Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT)

NASDAQ: LQDT · USD

$44.0

-0.79 (-1.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.4B
Revenue (ttm)	489.6M
Net income (ttm)	33.3M
EPS (ttm)	$1.02
Shares out	31.3M
P/E (trailing)	43.1x
P/E (forward)	25.0x
Volume	190,576
Beta	1.04

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 489.6M
Net income (ttm): 33.3M
EPS (ttm): $1.02
P/E (trailing): 43.1x
P/E (forward): 25.0x
Market cap: 1.4B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E25

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Trailing P/E43.1

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ROE15

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ROIC115.9

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001235468
Company name	Liquidity Services, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	53635B107
Earnings date	2026-11-19
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	818
Employees change	37
Employees growth	4.74%
Enterprise value	$1.2B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1999
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Internet Retail
IPO date	2006-02-23
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US53635B1070
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-20
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$1.4B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-19
Options	Yes
Price	$44.01
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	7389
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	LQDT
U.S. state	Maryland
Website	https://liquidityservices.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	28.21x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	32.02x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	24.6x
Earnings yield	2.32%
EV/Earnings	35.41x
EV/EBIT	26.83x
EV/EBITDA	23.71x
EV/FCF	13.09x
EV/Sales	2.41x
FCF / EV yield	7.64%
FCF yield	6.45%
Forward P/E	25.05x
Graham number	13.1454
Graham upside	-70.47%
Industry forward P/E	22.47x
Industry P/E	20.51x
Lynch fair value	$7.21
Lynch upside	-83.81%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	20.15x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	18.02x
P/B ratio	5.95x
P/E ratio	43.15x
P/FCF ratio	15.5x
P/OCF ratio	14.21x
P/S ratio	2.85x
Price / tangible book value	11.43x
Price/EBITDA ratio	28.09x
Sector forward P/E	24.24x
Sector P/E	30.29x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	8.96%
EBITDA margin	10.14%
Effective tax rate	32.04%
FCF margin	18.38%
Gross margin	47.63%
Operating margin	8.96%
Pretax margin	9.99%
Profit margin	6.79%
Profit per employee	$40,659
Profitable quarters	25
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	$598,555
ROA	6.92%
ROA (5Y)	6.1%
ROCE	17.68%
ROE	14.96%
ROE (5Y)	21.72%
ROIC	115.92%
ROIC (5Y)	48.17%
SBC / revenue	4.24%
Tax / revenue	3.2%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	22.88%
EPS growth (Q)	39.13%
EPS growth (QoQ)	39.13%
EPS growth 3Y	12.3%
EPS growth 5Y	8.43%
EPS growth quarters	8
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth	113.5%
FCF growth (Q)	71.33%
FCF growth (QoQ)	7.31%
FCF growth 3Y	30.69%
FCF growth 5Y	9.38%
Gross profit growth	15.96%
Gross profit growth (Q)	16.56%
Gross profit growth 3Y	11.41%
Gross profit growth 5Y	10.3%
Net income growth	24.82%
Net income growth (Q)	40.7%
Net income growth (QoQ)	38.61%
Net income growth 3Y	13.01%
Net income growth 5Y	7.07%
Net income growth quarters	8
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth	93.37%
OCF growth (Q)	61.82%
OCF growth (QoQ)	5.51%
OCF growth 10Y	8.71%
OCF growth 3Y	28.7%
OCF growth 5Y	9.79%
Operating income growth	33.66%
Operating income growth (Q)	30.19%
Operating income growth 3Y	19.43%
Operating income growth 5Y	11.04%
Revenue growth	5.18%
Revenue growth (Q)	8.09%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	7.33%
Revenue growth 10Y	4.44%
Revenue growth 3Y	16.49%
Revenue growth 5Y	15.03%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-8.2M
Depreciation and amortization	$5.8M
EBIT	$43.9M
EBITDA	$49.7M
EPS	$1.02
FCF per share	$2.87
Financing cash flow	$-25.2M
Free cash flow	$90M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$69.2M
Gross profit	$233.2M
Income taxes	$15.7M
Investing cash flow	$-8.7M
Net borrowing	$-109,000
Net cash flow	$64.1M
Net income	$33.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$77.4M
Operating income	$43.9M
Revenue	$489.6M
Stock-based compensation	$20.8M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	5.01
Book value per share	$7.53
Debt / EBITDA	0.24
Debt / equity	0.06
Debt / FCF	0.15
Goodwill	$102.8M
Long-term assets	$148.6M
Long-term liabilities	$12.4M
Net cash (debt)	$217.3M
Net cash / market cap	15.58%
Net cash growth	42.52%
Net debt / EBITDA	-4.37
Net debt / equity	-0.92
Net debt / FCF	-2.41
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$30.4M
Shareholders' equity	$235.9M
Tangible book value	$122M
Tangible book value per share	$3.90
Total assets	$420.1M
Total cash	$231.1M
Total debt	$13.8M
Total liabilities	$184.2M
WACC	9.87%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.24
Current assets	$271.5M
Current liabilities	$171.8M
Current ratio	1.58
Inventory turnover	15.83
Net working capital	$-126.9M
Quick ratio	1.43
Working capital	$99.7M
Working capital turnover	5.91

