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Liquidity Services, Inc.
LQDT
NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Specialty Retail·Mkt cap $1.2B
$38.36
▼ -0.88%
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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.
View research view52-Week Range
$21.67 - $39.93
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Price action
Price chart
Up 60.5% 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
Hot
+24.2% over 3m
Quality
Strong
Excellent business quality
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: May 6, 2026
MAY 7, 2026
Reported EPS of $0.35 vs $0.30 consensus (+16.7% surprise). Revenue of $120.7M vs $52.9M expected (+128.4%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.
EPS surprise · last 4Q
1 of 1 beats
Q2 26
+16.7%
Next: May 6, 2026
Revenue trend · last 8Q
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+72%
+27%
+28%
+10%
-1%
Q2 24
Q3 24
Q4 24
Q1 24
Q2 25
Q3 25
Q4 25
Q1 25
$91.5M
$93.6M
$106.9M
$122.3M
$116.4M
$119.9M
$118.1M
$121.2M
Margins · last 8Q
Gross
44.9%
Operating
7.7%
Profit
6.2%
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