Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.270-0.350 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.300. The company issued revenue guidance of -.
Liquidity Services Trading Up 3.3 %
Shares of NASDAQ:LQDT traded up $1.07 during trading on Monday, reaching $33.78. 570,952 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 295,019. Liquidity Services has a 12 month low of $15.51 and a 12 month high of $39.72. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $32.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $26.05. The firm has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a PE ratio of 45.04 and a beta of 1.36.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.06. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 6.37%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on LQDT shares. Barrington Research reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of Liquidity Services in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Craig Hallum increased their price objective on shares of Liquidity Services from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Liquidity Services from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, EVP John Daunt sold 4,546 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.68, for a total transaction of $144,017.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 43,309 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,372,029.12. This trade represents a 9.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Edward Kolodzieski sold 26,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.29, for a total value of $813,540.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 19,229 shares of the company's stock, valued at $601,675.41. The trade was a 57.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 101,668 shares of company stock valued at $3,331,558. 28.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
About Liquidity Services
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Liquidity Services, Inc provides 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 marketplaces include liquidation.com that enable corporations to sell surplus and salvage consumer goods and retail capital assets; GovDeals marketplace, which provides self-directed service solutions in which sellers list their own assets that enables local and state government entities, and commercial businesses located in the United States and Canada to sell surplus and salvage assets; and AllSurplus, a centralized marketplace that connects global buyer base with assets from across the network of marketplaces in a single destination.
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