Live Ventures (Live Ventures) Free Cash Flow

: $17.2 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Live Ventures's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.2 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.2 Mil.

Live Ventures's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.97. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.42.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -10.40% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Free Cash Flow Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

During the past 13 years, Live Ventures's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 175.50% per year. The lowest was -106.30% per year. And the median was 48.85% per year.

Live Ventures Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Live Ventures's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Live Ventures Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Free Cash Flow

16.45

24.91

17.77

-5.73

15.99

Live Ventures Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Free Cash Flow																4.97	6.31	11.23	-6.51	6.22

Live Ventures Free Cash Flow Calculation

Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company.

Live Ventures's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Sep. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	25.995	+	-10.002
	=	16.0

Live Ventures's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	7.872	+	-1.655
	=	6.2

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $17.2 Mil.

Live Ventures (NAS:LIVE) Free Cash Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.

In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation.

This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 1400:

If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.

The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).

For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.

Therefore, as of Dec23, Live Ventures's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	10.19333333	/	25.4	+	-0.2474
	=	15.39 %

Be Aware

Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.

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Live Ventures (Live Ventures) Business Description

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Address

325 East Warm Springs Road, Suite 102, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89119

Website

https://www.liveventures.com

Live Ventures Inc is a holding company for diversified businesses. It is focused on acquiring and operating profitable companies in various industries. The company operates in the business segments of Retail, which includes direct sales of entertainment and appliance products and services, Flooring Manufacturing, Steel Manufacturing, which includes the sale of steel plates, ground flat stock, and drill rods, and Corporate and Other. It derives key revenue from the Flooring Manufacturing segment which includes the manufacturing of carpets and rugs, yarn products, as well as a reseller of hard surface flooring products. Geographically the activities are carried out throughout the United States.

Executives

John Isaac	director, 10 percent owner	501 W. BROADWAY, SUITE A212, SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Dennis Gao	director	325 E. WARM SPRINGS ROAD, SUITE 102, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
David Lee Verret	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	5900 COPPER CANYON DR., THE COLONY TX 75056
Michael Jason Stein	officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel	325 E WARM SPRINGS ROAD, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Rodney Dale Spriggs	officer: CEO, Vintage Stock, Inc.	3703 RED FOX RUN, JOPLIN MO 64804
Eric Adam Althofer	officer: COO	7707 DEERFIELD MANOR DR, CHARLOTTE NC 28270
Thomas Robert Sedlak	officer: CEO Precision Industries, Inc.	87 PORTER HILL ROAD, WASHINGTON PA 15301
Godfrey Weston A Jr	officer: CEO, Marquis Industries, Inc.	PO BOX 1308, CHATSWORTH GA 30705
Virland A Johnson	officer: Chief Financial Officer	20488 N 86 LANE, PEORIA AZ 85382
Richard Butler	director	4840 EAST JASMINE ST., SUITE 105, MESA AZ 85205
Tyler Sickmeyer	director	1440 HOTEL CIRCLE NORTH, #423, SAN DIEGO CA 92108
Isaac Capital Group, Llc	10 percent owner	501 W. BROADWAY, #A212, SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Clarke Thomas J Jr	director	11534 VILLA VASARI, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33418
Antonios Isaac	director	3525 DEL MAR HEIGHTS RD., #765, SAN DIEGO CA 92130
John Kocmur	director, 10 percent owner	2490 EAST SUNSET ROAD, SUITE 100, LAS VEGAS NV 89120