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spk01: Good day, everyone, and welcome to today's Live Ventures Incorporated earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session. Please note, today's call may be recorded, and I will be standing by should you need any assistance. It is now my pleasure to turn the conference over to Director of Investor Relations, Greg Powell, please go ahead.
spk03: Thank you, Chloe. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the Live Ventures fiscal 2023 second quarter conference call. Joining us this afternoon for the call are John Isaac, our chief executive officer and president, and David Barrett, our chief financial officer. Some of the statements we are making today are forward-looking and are based on our best views of our businesses as we see them today. The actual results could differ material due to the number of factors, including those outlined in our latest forms, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We have no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements after this call, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, or otherwise. You can find our press release and 10-Q, which are referenced on the call, in the Investor Relations section of the LiveVentures website. I will direct you to our website, which is www.liveventures.com or www.scc.gov for our historical SEC filings. I will now turn the call over to David to walk us through our financial performance.
spk00: Thank you, Greg, and good afternoon, everyone. For our second quarter, we delivered revenue of $91.1 million, net income of $1.6 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $9.2 million. We were able to report these results despite a tough market environment characterized by rising interest rates, inflation, and weakening consumer demand. In addition, during the quarter, we acquired Flooring Liquidators for approximately $78.7 million. Despite the challenging macroeconomic conditions, we continue to execute our multilever buy-build-hold strategic plan while also investing in our existing businesses. Before we jump into the number, let's briefly discuss the Flooring Liquidators acquisition. We are very excited about the Flooring Liquidators acquisition, which closed in January of this year. Flooring Liquidators is a retailer and installer of floors, carpets, and countertops to consumers, builders, and contractors in California and Nevada, operating 20 warehouse format retail stores and a design center. Over the years, they have established a strong reputation for innovation, efficiency, and service in the home renovation and improvement market. Now I'll discuss the financial results for our second quarter. Total revenue for the second quarter increased 30.7% to $91.1 million. The increase is primarily attributable to the acquisitions of Floyd Liquidators and Kinetic, partially offset by decreased revenues in our other businesses. Flooring manufacturing revenues of $30.3 million decreased by approximately $2.4 million or 7.4% as compared to the prior year period, primarily due to reduced customer demand. Retail entertainment revenues of $19.1 million decreased by approximately $1.6 million or 7.5% as compared to the prior year. Revenues decreased due to general economic conditions as well as changes in overall product mix. Beginning this quarter, we have a new segment, the retail flooring segment, which consists of flooring liquidators. Revenues for retail flooring were $20.8 million for the second quarter. Steel manufacturing revenues of $19.9 million increased by approximately $5.9 million, or 42%, as compared to the prior year period primarily due to the acquisition of Kinetic. Corporate and other segment revenues decreased approximately $1.3 million, primarily due to the decreased revenues at SW Financial. Gross profit for the second quarter was $31.6 million, up from $25 million in the prior year period. Gross margin percentage for the company decreased to 34.7% from 35.8% in the prior year. This decrease is primarily due to tightening of margins in our flooring manufacturing and steel manufacturing segments, partially offset by margins in the retail flooring segment. General and administrative expenses of $22.6 million increased 71.9% as compared to the prior year period. The increase is primarily due to the acquisitions of flooring liquidators and kinetic, as well as one-time acquisition-related costs. Selling and marketing expenses of approximately $4 million increased 20.6 percent as compared to the prior year period. Operating income decreased to $5 million for the second quarter of 2023 as compared to $8.5 million in the prior year period. The decrease in operating income is primarily attributable to lower gross profit margins and increased general administrative expenses. Second quarter interest expense increased approximately $2.4 million as compared to the prior year period. primarily due to the increased debt balances related to the acquisitions of Flooring Liquidators and Kinetic. Second quarter net income was $1.6 million and diluted EPS was $0.49 per diluted share as compared to net income of $15.4 million and diluted EPS of $4.84 per share in the prior year period. Prior years net income included the benefit of approximately $11.4 million or $3.58 per diluted share for a gain on bankruptcy settlement. In addition, the decrease in net income is partially attributable to lower profit margins as a result of inflationary cost increases. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was 9.2 million, a decrease of approximately 1.1 million as compared to the prior year period. Turning to liquidity, we ended our second quarter with cash of 4.2 million and cash availability under our various lines of credit of 21.7 million for a total combined liquidity of 25.9 million. We had working capital of approximately 80.7 million as of March 31, 2023, as compared to working capital of approximately 78.4 million as of September 30, 2022. Total assets increased to 365.4 million as compared to $278.6 million as of September 30, 2022. Total stockholders' equity increased $6.1 million to $103.2 million. As part of our capital allocation strategy, we may make share repurchases from time to time. We believe our stock repurchases represent long-term value for our stockholders. As previously disclosed, the company had announced a 10 million common stock repurchase plan in 2018. During our second quarter, we repurchased 674 shares of common stock at an average price of approximately $25 per share. As of March 31st, the company had approximately $3.4 million available for repurchases under this program. In conclusion, we remain committed to creating long-term value for our stockholders. To achieve this, We focus on strategic, well-planned acquisitions and investments aligning with our growth objectives and generating sustainable returns. We believe that our financial strength and strategic focus position us to well-weather near-term headwinds and emerge as a stronger, more resilient company in the long run. We will now take questions from those of you on the conference call. Operator, please open the line for questions.
spk01: Absolutely. At this time, if you would like to ask a question, please press the star and 1 on your touchtone phone. You may withdraw your question at any time by pressing star 2. And once more to join the question queue, that is star and 1. We'll pause a moment to allow any questions to queue.
spk02: And once again, that is star and one. We'll pause another moment.
spk01: And it does appear there are no questions at this time.
spk00: Well, I just want to thank everyone for joining the call, and we look forward to sharing our progress in the next quarter meeting. Thank you.
spk03: Have a nice day. Thank you.
spk01: This does conclude today's program. Thank you for your participation. You may disconnect at any time and have a wonderful afternoon.
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