Live Ventures Incorporated (LIVE) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Live Ventures Fiscal Year Second Quarter 2025 Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we'll conduct a question and answer session. Now, I'd like to turn the call over to Greg Powell, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, Elvis. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Live Ventures Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Conference Call. Joining us this afternoon are John Isaac, our Chief Executive Officer and President, and David Verrett, 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 a number of factors, including those outlined in our latest 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 in assumptions, or otherwise. You can find our press release and 10-Q 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 financial 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. Continuing the trend from the first quarter, we are pleased to report that our retail entertainment and steel manufacturing segments delivered operational improvements during the second quarter. Both segments posted higher operating income and operating margins compared to the same...