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Liquidity Services (LQDT) Competitors

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$30.96 -0.45 (-1.43%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

LQDT vs. ENV, YELP, ZD, CMPR, OPEN, QNST, ANGI, TTGT, TZOO, and BCOV

Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Envestnet (ENV), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Travelzoo (TZOO), and Brightcove (BCOV). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Liquidity Services vs.

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

Liquidity Services currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Envestnet has a consensus price target of $61.88, suggesting a potential downside of 2.00%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Envestnet.

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
Envestnet
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13

In the previous week, Liquidity Services had 17 more articles in the media than Envestnet. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Liquidity Services and 1 mentions for Envestnet. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Envestnet's score of 0.00 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Envestnet
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Envestnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Liquidity Services received 93 more outperform votes than Envestnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave Envestnet an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Liquidity ServicesOutperform Votes
449
69.29%
Underperform Votes
199
30.71%
EnvestnetOutperform Votes
356
56.51%
Underperform Votes
274
43.49%

Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Envestnet has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liquidity Services$363.32M2.62$20.98M$0.6349.14
Envestnet$1.34B2.61-$238.72M-$4.77-13.24

Liquidity Services has a net margin of 5.91% compared to Envestnet's net margin of -19.56%. Envestnet's return on equity of 20.65% beat Liquidity Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liquidity Services5.91% 18.47% 10.23%
Envestnet -19.56%20.65%6.21%

Summary

Liquidity Services beats Envestnet on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LQDT vs. The Competition

MetricLiquidity ServicesBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$951.74M$19.94B$6.78B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A2.57%2.82%4.21%
P/E Ratio49.1427.9444.3017.15
Price / Sales2.6210.81430.67116.80
Price / Cash19.2435.3429.5237.88
Price / Book5.895.905.594.78
Net Income$20.98M$525.34M$125.43M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-12.89%-0.65%3.94%-1.21%
1 Month Performance22.95%-2.17%8.53%3.09%
1 Year Performance77.42%18.44%18.39%16.48%

Liquidity Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LQDT
Liquidity Services
1.5713 of 5 stars
$30.96
-1.4%
$32.00
+3.4%
+78.5%$951.74M$363.32M49.14740Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
ENV
Envestnet
0.2387 of 5 stars
$63.14
flat
$61.88
-2.0%
N/A$3.49B$1.34B-13.243,100
YELP
Yelp
3.7436 of 5 stars
$39.89
+0.5%
$37.00
-7.2%
-20.0%$2.63B$1.39B23.784,872Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.7344 of 5 stars
$58.90
+2.0%
$69.71
+18.4%
-15.1%$2.52B$1.38B48.944,200Positive News
CMPR
Cimpress
4.6902 of 5 stars
$80.07
+1.7%
$114.50
+43.0%
-6.5%$2.01B$3.34B13.5316,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.8622 of 5 stars
$1.94
+0.8%
$2.37
+22.3%
-58.0%$1.38B$4.94B-3.441,982Insider Trade
Gap Down
QNST
QuinStreet
4.1171 of 5 stars
$22.35
+1.1%
$29.00
+29.8%
+68.3%$1.26B$613.51M-55.28899
ANGI
Angi
2.408 of 5 stars
$1.75
-1.4%
$3.11
+78.1%
-32.7%$867.73M$1.22B25.143,800Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TTGT
TechTarget
4.043 of 5 stars
$20.43
-4.2%
$38.17
+86.8%
-42.5%$597.37M$229.96M-50.791,000
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.0384 of 5 stars
$19.86
+4.3%
$24.33
+22.5%
+112.2%$234.35M$84.48M17.79210Positive News
BCOV
Brightcove
2.4952 of 5 stars
$4.34
+0.2%
$3.98
-8.4%
+67.2%$195.89M$199.83M-20.62624Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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