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LIVE vs. BARK, BZUN, SPWH, AKA, DIBS, DLTH, LESL, JEM, VGII, and YI

Should you be buying Live Ventures stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Live Ventures include BARK (BARK), Baozun (BZUN), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), a.k.a. Brands (AKA), 1stdibs.com (DIBS), Duluth (DLTH), Leslie's (LESL), 707 Cayman (JEM), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), and 111 (YI). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Live Ventures vs. Its Competitors

BARK (NYSE:BARK) and Live Ventures (NASDAQ:LIVE) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, BARK had 8 more articles in the media than Live Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BARK and 1 mentions for Live Ventures. BARK's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Live Ventures' score of 0.00 indicating that BARK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BARK
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Live Ventures
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.5% of Live Ventures shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of BARK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.3% of Live Ventures shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Live Ventures has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BARK. Live Ventures is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BARK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BARK$484.18M0.37-$32.88M-$0.19-5.61
Live Ventures$472.84M0.10-$26.68M-$2.02-7.74

BARK presently has a consensus target price of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 146.48%. Given BARK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than Live Ventures.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BARK
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Live Ventures
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Live Ventures has a net margin of -1.40% compared to BARK's net margin of -6.79%. Live Ventures' return on equity of 11.21% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BARK-6.79% -14.70% -5.97%
Live Ventures -1.40%11.21%2.25%

BARK has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Live Ventures has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BARK beats Live Ventures on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LIVE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LIVE vs. The Competition

MetricLive VenturesDIVERSIFIED OPS IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.34M$16.26B$14.91B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A4.23%3.99%3.99%
P/E Ratio-7.778.957.5920.00
Price / Sales0.104.904.0783.19
Price / Cash2.8433.6032.2258.45
Price / Book0.672.332.055.83
Net Income-$26.68M$951.84M$922.55M$258.39M
7 Day Performance6.22%1.68%2.04%2.30%
1 Month Performance74.00%7.87%6.11%12.42%
1 Year Performance-14.38%-2.86%-2.90%21.16%

Live Ventures Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LIVE
Live Ventures
0.5568 of 5 stars
$15.63
-3.8%
N/A-10.4%$48.34M$472.84M-7.771,770Gap Up
BARK
BARK
2.8881 of 5 stars
$0.89
-3.2%
$2.63
+194.0%
-29.1%$151.21M$484.18M-4.70640
BZUN
Baozun
1.5716 of 5 stars
$2.59
-0.8%
$3.20
+23.6%
+21.5%$149.57M$1.29B-6.027,650
SPWH
Sportsman's Warehouse
1.8167 of 5 stars
$3.54
+3.2%
$3.00
-15.3%
+51.9%$135.65M$1.20B-3.695,100
AKA
a.k.a. Brands
2.5425 of 5 stars
$11.25
+1.5%
$19.25
+71.1%
-23.0%$120.54M$586.51M-4.711,350
DIBS
1stdibs.com
1.0159 of 5 stars
$2.82
+1.8%
N/A-38.8%$100.63M$88.74M-5.13310Analyst Upgrade
DLTH
Duluth
1.8471 of 5 stars
$2.20
+5.3%
$2.75
+25.0%
-37.2%$82.68M$626.63M-1.392,248
LESL
Leslie's
4.0492 of 5 stars
$0.43
+2.3%
$1.86
+333.3%
-81.8%$79.40M$1.33B-1.783,850
JEM
707 Cayman
N/A$3.52
-5.6%
N/AN/A$77.26M$87.68M0.0014Quiet Period Expiration
VGII
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$1.53
+2.0%
N/A+2.7%$76.98MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
YI
111
0.4001 of 5 stars
$7.40
-1.3%
N/A-33.2%$63.94M$1.97B-11.561,238

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This page (NASDAQ:LIVE) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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