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LiveOne, Inc. had $77.1M of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 32.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +3.4% a year on average.
Last close Β· Oct 23, 2026
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10.3%Hi! I read LiveOne, Inc.βs latest annual report (fiscal 2026). Here is what stands out:
Good So-so Weak
Are sales growing?
β32.6%
No. Sales fell 32.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
β27.2%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
β17.8%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
3 / 7
Weak. It passes 3 of 7 health tests.
Rules of thumb on reported numbers. A starting point, not a recommendation.
Is it selling more, and how much does it keep?
In plain words: Every quarter, companies publish how much they sold and earned. These are the days LiveOne, Inc. did it, and the next one. Share prices often move a lot on those days.
Next results
November 11, 2026
Wednesday Β· in 16 days
| Date | Results for | Time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Q1 '27 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Q4 '26 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Q3 '26 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Q2 '26 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Q1 '26 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Q4 '25 | Time not announced | 8-K β |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Q3 '25 | After the market closes | 8-K β |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Q2 '25 | Before the market opens | 8-K β |
From SEC filings: the results press release (8-K) or, without one, the quarterly or annual report.
KIRA Β· LiveOne, Inc. had $77.1M of revenue in fiscal 2026, down 32.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +3.4% a year on average. Its operating margin was β20.1%, down 4.3Β pts: of every 100 in sales, about β20 is left after running the business.
In plain words: Revenue is all the money customers paid. The margins show how many cents of each dollar of sales are left over at each step: after making the product (gross), after running the business (operating) and after everything, tax included (net).
Revenue
Revenue
Margins, % of revenue
Margins, % of revenue
KIRA Β· LiveOne, Inc. lost $21.0M in fiscal 2026.
Loss periods are shown in red.
In plain words: Net income is the profit left after every cost and tax. Earnings per share (EPS) splits that profit across every share, so it shows what one share earned.
Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
How much cash comes in, and where does it go?
KIRA Β· Free cash flow was β$13.7M in fiscal 2026, β17.8% of revenue.
Cash from operations minus capital spending.
In plain words: Profit on paper is not the same as cash in the bank. Free cash flow is the cash left after paying to run and maintain the business: the money it can hand back to shareholders, save or invest.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
KIRA Β· LiveOne, Inc. returned $0.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2026.
In plain words: Companies hand cash back in two ways: dividends (cash paid to shareholders) and buybacks (buying back their own shares, so each remaining share owns a bigger slice).
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)
KIRA Β· No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. βPlanβ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
In plain words: Insiders are the people who run or own a big part of the company. Buying with their own money can signal confidence; selling often has personal reasons, like taxes or diversifying.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Can it carry its debts, and how well does it use its money?
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably LiveOne, Inc. can carry it.
In plain words: What the company owns and what it owes. More cash than debt is a cushion for bad times; a lot of debt leaves less room when business slows down.
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $12.9M | $8.4M | $7.0M | $4.1M | $5.4M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $28.1M | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | β16.5x | β0.9x | β | β | β51.6x |
| Current ratio | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.5x |
| Quick ratio | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x |
| Total assets | $76.8M | $65.9M | $63.9M | $40.5M | $46.9M |
| Total liabilities | $87.7M | $62.1M | $57.3M | $48.9M | $59.3M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$10.9M | β$1.0M | β$8.7M | β$17.8M | β$20.5M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $15.2M | β | β | β | β |
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
In plain words: How much profit the business makes on the money put into it. A higher percentage means each dollar invested works harder.
Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
KIRA Β· LiveOne, Inc. passes 3 of 7 financial health tests (Piotroski F-score).
