Why did Liquidity Services (LQDT) stock move recently?

On 9/1/2026, Liquidity Services moved -5.6% — LQDT fell with the broader market (S&P 500 and Nasdaq both lower) amid rising Treasury yields and increased odds of a Fed rate hike, with no company-specific negative catalyst; recent coverage highlighted the stock trading below a DCF fair-value estimate after a 138% multi-year run. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Liquidity Services (LQDT) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Liquidity Services's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 43.5, a forward P/E of about 23.5, a price-to-book of about 5.7 — 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 $43.89 (+1.9% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Liquidity Services

LQDT · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerLQDT

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryInternet Retail

CountryUnited States

Employees818

HeadquartersBethesda, United States

Websiteliquidityservices.com

Filings tracked19

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. It also operates an online auction marketplace platform that connects auction houses with clients offering services, such as account registration, bidding on auction items, and notifications for auction reminders and outbid alerts through its mobile application for iOS and Android devices. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Who owns it

Insiders24.8%
Institutions75.2%
Public & other0.0%

313 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.11.46%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.4.91%
Truist Financial Corp4.62%
Renaissance Technologies, LLC4.60%
Acadian Asset Management. LLC3.56%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC3.13%
Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.3.05%
State Street Corporation2.95%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

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 0.43

Est. earnings growth +10.3%

Next fiscal year

EPS 1.84

Est. earnings growth +11.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

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

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Why it moved

Sep 1, 2026
LQDT fell with the broader market (S&P 500 and Nasdaq both lower) amid rising Treasury yields and increased odds of a Fed rate hike, with no company-specific negative catalyst; recent coverage highlighted the stock trading below a DCF fair-value estimate after a 138% multi-year run.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: medium

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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
2026Q2	$129.6M	$10.4M	0.32	8.0%
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 — Exhibits
SEC8/7/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/6/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC8/6/2026
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
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC2/26/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC2/9/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC2/6/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/5/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC2/5/2026

2025

8-K — Other events
SEC11/21/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/20/2025material
10-K filing
SEC11/20/2025
8-K — Other events
SEC8/8/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/7/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/7/2025

In the news

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