Liquidity Services (LQDT) Competitors

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Is LQDT or YELP more profitable?

Yelp has a net margin of 9.41% compared to Liquidity Services' net margin of 6.37%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 20.94% beat Yelp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liquidity Services	6.37%	20.94%	11.32%
Yelp	9.41%	18.07%	13.55%

Which has more risk and volatility, LQDT or YELP?

Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LQDT or YELP?

71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.4% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LQDT or YELP?

Yelp received 878 more outperform votes than Liquidity Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.62% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Liquidity Services	Outperform Votes 456 69.62%	Underperform Votes 199 30.38%
Yelp	Outperform Votes 1334 68.13%	Underperform Votes 624 31.87%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LQDT or YELP?

Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than Liquidity Services. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liquidity Services	$414.32M	2.45	$19.99M	$0.75	43.55
Yelp	$1.41B	1.73	$132.85M	$1.92	19.53

Does the media prefer LQDT or YELP?

In the previous week, Yelp had 1 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Yelp and 7 mentions for Liquidity Services. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Yelp's score of 1.34 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Liquidity Services	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yelp	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LQDT or YELP?

Liquidity Services currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Yelp has a consensus target price of $37.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.89%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Yelp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liquidity Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Yelp	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Summary

Liquidity Services and Yelp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.