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
In plain words: Nine yes/no tests of financial health, one point each. A green tick is a pass: 7 to 9 points is solid, 0 to 3 is weak.
| Test | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 4 / 7 | 2 / 7 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 7 |
| Accruals ratio | β715.1% | β50.6% | β50.4% | β60.2% | β46.2% | β42.8% | β8.7% | β29.0% | β48.0% | β23.8% |
| Altman Z'' | β96.90 | β3.25 | β10.23 | β15.96 | β9.85 | β14.98 | β13.00 | β15.16 | β28.13 | β25.24 |
Every number, year by year.
Amounts in USD. Hover a ratioβs name for its definition.
In plain words: Every number we have, year by year. Download it as a spreadsheet if you want to dig deeper.
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $0.2M | $7.2M | $33.7M | $38.7M | $65.2M | $117M | $99.6M | $118M | $114M | $77.1M |
| Net interest income | β$0.5M | β$3.9M | β$3.3M | β$3.7M | β$5.3M | β$4.1M | β$7.3M | β$4.4M | β$2.7M | β$3.9M |
| Provision for credit losses | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.5M | $0.0M | β$0.3M |
| Gross profit | β$0.5M | $0.5M | $2.5M | β | β | $24.0M | $32.8M | $32.0M | $29.2M | $12.3M |
| Research and development | β | β | β | β | $9.7M | $8.1M | $5.1M | $4.7M | $4.5M | $2.4M |
| Operating income | β$5.5M | β$14.9M | β$33.9M | β$36.0M | β$29.4M | β$37.9M | β$2.2M | β$4.7M | β$18.1M | β$15.5M |
| Interest expense | β | β | β | β | β | $2.3M | $2.4M | β | β | $0.3M |
| Pretax income | β$14.3M | β$19.0M | β$37.5M | β$39.1M | β$42.2M | β$43.7M | β$10.0M | β$13.2M | β$20.6M | β$21.2M |
| Income tax | β | $0.0M | $0.2M | β$0.2M | β$0.3M | $0.2M | $0.1M | $0.1M | β$0.2M | $0.0M |
| Net income | β$14.3M | β$23.3M | β$37.8M | β$38.9M | β$41.8M | β$43.9M | β$10.0M | β$12.0M | β$18.7M | β$21.0M |
| Net income to common | β | β | β | β | β | β | β$10.4M | β$14.7M | β$20.3M | β$22.2M |
| Diluted EPS | β$0.44 | β$0.59 | β$0.73 | β | β | β$0.56 | β$0.12 | β | β | β |
| Diluted shares | 32.53B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.08B | 0.08B | β | β | β |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$3.1M | β$5.7M | β$5.8M | β$4.9M | β$9.5M | β$9.1M | β$3.8M | $6.8M | $6.4M | β$10.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.0M | $0.0M | $2.5M | $2.6M | $3.2M | $3.7M | $2.4M | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.2M |
| Free cash flow | β$3.1M | β$5.8M | β$8.3M | β$7.5M | β$12.7M | β$12.9M | β$6.3M | $3.8M | $3.3M | β$13.7M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $0.0M | $2.5M | $0.9M | $2.1M | $3.2M | $9.6M | $8.0M | $5.1M | $5.3M | $1.6M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.0M | $3.2M | $9.2M | $12.0M | $11.3M | $12.7M | $3.0M | $6.3M | $6.2M | $11.2M |
| Acquisitions | β | β | β | β | β | $0.2M | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | β | β | β | $2.2M | $2.6M | $1.0M | $0.6M |
| Dividends paid | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.5M | $0.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | β | β | β | β | β | $2.2M | $2.6M | $1.5M | $0.6M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.5M | $10.3M | $13.7M | $5.7M | $18.6M | $12.9M | $8.4M | $7.0M | $4.1M | $5.4M |
| Total debt | $0.3M | β | $12.4M | $9.2M | β | $28.1M | β | β | β | β |
| Current assets | $1.5M | $18.7M | $19.6M | $17.7M | $35.3M | $31.3M | $27.7M | $24.3M | $15.2M | $16.8M |
