Liquidity Services, Inc. LQDT R2K

Consumer Cyclical · Internet Retail · United States

Liquidity Services, Inc. engages in the provision of 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 solutions enable government entities and commercial businesses to sell surplus property and real estate assets through GovDeals, Bid4Assets, and Sierra marketplaces. The company also offers a suite of services, including surplus management, asset valuation, asset sales, marketing, returns management, asset recovery, and ecommerce services; and operates Liquidation.com, a marketplace to sell excess, returned, and overstocked consumer goods. In addition, it operates a global search engine platform for listing used equipment for sale in the construction, machine tool, transportation, printing, laboratory/medical, and agriculture sectors. Further, the company provides Machinio System service that offers various software tools, such as website hosting, email marketing, and inventory management to equipment sellers. The company offers products for various industries, 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.

Market & Price

Market Cap

$1.13B

Current Price

$36.21

High / Low (52W)

$37.22 / $22.16

Beta

1.10

Valuation

Stock P/E

38.94

Industry PE

22.37

Forward P/E

21.36

PEG Ratio

1.02

Book Value

$7.12

Price to Book

5.08

P/S

2.35

EV/EBITDA

20.22

Dividend Yield

Profitability & Returns

ROCE

16.43%

ROE

14.46%

ROA

6.71%

Profit Margin

6.30%

Op Margin

8.02%

EPS (Latest Qtr)

$0.23

EPS (TTM)

$0.93

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity

0.07

Quick Ratio

1.33

Current Ratio

1.51

Debt

$14.82M

Total Assets

$375.10M

Current Assets

$224.79M

Working Capital

$63.16M

Ownership

Promoter Holding

24.82%

Chg in Prom Hold

FII / Inst Holding

80.21%

Chg in FII Hold

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value

$939.88M

Total Revenue (TTM)

$479.92M

EBITDA

$46.48M

Free Cash Flow

$69.62M

Operating Cash Flow

$86.27M

Shares Outstanding

31.18M

Gross Margin

46.70%

Payout Ratio

0.00%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y

19.40%

Profit 5Y

-11.35%

Revenue (YoY)

3.70%

Earnings (YoY)

4.50%

PROS

Compounding revenue at 19.4% over 5 years.
Generates positive free cash flow.
In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

Earnings shrank at -11.4% CAGR over 5 years.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Fundamental Growth

Period: Metric:

Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Consumer Cyclical).

#	Name	CMP $	P/E	Mkt Cap	Div Yld %	ROCE %	ROE %	Rev CAGR 5Y %	Profit CAGR 5Y %
1	LQDT Liquidity Services, Inc. R2K	36.21	38.94	$1.13B	-	16.43%	14.46%	19.40%	-11.35%
2	AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. NDXSPXAI	270.64	31.65	$2.91T	-	16.60%	24.29%	11.73%	984.47%
3	TSLA Tesla, Inc. NDXSPXAI	435.79	399.81	$1.64T	-	5.29%	4.90%	5.19%	-32.94%
4	HD The Home Depot, Inc. SPX	317.14	22.52	$316.23B	2.94%	28.92%	128.38%	1.52%	-6.11%
5	MCD McDonald's Corporation SPX	279.20	23.04	$198.37B	2.66%	22.63%	-	5.06%	11.50%
6	TJX The TJX Companies, Inc. SPX	154.75	30.11	$171.12B	1.24%	32.91%	61.25%	6.53%	16.24%
7	BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. NDXSPX	167.43	22.09	$129.74B	0.96%	67.24%	-	16.35%	20.90%
8	LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc. SPX	214.36	18.12	$120.26B	2.24%	29.62%	-	-3.85%	1.11%
9	PDD PDD Holdings Inc. NDX	84.44	8.87	$120.19B	-	28.69%	25.40%	49.00%	45.85%

