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Liquidity Services Inc

LQDT

28.240USD

+0.490+1.77%
Close 09/18, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
881.97MMarket Cap
33.10P/E TTM

Liquidity Services Inc

28.240

+0.490+1.77%

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively very healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Strong Buy. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
10 / 470
Overall Ranking
49 / 4723
Industry
Software & IT Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Strong Buy
Current Rating
41.000
Target Price
+46.17%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Liquidity Services, Inc. operates a business-to-business e-commerce marketplace platform for surplus assets with buyers and corporate and government sellers. Its segments include GovDeals, Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), Capital Assets Group (CAG), and Machinio. GovDeals segment offers solutions that enable government entities including city, county, state and federal agencies and related commercial businesses to sell surplus property and real estate assets through its GovDeals, Bid4Assets and Sierra marketplaces. RSCG segment includes marketplaces that enable corporations located in the United States and Canada to sell excess, returned, and overstocked consumer goods. CAG segment enables commercial businesses to sell surplus assets on its AllSurplus marketplace. Machinio segment operates a search engine platform for listing equipment for sale in the construction, agriculture and other sectors. Its Auction software specializes in the development of auction and marketplace solutions.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 29.73% year-on-year.
Overvalued
The company’s latest PE is 32.11, at a high 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Buying
The latest institutional holdings are 34.05M shares, increasing 4.20% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by James Simons
Star Investor James Simons holds 1.78M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 8.29, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.27. Its financial status is robust, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 119.88M, representing a year-over-year increase of 28.05%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 23.50%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.29
Change
0

Financials

9.24

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

9.35

Operational Efficiency

8.07

Growth Potential

7.58

Shareholder Returns

7.20

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 3.54, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 2.10. Its current P/E ratio is 32.11, which is -4.26% below the recent high of 30.74 and 25.12% above the recent low of 24.04.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.51
Change
0.03

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 10/470
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 9.00, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.60. The average price target for Liquidity Services Inc is 41.00, with a high of 42.00 and a low of 40.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Strong Buy
Current Rating
41.000
Target Price
+47.75%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

112
Total
7
Median
13
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Liquidity Services Inc
LQDT
2
Meta Platforms Inc
META
70
Alphabet Inc
GOOGL
64
Uber Technologies Inc
UBER
55
Shopify Inc
SHOP
50
Netflix Inc
NFLX
50
1
2
3
...
23

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.09, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 7.42. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 29.26 and the support level at 25.71, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.26
Change
-0.17

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(2)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.181
Buy
RSI(14)
65.777
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
80.305
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.651
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
138.814
Buy
Williams %R
16.438
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
0.353
Sell
StochRSI(14)
94.697
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(1)
Neutral(0)
Buy(5)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
27.764
Buy
MA10
27.320
Buy
MA20
26.915
Buy
MA50
25.610
Buy
MA100
25.496
Buy
MA200
28.704
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 6.81. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 109.05%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 4.77%. The largest institutional shareholder is James Simons, holding a total of 1.78M shares, representing 5.69% of shares outstanding, with 9.36% decrease in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Angrick (William P III)
6.73M
-0.35%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
3.17M
-0.74%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Star Investors
1.79M
-7.36%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
1.83M
+6.25%
Columbia Threadneedle Investments (UK)
739.10K
+7.20%
Staley Capital Advisers, Inc.
950.91K
-26.96%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
932.17K
-12.26%
Acadian Asset Management LLC
908.56K
+39.65%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
823.28K
-3.86%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 4.53, which is higher than the Software & IT Services industry's average of 4.01. The company's beta value is 1.10. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.53
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.10
VaR
+4.91%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+38.95%
240-Day Volatility
+57.38%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+5.88%
120 days
+7.39%
5 years
+41.50%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-4.75%
120 days
-10.24%
5 years
-18.92%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+2.84
120 days
-0.44
5 years
+0.66
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+38.95%
3 years
+38.95%
5 years
+58.60%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.72
3 years
+0.57
5 years
+0.57
Skewness
240 days
+3.65
3 years
+2.03
5 years
+2.67
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+57.38%
5 years
+57.49%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+3.72%
5 years
+3.18%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-53.49%
240 days
-53.49%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+22.72%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+21.89%
Liquidity
Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.92%
120 days
+1.02%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+40.89%
60 days
+34.57%
120 days
+49.15%

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