| Current liabilities | $4.7M | $25.7M | $34.2M | $47.8M | $51.0M | $60.1M | $44.5M | $46.8M | $36.4M | $35.9M |
| Inventory | β | β | β | β | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $1.8M | $1.6M | $0.7M |
| Property and equipment, net | $0.1M | $0.4M | $2.7M | $3.4M | $4.4M | $3.3M | $3.3M | $3.6M | $0.9M | $3.3M |
| Goodwill | β | $5.4M | $9.7M | $9.7M | $22.6M | $23.4M | $23.4M | $23.4M | $21.7M | $21.7M |
| Intangible assets | β | $43.5M | $26.9M | $23.2M | $22.5M | $16.7M | $11.0M | $12.4M | $2.6M | $1.9M |
| Total assets | $1.6M | $68.0M | $58.9M | $54.1M | $85.8M | $76.8M | $65.9M | $63.9M | $40.5M | $46.9M |
| Total liabilities | $5.0M | $29.6M | $49.4M | $61.2M | $77.6M | $87.7M | $62.1M | $57.3M | $48.9M | $59.3M |
| Preferred stock | β | β | β | β | β | β | $16.2M | $18.8M | $14.0M | $8.4M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$3.4M | $38.4M | $9.5M | β$7.1M | $8.1M | β$10.9M | β$1.0M | β$8.7M | β$17.8M | β$20.5M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | β224.4% | 7.0% | 7.5% | β | β | 20.5% | 33.0% | 27.1% | 25.5% | 15.9% |
| Operating margin | β2,437.8% | β206.8% | β100.6% | β93.1% | β45.0% | β32.3% | β2.2% | β3.9% | β15.8% | β20.1% |
| EBITDA margin | β2,427.1% | β171.5% | β97.9% | β87.7% | β40.1% | β24.1% | 5.8% | 0.4% | β11.1% | β18.0% |
| Net margin | β6,333.3% | β324.3% | β112.1% | β100.7% | β64.1% | β37.5% | β10.1% | β10.1% | β16.4% | β27.2% |
| FCF margin | β1,396.4% | β80.3% | β24.6% | β19.3% | β19.5% | β11.0% | β6.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% | β17.8% |
| Net interest share of revenue | β227.6% | β54.5% | β9.7% | β9.7% | β8.1% | β3.5% | β7.4% | β3.7% | β2.4% | β5.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β328.4% | β | β | β704.1% | β | β | β | β |
| Return on capital employed | 172.8% | β35.1% | β137.2% | β569.4% | β84.4% | β226.6% | β10.2% | β27.4% | β436.9% | β140.8% |
| Return on equity | β | β133.4% | β157.8% | β3,337.1% | β8,314.1% | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets | β915.8% | β67.1% | β59.5% | β68.9% | β59.8% | β54.0% | β14.0% | β18.4% | β35.8% | β48.0% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 3,097.8% | 368.4% | 14.7% | 68.7% | 79.4% | β14.9% | 18.9% | β3.4% | β32.6% |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β13.0% | β513.9% |
| Share count change | β | β99.9% | 31.1% | 8.3% | 22.8% | 14.5% | 7.2% | β | β | β |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Debt / equity | β | β | 1.3x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | β | β | β | β | β | β16.5x | β0.9x | β | β | β51.6x |
| Current ratio | 0.3x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.7x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.5x |
| Quick ratio | 0.3x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 8.4% | 0.7% | 7.5% | 6.7% | 4.9% | 3.2% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 4.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.0% | 44.8% | 27.3% | 31.1% | 17.3% | 10.9% | 3.1% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 14.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 68.7% | 45.5% | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β96.9 | β3.2 | β10.2 | β16.0 | β9.9 | β15.0 | β13.0 | β15.2 | β28.1 | β25.2 |
| Accruals ratio | β715.1% | β50.6% | β50.4% | β60.2% | β46.2% | β42.8% | β8.7% | β29.0% | β48.0% | β23.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001491419). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.