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2015	Dec 2015	Mar 2016	Jun 2016	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	Jun 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017	Mar 2018	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Jun 2019	Sep 2019	Dec 2019	Mar 2020	Jun 2020	Sep 2020	Dec 2020	Mar 2021	Jun 2021	Sep 2021	Dec 2021	Mar 2022	Jun 2022	Dec 2022	Mar 2023	Jun 2023	Dec 2023	Mar 2024	Jun 2024	Dec 2024	Mar 2025	Jun 2025	Sep 2025	Dec 2025	Mar 2026
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	61.14M	60.10M	50.57M	52.70M	54.05M	56.80M	56.88M	58.79M	49.50M	52.82M	47.72M	55.89M	55.75M	61.79M	69.67M	70.33M	66.71M	68.28M	69.87M	72.28M	81.45M	80.77M	71.33M	91.45M	93.61M	122.33M	116.38M	119.88M	118.09M	121.22M	120.73M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68.95M	65.11M	61.63M	64.19M	64.86M
Gross Profit	-	33.98M	32.81M	29.92M	-	30.20M	27.51M	27.14M	27.78M	30.20M	27.51M	27.14M	24.86M	26.47M	29.22M	28.55M	29.04M	25.33M	26.20M	25.23M	33.16M	33.18M	35.40M	41.12M	40.06M	38.95M	39.31M	40.93M	40.51M	41.09M	45.57M	39.80M	47.23M	49.40M	50.17M	47.43M	54.77M	56.45M	57.03M	55.87M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.63M	44.55M	45.50M	47.66M	46.25M
Operating Income	-	-7.41M	-1.51M	67.00K	-	-8.26M	-8.40M	-8.76M	-	-6.54M	-5.67M	-3.22M	-	-5.08M	-4.49M	-4.56M	-	-4.99M	-4.45M	198.00K	-	4.63M	5.64M	8.59M	-	4.48M	12.98M	18.70M	4.73M	5.25M	8.26M	1.65M	6.59M	7.89M	7.09M	6.80M	10.22M	10.96M	9.37M	9.62M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9.37M	12.88M	13.63M	11.95M	12.26M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.71M	11.29M	12.25M	10.52M	10.67M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	655.00K	3.88M	4.43M	3.03M	3.15M
Net Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.51M	5.26M	8.42M	-	3.60M	11.97M	16.41M	3.97M	4.25M	6.49M	1.91M	5.71M	6.00M	5.81M	7.05M	7.41M	7.82M	7.49M	7.52M
Diluted EPS	-1.46	-0.17	-0.03	0.00	-1.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-0.15	-0.13	-0.14	-0.16	-0.15	-0.13	0.01	0.16	0.13	0.15	0.24	0.93	0.10	0.35	0.50	0.12	0.13	0.21	0.06	0.18	0.19	0.18	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.23	0.23

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2009	Sep 2010	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2013	Sep 2014	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024	Sep 2025
Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	270.01M	224.51M	226.53M	205.94M	-	280.05M	314.46M	363.32M	476.67M
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.41M	142.32M	178.15M	267.85M
Gross Profit	-	-	-	-	-	-	203.02M	162.11M	124.49M	109.71M	113.28M	109.92M	-	160.64M	172.14M	185.17M	208.81M
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	137.74M	146.04M	161.76M	173.75M
Operating Income	15.69M	27.70M	37.33M	82.17M	67.95M	50.42M	-144.22M	-34.12M	-40.24M	-21.73M	-19.51M	-3.90M	-	22.91M	26.10M	23.40M	35.07M
EBITDA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.23M	37.36M	35.52M	45.48M
Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pretax Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.65M	29.02M	27.26M	39.44M
Tax Provision	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.33M	8.04M	7.27M	11.35M
Net Income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.32M	20.98M	19.99M	28.09M
Diluted EPS	0.21	0.44	0.29	1.47	1.26	0.97	-3.50	-1.96	-	-	-0.58	-0.11	-	1.20	0.65	0.63	0.87

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:	19.40%
1 Year:	3.70%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:	-11.35%
1 Year:	4.50%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:	+54.94%
6 Months:	+19.62%
3 Months:	+14.55%
1 Month:	+2.37%

