Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Liquidity Services, Inc. LQDT
$43.23 -0.94% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.35B
High qualityStrong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 19, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +25.1%).
- The shares trade at 42.4× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 216 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 25%
- Gross marginTop 28%
- Operating marginTop 39%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 25%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 8%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 2%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 35%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 4%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 29%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 11%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 27%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.3% | 5.2% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 17.7% | 22.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 46.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 9.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 9.1% | 18.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.2% | 9.3% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.9% | 17.7% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| Gross margin | 46.6% | 43.2% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 6.7% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 5.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.4% | 9.1% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | — | Top 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 19.4% | — | Top 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.95×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -47.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -3.46×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.22%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.22%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +25.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $50.00
- Target vs current price
- +15.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +30.4% | +11.9% | +14.8% | +4.9% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +16.7% | -2.6% | -10.9% | -0.8% | +5.6% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +25.8% | +4.7% | -0.1% | +3.7% | +14.1% |
| Nov 20, 2025 | +27.6% | +13.4% | +33.2% | +39.9% | +39.9% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +9.7% | -4.7% | +5.2% | +8.4% | -4.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | +3.3% | -10.2% | -19.9% | -22.3% | -23.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | +27.3% | +4.0% | +11.6% | -3.8% | +0.7% |
| Dec 12, 2024 | +14.3% | +30.7% | +20.8% | +28.8% | +15.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.45 | $0.35 | +30.4% | $129.6M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.30 | +16.7% | $120.7M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.39 | $0.31 | +25.8% | $121.2M |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.29 | +27.6% | $118.1M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.31 | +9.7% | $119.9M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.31 | $0.30 | +3.3% | $116.4M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.22 | +27.3% | $122.3M |
| Dec 12, 2024 | $0.32 | $0.28 | +14.3% | $106.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 42.4× | 28.5× | 90th | Bottom 35% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.2× | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| EV / Sales | 2.33× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.68% | — | — | Top 43% |
| Earnings yield | 2.36% | — | — | Bottom 35% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.0× – 53.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +57.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +22.9%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +44.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 21
- Days above the 200-day average
- 216
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +21.0%
- RSI (14)
- 55.6
- Relative volume
- 1.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 47th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.94
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -0.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -41.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2021 | May 11, 2022 | -58.6% | 249 days | 651 days (Dec 12, 2024) |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | -41.1% | 196 days | 146 days (Jun 9, 2026) |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | -27.7% | 16 days | 48 days (May 6, 2021) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -23.2% | 13 days | 26 days (Dec 8, 2020) |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | -16.2% | 6 days | 11 days (Jan 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.35B
- P/E (TTM)
- 42.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.02
- Revenue (TTM)
- $489.6M
- 52-week range
- $21.67 – $45.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $257.5M | $280.1M | $314.5M | $363.3M | $476.7M |
| Gross profit | $149.9M | $160.6M | $172.1M | $185.2M | $208.8M |
| Operating income | $27.2M | $47.4M | $26.1M | $23.4M | $35.1M |
| Net income | $50.9M | $40.3M | $21.0M | $20.0M | $28.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.45 | $1.20 | $0.65 | $0.63 | $0.87 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $106.9M | $122.3M | $116.4M | $119.9M | $118.1M | $121.2M | $120.7M | $129.6M |
| Net income | $6.4M | $5.8M | $7.1M | $7.4M | $7.8M | $7.5M | $7.5M | $10.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.20 | $0.18 | $0.22 | $0.23 | $0.24 | $0.23 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $65.4M | $44.8M | $47.0M | $70.2M | $66.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.5M | -$8.1M | -$5.4M | -$8.9M | -$7.8M |
| Free cash flow | $60.0M | $36.7M | $41.6M | $61.3M | $59.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$31.1M | -$25.4M | -$21.2M | -$9.4M | -$16.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $231.1M
- Total assets
- $420.1M
- Total liabilities
- $184.2M
- Total debt
- $13.6M
- Net debt
- -$206.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $235.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,016,722
- Days to cover
- 4.65
- Change vs previous report
- +11.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.