Welcome to the Live Ventures Fiscal Year 2026 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct the question and answer session. I would now like to turn the call over to Greg Powell, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Jen. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Live Ventures Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Conference Call. Joining us this afternoon are Jon Isaac, are Chief Executive Officer and President, and David Verret, our Chief Financial Officer. Some of the statements we are making today are forward-looking and are based on our best view of our businesses as we see them today. The actual results could differ materially due to the number of factors, including those outlined in our latest filings, Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as 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 and Assumptions, or otherwise. You can find our press release and our 10Q referenced on this call in the Investor Relations section of the Live Ventures website. I direct you to our website, liveventures.com, or sec.gov for our historical SEC filings. I will now turn the call over to David to walk you through our financial performance.

Thank you, Greg. Good afternoon, everyone. Before discussing our financial results, I'd like to touch on a few key highlights from the quarter. During the quarter, our retail entertainment and steel manufacturing segments posted revenue growth, improved operating income, and higher adjusted EBITDA. The retail entertainment segment's revenue grew 12.7%, while operating income and adjusted EBITDA increased 33.8% and 28.9% respectively. The steel manufacturing segment's revenue increased 7.3%, with operating income and adjusted EBITDA up 68.9% and 16.3% respectively. These results were partially offset by continued weakness in the retail flooring segment where softness in the new home construction and home refurbishment markets weighed on operating performance. Let's now discuss the financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2026. Revenue decreased approximately 3.6 million, or 3.2% to 108.9 million, compared to revenue of 112.5 million in the prior year period. Notably, three of our four operating segments delivered year-over-year growth. Revenue decreased primarily due to a decline of approximately 9 million in the retail flooring segment, Partially offset by an increase of approximately $2.4 million in the retail entertainment segment, $1.8 million in the steel manufacturing segment, and $1.1 billion in the flooring manufacturing segment. Retail entertainment segment revenue increased approximately $2.4 million, or 12.7%, to $21.4 million, compared to $19 million in the prior year period. The revenue growth was driven by strong consumer demand across all product lines. Retail flooring segment revenue decreased approximately $9 million or 29.4% to $21.4 million compared to $30.4 million in the prior year period. The decline was primarily driven by lower retail and contractor sales due to continued headwinds in the home and new home construction and home refurbishment markets. Flooring manufacturing segment revenue increased approximately $800,000 or 2.8% to $31.8 million compared to $31 million in the prior year period. Revenue net of intercompany eliminations increased approximately $1.1 million compared to the prior year period. Steel manufacturing segment revenue increased approximately $2.5 million or 7.3% to $36.3 million compared to $33.8 million in the prior year period. The increase in revenue was primarily driven by higher sales volumes into fabricated, hardened wear, tool, and dye businesses, partially offset by lower revenue in the metal forming, assembly, and finishing solutions business. Revenue net of intercompany eliminations increased approximately $1.8 million compared to the prior year period. Gross profit decreased approximately $1.2 million, or 3.1%, Thank you for joining us. The increase was primarily driven by increased compensation and professional fees in the retail entertainment, flooring manufacturing, and corporate segments. These increases were partially offset by lower general administrative expenses in the retail flooring and steel manufacturing segment. Sales and marketing expenses increased 5.4% to approximately 4.2 million, primarily reflecting higher sales and marketing expense and the retail flooring and retail entertainment segments. Operating income decreased approximately 2.7 million or 34% to 5.3 million compared to 8 million in the prior year period. The decrease was driven by lower gross profit of 1.2 million as well as higher operating expenses previously mentioned. Interest expense was approximately 3.8 million flat compared to the prior year period. Income before income taxes was approximately $1.4 million compared to $7.5 million in the prior year period. Net loss was approximately $1.1 million and a loss per share of $0.34 compared to net income of approximately $5.4 million and diluted EPS of $1.24 in the prior year period. The prior year period results benefit from a $1.5 million gain on employee retention credit and a $1.3 million gain on the settlement of a holdback liability related to Precision Marshall. Adjusted EBITDA decreased approximately 3.9% or 29.5, I'm sorry, 3.9 million or 29.5% to 9.3 million compared to 13.2 million in the prior year period. The decrease in adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to the decrease in revenue. Turning to liquidity, we ended the second quarter with total cash availability of approximately $39.8 million, consisting of cash on hand of approximately $10.9 million and $28.9 million available for borrowing under our various lines of credit. As of June 30, total assets were $385.8 million and total stockholders' equity was $91.9 million. As a part of our capital allocation strategy, we may make We currently have approximately $9.5 million remaining available under our $10 million share repurchase program. In conclusion, our third quarter performance demonstrates the resilience of our diversified operating portfolio. While we continue to navigate challenging conditions in our retail flooring segment, our retail entertainment segment, our steel manufacturing segment, both delivered solid growth and improved profitability. We remain focused on initiatives to improve performance across our operating segments and drive sustainable value creation over the long term. We will now take questions from those of you on the conference call. Operator, please open the line for questions.

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Seeing as there are no questions, I'll go ahead and just give a closing remark. I want to thank everyone for attending our Q3 fiscal 2026 earnings call, and we look forward to talking with you on our year-end call. Thank you.

This does conclude today's conference call. Thank you for attending.