vs prior-year loss of $2.9M.
- All four operating segments report higher operating income YoY despite revenue headwinds in flooring and steel.
- Adjusted EBITDA doubles to $13.2M (11.7% of revenue) from $6.1M; includes $1.5M ERC gain and $1.3M settlement gain.
- Company repurchased 12,695 shares at avg $8.83; cash & availability $37.1M as of June 30, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000162828025038699/0001628280-25-038699-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045742/000162828025038699/live-20250807.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-038699

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