Stock Evaluator: Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT)

Liquidity Services, Inc. LQDT

$43.27 0.52 1.22%
August 21, 2026 4:00:00 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 162,547
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NASD | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Industrials Commercial Services & Supplies

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COMPANY SUMMARY
Liquidity Services, Inc. engages in the provision of e-commerce marketplaces, self-directed auction listing tools, and value-added services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: GovDeals, Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), Capital Assets Group (CAG), and Machinio. Its solutions enable government entities and commercial businesses to sell surplus property and real estate assets through GovDeals, Bid4Assets, and Sierra marketplaces. The company also offers a suite of services, including surplus management, asset valuation, asset sales, marketing, returns management, asset recovery, and ecommerce services; and operates Liquidation.com, a marketplace to sell excess, returned, and overstocked consumer goods. In addition, it operates a global search engine platform for listing used equipment for sale in the construction, machine tool, transportation, printing, laboratory/medical, and agriculture sectors. Further, the company provides Machinio System service that offers various software tools, such as website hosting, email marketing, and inventory management to equipment sellers. The company offers products for various industries, such as consumer electronics, general merchandise, apparel, scientific equipment, aerospace parts and equipment, technology hardware, real estate, energy equipment, industrial capital assets, heavy equipment, fleet and transportation equipment, and specialty equipment. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Financial Summary

Share Statistics LQDT Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $1,355.7 $726.2 48%
Shares Out (Mil) 32.9 39.3 38%
Institutional Ownership 77.0% 74.9% 46%
Float (Mil) 23.8 33.1 31%
Beta 1.07 0.76 65%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 215 184 45%
Price Change
(52-week)
69.6% 75.8% 85%
Growth LQDT Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 18.3% 6.8% 79%
Net Income (5yr) 56.5% 11.0% 95%
EPS (5yr) 57.7% 13.8% 95
Dividends (5yr) 0.0% 0.0% 0%
Cash Flow (5yr) (10.2%) (15.3%) 58%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 2 2 2
Current EPS $0.445 $1.650 $1.840
Month Ago EPS $0.400 $1.505 $1.695
# Rev Up 0 0 1
# Rev Down 1 1 0
Three Months Ago EPS $0.400 $1.505 $1.695
Year/Year Chg 39.1% 89.7% na
Financials LQDT Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $490 $1,571 41%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $33 $9 52%
EPS (TTM) $1.074 $0.200 62%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $98 $97 52%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $64 $1 73%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $9 $216 28%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $1,138 $1,324 42%
Valuation LQDT Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 5.75 2.34 81%
P/E 42.4 21.6 80%
Dividend Yield 0.0% 0.0% 0%
PEG (5yr hist) 0.7 1.3 35%
Ratios LQDT Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 47.6% 30.8% 59%
Net Margin 6.8% 1.7% 54%
ROA 8.4% 2.1% 84%
ROE 15.0% 5.3% 71%
Liabilities to Assets 43.9% 59.5% 35%
F-Score 7 5 82%

Passing Stock Screens

As of 8/21/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, LQDT meetings the criteria of 1 screen:

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