Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The business services provider reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.06, Zacks reports. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 18.99% and a net margin of 5.50%. Liquidity Services updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.270-0.350 EPS.

Liquidity Services Price Performance

NASDAQ:LQDT opened at $33.38 on Friday. Liquidity Services has a 1-year low of $13.99 and a 1-year high of $39.72. The company has a 50-day moving average of $32.18 and a 200 day moving average of $25.90. The firm has a market cap of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 52.53 and a beta of 1.36.

Insider Buying and Selling at Liquidity Services

In related news, CFO Jorge Celaya sold 16,540 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.10, for a total transaction of $564,014.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 33,608 shares in the company, valued at $1,146,032.80. This represents a 32.98 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 50,000 shares of Liquidity Services stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.22, for a total value of $1,661,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 103,660 shares in the company, valued at $3,443,585.20. This trade represents a 32.54 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 101,668 shares of company stock valued at $3,331,558. Company insiders own 28.40% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. StockNews.com upgraded Liquidity Services from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, December 21st. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of Liquidity Services in a report on Monday. Finally, Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on shares of Liquidity Services from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th.

About Liquidity Services

Liquidity Services, Inc provides 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 marketplaces include liquidation.com that enable corporations to sell surplus and salvage consumer goods and retail capital assets; GovDeals marketplace, which provides self-directed service solutions in which sellers list their own assets that enables local and state government entities, and commercial businesses located in the United States and Canada to sell surplus and salvage assets; and AllSurplus, a centralized marketplace that connects global buyer base with assets from across the network of marketplaces in a single destination.