Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio -17.5x · EV/EBITDA N/A · ROE -15.7%. (2024–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $331M | $197M | — |
| Enterprise Value | $330M | $196M | — |
| P/E Ratio → | -17.45 | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | — | — | — |
| P/B Ratio | 1.05 | 0.94 | — |
| P/FCF | — | — | — |
| P/OCF | — | — | — |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — |
| EV / EBIT | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | — | — | — |
| Operating Margin | — | — | — |
| Net Profit Margin | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | -15.7% | -15.7% | -3453.1% |
| ROA | -13.7% | -13.7% | -328.7% |
| ROIC | -6.5% | -6.5% | — |
| ROCE | -7.6% | -7.6% | -288863.0% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | — | — | 9.08 |
| Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | -0.01 | 9.67 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — |
| Debt / FCF | — | — | — |
| Interest Coverage | — | — | — |
Net cash position: cash ($1M) exceeds total debt ($0)
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.27 | 1.27 | 0.14 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.27 | 1.27 | 0.14 |
| Cash Ratio | 1.20 | 1.20 | — |
| Asset Turnover | — | — | — |
| Inventory Turnover | — | — | — |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | — | — |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | — | — | — |
| FCF Yield | — | — | — |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | — | — |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 0.0% | — | — |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $19M | $5000 |
Liquidation and deal failure
Based on reported figures, LOKV trades at a price-to-book ratio of 1.05, suggesting that the market is currently assigning almost no premium to the sponsor's deal-sourcing capabilities, effectively pricing the vehicle at its liquidation value rather than as a platform for future growth.
The P/E ratio of -17.45 is largely irrelevant given the lack of operational revenue, serving only to highlight the ongoing burn of capital. Investors appear to be treating the equity as a cash-equivalent instrument, which implies that any potential upside is entirely contingent on the successful identification and closing of a target merger.
As reported in financial statements, LOKV's current ratio has plummeted from 24.79 in 2025Q1 to a precarious 0.65 by 2026Q1, indicating that the company's ability to cover short-term obligations has deteriorated significantly as cash reserves dwindle relative to mounting professional service liabilities.
This rapid decline in liquidity suggests that the company is approaching a critical juncture where its ability to fund due diligence and legal costs may be compromised. The shift from a high-liquidity position to one where current liabilities exceed current assets warrants close monitoring for potential capital calls or accelerated liquidation.
According to recent SEC filings, LOKV's ROIC has trended into negative territory, reaching -0.3% in 2026Q1, which underscores the fundamental inability of the shell structure to generate returns on invested capital while it remains in a pre-combination state without any active business operations.
The negative return profile is a structural feature of the SPAC model during the search phase, where capital is consumed rather than compounded. This decay in returns highlights the urgency for management to deploy the remaining trust funds into a viable target before the erosion of equity becomes irreversible.
As indicated by the company's financial filings, the most commonly misapplied metric for LOKV is the P/E ratio, which obscures the reality that the company is a non-operating shell where earnings are driven by non-cash warrant revaluations rather than fundamental business performance.
Analysts should instead focus on the 'cash-per-share' relative to the redemption floor, as this provides a more accurate assessment of the downside protection for investors. Relying on traditional valuation multiples in this context is misleading and fails to account for the binary nature of the SPAC's ultimate success or failure.
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Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V Class A Ordinary Shares's current P/E ratio is -17.5x. This places it at the 50th percentile of its historical range.
Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V Class A Ordinary Shares's return on equity (ROE) is -15.7%. The historical average is -15.7%.
Based on historical data, Live Oak Acquisition Corp. V Class A Ordinary Shares is trading at a P/E of -17.5x. This is at the 50th percentile of its historical P/E range. Compare with industry peers and growth rates for a complete picture.