LQDT Stock Analysis: Liquidity | NASDAQ
Internet Retail | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 1.203m USD | 12M Return: 57.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 8.46M
EPS Trend: 98.2%
Qual. Beats: 3
Rev. Trend: 96.5%
Qual. Beats: 3
Warnings
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Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: LQDT) operates online marketplaces that help government agencies and commercial businesses sell surplus, returned, and overstocked assets. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, the company has been publicly traded since its February 2006 IPO. It is classified within the Industrials sector under the Diversified Support Services sub-industry.
The business is organized into four segments: GovDeals, Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), Capital Assets Group (CAG), and Machinio. Its platforms include GovDeals, Bid4Assets, Sierra, and Liquidation.com, serving categories such as consumer electronics, apparel, heavy equipment, fleet and transportation assets, real estate, and industrial machinery. Machinio operates as a global search engine for used equipment listings and offers paid software tools-including website hosting, email marketing, and inventory management-to equipment dealers.
The company operates within the B2B asset disposition and reverse logistics industry, which exists to help organizations recover value from excess or obsolete inventory. Its marketplace model allows it to generate transaction-based revenue without holding material inventory on its own balance sheet, while demand for its services is closely tied to retail return volumes, government procurement cycles, and the rate of industrial capital equipment turnover.
- GovDeals segment scales with rising government surplus asset volume
- Retail Supply Chain Group expands as e-commerce returns and overstock accelerate
- Capital Assets Group margins pressure amid industrial equipment demand softness
| Net Income: 30.2m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.19 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 6.80 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 17.69% < 20% (prev 11.50%; Δ 6.19% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.22 > 3% & CFO 86.3m > Net Income 30.2m |
| Net Debt (-189.5m) to EBITDA (55.3m): -3.43 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.51 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (32.3m) vs 12m ago -0.67% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 45.61% > 18% (prev 44.56%; Δ 1.05% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 126.4% > 50% (prev 122.4%; Δ 4.00% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: error (cannot be calculated; needs correct EBIT TTM and Interest Expense TTM) |
| A: 0.21 (Total Current Assets 250.2m - Total Current Liabilities 165.3m) / Total Assets 400.4m |
| B: 0.13 (Retained Earnings 53.1m / Total Assets 400.4m) |
| C: 0.12 (EBIT TTM 44.7m / Avg Total Assets 379.6m) |
| D: 1.25 (Book Value of Equity 222.1m / Total Liabilities 178.3m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 3.92 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.66 (Receivables 15.7m/21.9m, Revenue 479.9m/439.2m) |
| GMI: 0.98 (GM 44.56% / 45.61%) |
| AQI: 0.85 (AQ_t 0.30 / AQ_t-1 0.35) |
| SGI: 1.09 (Revenue 479.9m / 439.2m) |
| TATA: -0.14 (NI 30.2m - CFO 86.3m) / TA 400.4m) |
| Beneish M = -3.37 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 19, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 39.52 with a total of 360,321 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.33%, over one month by +8.16%, over three months by +16.24% and over the past year by +57.07%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 38.10 (which is 3.6% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Liquidity has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.50. Therefore, it is recommended to buy LQDT.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 44 | 11.3% |
P/E Trailing = 40.6105
P/E Forward = 23.8663
P/S = 2.5066
P/B = 5.3273
P/EG = 1.7814
Revenue TTM = 479.9m USD
EBIT TTM = 44.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 55.3m USD
Long Term Debt = 9.86m USD (estimated: total debt 14.5m - short term 4.68m)
Short Term Debt = 4.68m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 14.5m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) (leases 14.5m already included)
Net Debt = -189.5m USD (calculated: Debt 14.5m - CCE 204.0m)
Enterprise Value = 1.01b USD (1.20b + Debt 14.5m - CCE 204.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = unknown (Ebit TTM 44.7m / Interest Expense TTM 0.0)
EV/FCF = 13.04x (Enterprise Value 1.01b / FCF TTM 77.7m)
FCF Yield = 7.67% (FCF TTM 77.7m / Enterprise Value 1.01b)
FCF Margin = 16.20% (FCF TTM 77.7m / Revenue TTM 479.9m)
Net Margin = 6.30% (Net Income TTM 30.2m / Revenue TTM 479.9m)
Gross Margin = 45.61% ((Revenue TTM 479.9m - Cost of Revenue TTM 261.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 44.09% (prev 44.92%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.53 (Enterprise Value 1.01b / Total Assets 400.4m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 0.0% (Interest Expense 0.0 / Debt 14.5m)
Taxrate = 32.39% (14.5m / 44.7m)
NOPAT = 30.2m (EBIT 44.7m * (1 - 32.39%))
Current Ratio = 1.51 (Total Current Assets 250.2m / Total Current Liabilities 165.3m)
Debt / Equity = 0.07 (Debt 14.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 222.1m)
Debt / EBITDA = -3.43 (Net Debt -189.5m / EBITDA 55.3m)
Debt / FCF = -2.44 (Net Debt -189.5m / FCF TTM 77.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 212.3m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 7.97% (Net Income 30.2m / Total Assets 400.4m)
RoE = 14.24% (Net Income TTM 30.2m / Total Stockholder Equity 212.3m)
RoCE = 20.14% (EBIT 44.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 212.3m + L.T.Debt 9.86m))
RoIC = 14.01% (NOPAT 30.2m / Invested Capital 215.8m)
WACC = 7.86% (E(1.20b)/V(1.22b) * Re(7.95%) + D(14.5m)/V(1.22b) * Rd(0.0%) * (1-Tc(0.32)))
Discount Rate = 7.95% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 72.80 | Cagr: 0.50%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈64.8m ; Y1≈74.2m ; Y5≈109.2m
[DCF] Fair Price = 58.80 (EV 1.64b - Net Debt -189.5m = Equity 1.83b / Shares 31.2m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 98.19 | EPS CAGR: 22.29% | SUE: 1.93 | # QB: 3
Revenue Correlation: 96.51 | Revenue CAGR: 22.01% | SUE: 2.94 | # QB: 3
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.34 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-09-30): EPS=1.50 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+17.6% | GrowthRev=-11.3%
EPS next Year (2027-09-30): EPS=1.70 | Chg30d=N/A | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+12.6% | GrowthRev=+0.0%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -12% (up=2, down=3)