Is Liquidity Services (LQDT) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Liquidity Services's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 42.0, a forward P/E of about 22.5, a price-to-book of about 5.4 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Liquidity Services's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.66×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Liquidity Services's revenue?

Liquidity Services reported revenue of $476.7M for FY2025, with net profit of $28.1M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Liquidity Services (LQDT)?

Liquidity Services last traded at $38.19 (-1.7% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Liquidity Services

LQDT · NYSE · Industrials · United States

$38.19-1.7%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:35 PM

Snapshot

TickerLQDT

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryInternet Retail

CountryUnited States

Employees818

HeadquartersBethesda, United States

Market cap$1.2B

P/E (TTM)42.0

P/B5.4

Volume70.22K

Websiteliquidityservices.com

Filings tracked5

About Liquidity Services

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.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders24.9%
Institutions75.2%
Public & other0.0%

283 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.10.90%
Renaissance Technologies, LLC4.82%
Truist Financial Corp4.65%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.4.64%
Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.2.95%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC2.92%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.87%
State Street Corporation2.79%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion2.66×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend6.7% → 5.9%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Growth qualityrev 23% · PAT 16%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

EPS 0.40

Est. earnings growth +8.1%

Next fiscal year

EPS 1.70

Est. earnings growth +12.6%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$21.6752-wk range$41.28

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$1.2B

Day change

-1.7%

P/E (TTM)

42.0

Fwd P/E

22.5

P/B

5.4

Beta

1.08

Revenue (FY2025)

$476.7M

Net margin

5.9%

ROE

13.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+23.1%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+15.7%

EPS (FY2025)

0.87

Net profit (FY2025)

$28.1M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$476.7M	$28.1M	0.87	5.9%	13.8%
FY2024	$363.3M	$20.0M	0.63	5.5%	11.0%
FY2023	$314.5M	$21.0M	0.65	6.7%	13.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$120.7M	$7.5M	0.23	6.2%
2025Q4	$121.2M	$7.5M	0.23	6.2%
2025Q2	$119.9M	$7.4M	0.23	6.2%
2025Q1	$116.4M	$7.1M	0.22	6.1%
2024Q4	$122.3M	$5.8M	0.18	4.7%
2024Q2	$93.6M	$6.0M	0.19	6.4%
2024Q1	$91.5M	$5.7M	0.18	6.2%
2023Q4	$71.3M	$1.9M	0.06	2.7%
2023Q2	$80.8M	$6.5M	0.21	8.0%
2023Q1	$81.5M	$4.2M	0.13	5.2%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC7/7/2026material
8-K — Material agreement
SEC6/26/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/7/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/7/2026
8-K — Other events
SEC5/7/2026material

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