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2008	Sep 2009	Sep 2010	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2013	Sep 2014	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024	Sep 2025
Total Assets	-	-	164.90M	227.81M	400.41M	421.34M	431.72M	288.49M	260.11M	215.23M	201.83M	187.28M	196.63M	-	288.10M	288.97M	346.89M	375.10M
Current Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	129.59M	146.27M	199.24M	224.79M
Cash & Equivalents	-	32.77M	42.53M	129.09M	104.78M	95.11M	62.60M	95.47M	134.51M	94.35M	58.45M	-	-	-	96.12M	110.28M	153.23M	174.61M
Inventory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.68M	11.12M	17.10M	14.18M
Receivables	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11.79M	7.85M	11.47M	11.18M
Total Liabilities	-	-	52.53M	66.39M	150.41M	106.47M	114.73M	72.49M	97.50M	82.59M	72.18M	71.11M	84.82M	-	133.57M	127.44M	164.33M	171.86M
Current Liabilities	-	-	48.64M	59.57M	109.38M	85.18M	106.76M	69.16M	85.49M	70.76M	68.47M	68.82M	74.32M	-	123.50M	120.72M	155.15M	161.62M
Long Term Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.23M	10.68M	14.24M	13.79M
Total Equity	96.37M	103.98M	112.37M	161.41M	250.00M	314.88M	316.98M	216.00M	162.61M	132.64M	129.65M	116.17M	111.81M	-	154.54M	161.53M	182.56M	203.24M
Shares Outstanding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.72M	36.14M	36.71M	37.32M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric	Sep 2009	Sep 2010	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2013	Sep 2014	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024	Sep 2025
Operating Cash Flow	8.63M	31.93M	39.89M	52.15M	46.74M	11.86M	43.49M	45.84M	-31.65M	619.00K	-6.24M	16.48M	-	44.83M	47.02M	70.22M	66.76M
Investing Cash Flow	-24.01M	-10.72M	19.61M	-78.59M	-20.19M	-	-9.82M	-6.15M	-7.92M	-37.05M	-15.71M	28.65M	-	-21.08M	-11.43M	-16.11M	-22.98M
Financing Cash Flow	-2.70M	-10.62M	26.70M	2.44M	-36.06M	-	68.00K	-220.00K	-1.11M	404.00K	546.00K	-5.70M	-	-31.94M	-22.07M	-11.17M	-21.81M
Capital Expenditure	-3.30M	-3.62M	-4.82M	-6.79M	-5.46M	-7.54M	-7.31M	-6.09M	-7.80M	-4.17M	-5.94M	-4.19M	-	-8.12M	-5.39M	-8.91M	-7.80M
Free Cash Flow	5.34M	28.31M	35.06M	45.35M	41.28M	4.32M	36.18M	39.75M	-39.46M	-3.56M	-12.18M	12.29M	-	36.71M	41.63M	61.31M	58.96M
Net Change in Cash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-8.19M	13.52M	42.94M	21.96M
Share Buybacks	3.87M	14.47M	3.54M	30.00M	-	44.87M	-	-	-	0	0	3.98M	31.14M	25.45M	21.20M	9.43M	16.18M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric	Sep 2009	Sep 2010	Sep 2011	Sep 2012	Sep 2013	Sep 2014	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	Sep 2017	Sep 2018	Sep 2019	Sep 2020	Sep 2021	Sep 2022	Sep 2023	Sep 2024	Sep 2025
Gross Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46.1%	48.9%	50.0%	53.4%	-	57.4%	54.7%	51.0%	43.8%
Operating Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-14.9%	-9.7%	-8.6%	-1.9%	-	8.2%	8.3%	6.4%	7.4%
Net Margin %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14.4%	6.7%	5.5%	5.9%
ROE %	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26.1%	13.0%	11.0%	13.8%
ROCE %	-	23.8%	22.2%	28.2%	20.2%	15.5%	-65.8%	-19.5%	-27.9%	-16.3%	-16.5%	-3.2%	-	13.9%	15.5%	12.2%	16.4%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders

24.82%

Institutions

80.21%

Public Float

106.70%

Top Institutional Holders

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1	Blackrock Inc.	10.90%	3.40M	$123.06M
2	Renaissance Technologies, LLC	4.82%	1.50M	$54.38M
3	Truist Financial Corp	4.65%	1.45M	$52.46M
4	Ameriprise Financial, Inc.	4.64%	1.45M	$52.37M
5	Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.	2.95%	920.39K	$33.33M
6	Vanguard Capital Management LLC	2.92%	909.10K	$32.92M
7	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	2.87%	894.44K	$32.39M
8	State Street Corporation	2.79%	871.07K	$31.54M
9	Wellington Management Group, LLP	2.73%	850.42K	$30.79M
10	Acadian Asset Management. LLC	2.61%	813.17K	$29.44M

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