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Liquidity Services (LQDT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$33.21 +0.15 (+0.45%)
As of 10:12 AM Eastern
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About Liquidity Services Stock (NASDAQ:LQDT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$32.54
$33.65
50-Day Range
$30.96
$37.61
52-Week Range
$16.79
$39.72
Volume
17,755 shs
Average Volume
326,804 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.03 billion
P/E Ratio
44.17
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$38.50
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

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. The company also offers a suite of services, including surplus management, asset valuation, asset sales, marketing, returns management, asset recovery, and ecommerce services. In addition, it operates a global search engine platform for listing used equipment for sale in the construction, machine tool, transportation, printing, and agriculture sectors. The company offers products from industry verticals, 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.

Liquidity Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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40th Percentile Overall Score

LQDT MarketRank™: 

Liquidity Services scored higher than 40% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 225th out of 327 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Liquidity Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Liquidity Services has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Liquidity Services' stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Liquidity Services is 44.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.43.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Liquidity Services is 44.08, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 32.99.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Liquidity Services has a P/B Ratio of 5.43. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Liquidity Services' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.72% of the float of Liquidity Services has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Liquidity Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Liquidity Services has recently increased by 29.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Liquidity Services does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Liquidity Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.72% of the float of Liquidity Services has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Liquidity Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Liquidity Services has recently increased by 29.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Liquidity Services has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Liquidity Services this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    9 people have searched for LQDT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 2 people have added Liquidity Services to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Liquidity Services insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,710,365.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    28.40% of the stock of Liquidity Services is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    71.15% of the stock of Liquidity Services is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Liquidity Services' insider trading history.
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LQDT Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Liquidity Services' stock was trading at $32.29 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, LQDT stock has increased by 2.4% and is now trading at $33.06.
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Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 6th. The business services provider reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.06. Liquidity Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 6.37%.

Liquidity Services' top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.27%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.59%), Staley Capital Advisers Inc. (4.22%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.45%). Insiders that own company stock include William P Angrick III, Jaime Mateus-Tique, Beatriz V Infante, Steven Weiskircher, John Daunt, Novelette Murray, Mark A Shaffer, Jorge Celaya, Edward Kolodzieski and George H Ellis.
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Shares of LQDT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Liquidity Services investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET), Adobe (ADBE) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/06/2025
Today
2/28/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/08/2025
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Business services, not elsewhere classified
Sub-Industry
Internet Software & Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:LQDT
Employees
740
Year Founded
1999

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$38.50
High Stock Price Target
$40.00
Low Stock Price Target
$37.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+16.5%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
44.08
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$19.99 million
Pretax Margin
8.71%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$414.32 million
Cash Flow
$1.36 per share
Price / Cash Flow
24.29
Book Value
$6.09 per share
Price / Book
5.43

Miscellaneous

Free Float
22,224,000
Market Cap
$1.03 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.36

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 2/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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