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-0.75%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	-0.75%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	415.38%
10Y return CAGR	17.82%
10Y total return	415.38%
150-day SMA	$38.71
15Y price change	33.25%
15Y return CAGR	1.93%
15Y total return	33.25%
1D price change	-1.76%
1M price change	1.04%
1M total return	1.04%
1W price change	1.53%
1W total return	1.53%
1Y price change	82.99%
1Y return CAGR	83.07%
1Y total return	82.99%
20-day SMA	$43.53
200-day SMA	$36.84
20Y price change	146.45%
20Y return CAGR	4.61%
20Y total return	146.45%
3M price change	13.1%
3M total return	13.1%
3Y price change	135.01%
3Y return CAGR	32.94%
3Y total return	135.01%
50-day SMA	$42.85
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$45.92
52-week high date	2026-10-27
52-week low	$21.67
52-week low date	2025-11-06
5Y price change	115.69%
5Y return CAGR	16.62%
5Y total return	115.69%
6M price change	25.15%
6M total return	25.15%
All-time high	$66.57
All-time high date	2012-05-10
All-time low	$3.01
All-time low date	2020-03-30
Average true range (ATR)	$1.12
Average volume	242.1K
Beta (1Y)	0.68
Beta (2Y)	0.92
Beta (5Y)	1.04
Change from 52-week high	-4.16%
Change from 52-week low	103.09%
Change from all-time high	-33.81%
Change from all-time low	1,363.95%
Change from open	-2.11%
Day's gap	0.36%
Dollar volume	$8.4M
High price	$44.96
Low price	$43.96
Monthly RSI	74.54
Open price	$44.96
Position in 52-week range	5%
Premarket change	-0.27%
Premarket close	$44.80
Premarket price	$44.68
Premarket volume	155
Previous close	$44.80
Price vs 150-day SMA	13.85%
Price vs 20-day SMA	1.23%
Price vs 200-day SMA	19.62%
Price vs 50-day SMA	2.84%
Relative volume	0.79
RSI	54.08
Sharpe ratio	1.79
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.79
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.47
Sortino ratio	3.23
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.41
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.83
Volume	190.6K
Weekly RSI	66.66
YTD price change	45.38%
YTD total return	45.38%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	23.7M
Float percentage	75.8%
Shares change (QoQ)	1.13%
Shares change (YoY)	0.75%
Shares held by insiders	24.15%
Shares held by institutions	80.83%
Shares outstanding	31.3M
Short % of float	4.31%
Short % of shares	3.26%
Short ratio	4.4 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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