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Liquidity Services (LQDT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$25.00 -0.35 (-1.38%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

About Liquidity Services Stock (NASDAQ:LQDT)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$24.95
$25.45
50-Day Range
$21.40
$25.46
52-Week Range
$13.99
$25.79
Volume
176,563 shs
Average Volume
116,764 shs
Market Capitalization
$763.30 million
P/E Ratio
39.68
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$27.00
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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38th Percentile Overall Score

LQDT MarketRank™: 

Liquidity Services scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 228th out of 331 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 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Liquidity Services has only been the subject of 1 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 39.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.22.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Liquidity Services is 39.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 46.32.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Liquidity Services has a P/B Ratio of 4.75. 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

    3.40% 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 7.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Liquidity Services has recently decreased by 5.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving 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

    3.40% 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 7.4.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Liquidity Services has recently decreased by 5.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Liquidity Services has a news sentiment score of -0.09. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Liquidity Services this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 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 $2,890,404.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    29.77% 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 $17.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LQDT shares have increased by 45.3% and is now trading at $25.00.
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Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The business services provider reported $0.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.06. The business services provider had revenue of $93.61 million for the quarter. Liquidity Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.47% and a net margin of 5.91%.

Liquidity Services' top institutional investors include Pacer Advisors Inc. (2.89%), State Street Corp (2.79%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.69%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.21%). Insiders that own company stock include William P Angrick III, Jaime Mateus-Tique, Steven Weiskircher, Edward Kolodzieski, Jorge Celaya, John Daunt, Novelette Murray, Mark A Shaffer 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.
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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
8/08/2024
Today
11/20/2024
Next Earnings (Confirmed)
12/12/2024
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Business services, not elsewhere classified
Sub-Industry
Internet Software & Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:LQDT
CUSIP
53635B10
Employees
740
Year Founded
1999

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$27.00
High Stock Price Target
$27.00
Low Stock Price Target
$27.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+8.0%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
1 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$20.98 million
Pretax Margin
8.25%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$336.35 million
Cash Flow
$1.34 per share
Book Value
$5.26 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
21,443,000
Market Cap
$763.30 million
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.39

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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