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LiveWorld

LVWD
32
Software - Application · Technology
Price
$0.14
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$6.4M
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

14.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 64.4M (2021) → 55.0M (2025)

LiveWorld is a small technology company that helps big brands manage their social media pages and online communities. It provides software and human-moderated services to monitor comments, remove harmful content, and engage with customers on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Its main customers are large companies in industries like healthcare, retail, and financial services that need to keep their online spaces safe and on-brand.

LiveWorld makes money by charging clients fees for its software platform and managed services, which is a mix of subscription-style and service-based revenue. The company operates primarily in the United States and is very small, with a market cap under $10 million. Its combination of software tools and human moderators is a differentiator, since fully automated moderation often misses context that people catch. The key risk is that larger social media management platforms with more resources could absorb this niche, squeezing LiveWorld's ability to grow or retain clients.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+61.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$1M/ year

Rising (+27% vs prior year)

12.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

3.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~3 years

$7M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$7M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

LiveWorld is growing revenue at 15% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
52.3%
Healthy — 52.3% gross margin
Operating Margin
-3.9%
Losing money on operations — -3.9%
ROCE
-2.0%
Weak — -2.0% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+1.5%
Nearly flat sales (1.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
+220.6%
Earnings growing fast (220.6% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
-389%
Weak — only -389% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
-17.0%
Burning cash (-17.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Interest Cover
100.00x
Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
12.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 12.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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