Liquidity Services Inc

Consumer Discretionary
Business Services
www.liquidityservices.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score

Market Cap $727.17M
PE 29
Debt -
Cash $138.49M
EV -
FCF $45.27M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$25.24M
EBIT	$33.17M
ROE	13%
ROA	9%
FCF	$45.27M
Equity	$196.33M
Growth Stability	53%
PE	28.82
PEG	-15.12
PB	3.7
P/FCF	16.06
P/S	1.66
Price/Cash	0.19
Net Margins	5%
Gross Margins	45%
Op. Margins	8%
Earnings CAGR	-0%
Sales Growth YoY	27%
Sales Growth QoQ	-5%
Sales CAGR	3%
FCF CAGR	3%
Equity CAGR	-1%
Earnings Stability	0
Earnings Growth YoY	23%

Earnings Growth QoQ	21%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	-2%
Sales CAGR 5Y	15%
FCF CAGR 5Y	22%
Equity CAGR 5Y	13%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	17%
Sales CAGR 3Y	17%
FCF CAGR 3Y	23%
Equity CAGR 3Y	11%
Market Cap	$727.17M
Revenue	$439.25M
Assets	$358.80M
Cash	$138.49M
Shares Outstanding	30.83M
Earnings Score	6%
Moat Score	88%
Working Capital	52.81M
Current Ratio	1.35
Gross Profit	$195.73M
Shares Growth 3y	-2%
Equity Growth QoQ	4%
Equity Growth YoY	20%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Liquidity Services Inc is an online auction marketplace. It manages and sells inventory and equipment for business and government clients by operating a network of leading e-commerce marketplaces that enable buyers and sellers to transact in an efficient, automated environment offering over 500 product categories. The services provided by the company include program management, valuation, asset management, reconciliation, RTV and RMA (Return to Vendor and Returns Management Authorization), refurbishment and recycling, fulfillment, marketing and sales, warehousing and transportation, buyer support, compliance, and risk mitigation, as well as self-service tools.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-Q Dec 31
- 10-K Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-Q Dec 31
- 10-K Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR -0%

Stability 0%

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Liquidity Services Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $556M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$45M	$47M	$48M	$49M	$51M	$53M	$54M	$56M	$57M	$59M	$61M	$609M
DCF		$42M	$40M	$37M	$35M	$33M	$31M	$29M	$27M	$25M	$23M	$235M
Value	$556M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	09/2015	09/2016	09/2017	09/2018	09/2019	09/2020	09/2021	09/2022	09/2023	09/2024	TTM
Net Margins	-26%	-19%	-15%	-5%	-9%	-2%	20%	14%	7%	6%	5%
ROA	-	-13%	-19%	-11%	-10%	-2%	11%	17%	10%	8%	9%
ROE	-	-37%	-30%	-9%	-17%	-3%	38%	26%	13%	11%	13%

Bad Net Margins (5.39%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	09/2015	09/2016	09/2017	09/2018	09/2019	09/2020	09/2021	09/2022	09/2023	09/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debt over Equity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100%	72%	53%	53%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (-)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (-)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Bad Graham’s Stability (53%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	09/2015	09/2016	09/2017	09/2018	09/2019	09/2020	09/2021	09/2022	09/2023	09/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-20%	-15%	-17%	1%	-9%	25%	9%	12%	16%	15%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-43%	-35%	-70%	66%	-80%	-1K%	-21%	-48%	-5%	-2%
Equity YoY growth	-	-25%	-18%	-2%	-10%	-4%	21%	14%	5%	13%	13%
FCF YoY growth	-	10%	-199%	-91%	243%	-201%	388%	-39%	13%	47%	22%