Liquidity Services, Inc.
LQDT
NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Specialty Retail·Mkt cap $1.3B
$42.11
▲ +3.96%
P/E
40.49
Mkt Cap
$1.3B
52-Wk Range
$21.67–$44.09
52-Week Range
$21.67 - $44.09
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Beta
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Price action
Price chart
Up 56.2% over the trailing year
Total returns
Price performance
Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.
Why we rate it this way
The thesis at a glance
Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.
Bull Case
5 reasons
- Network effects from multi-sided marketplace with established buyer and seller base across geographies
- Proprietary technology platform enabling efficient price discovery and asset matching
- Comprehensive value-added services including valuation, marketing, and logistics reducing friction for sellers
- Diversified vertical coverage and global reach reducing dependence on single markets or asset classes
- Data and insights from transaction history enabling better asset pricing and market intelligence
Bear Case
2 risks
- Average volatility.
- Premium valuation to Specialty Retail peers
Growth
Revenue decline expected
Expansion of e-commerce adoption for B2B asset transactions and surplus liquidation
Value
Premium valuation to Specialty Retail peers
Momentum
Strong
+14.9% over 3m
Quality
Strong
Strong fundamentals
Dividend
None
No dividend
Smart-money signal
Who's buying LQDT right now
Insider Form 4s, 13F institutional filings, and Congressional disclosures - at a glance.
Earnings track record
Latest print - beat on both lines
AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.
Next: Nov 19, 2026
AUG 6, 2026
Reported EPS of $0.45 vs $0.35 consensus (+30.4% surprise). Revenue of $129.6M vs $57.8M expected (+124.1%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Estimate
Actual
Q3 26
+30.4%
Revenue trend · last 8Q
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+72%
+27%
+28%
+10%
-1%
+4%
+8%
Q4 24
Q1 24
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q1 25
Q2 26
Q3 26
$106.9M
$122.3M
$116.4M
$119.9M
$118.1M
$121.2M
$120.7M
$129.6M
Margins · last 8Q
Gross
49.3%
Operating
10.9%
Profit
8.1%
Wall Street consensus
1 analyst · 100% Buy
Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.
Buy
100%
Hold
0%
Sell
0%
Median Price Target
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Latest: Barrington · May 21, 2026
vs Industry
How LQDT stacks vs Specialty Retail
Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.
Industry comparison data unavailable for this stock.
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