The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

LQDT

Concerning the House

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.

United States · liquidityservices.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 14 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$363.32M+2.2%
Gross profit$172.14M+0.8%
Operating income$26.11M-0.7%
Net income$19.99M-37.4%
Cash from ops$66.76M+5.3%
Quotation

$42.94

-0.17 (-0.4%)

52w hi$43.11
52w lo$22.16
Vol319.47K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.07

Short+0.08
Medium+0.06
Long+0.08

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Liquidity Services, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Internet Retail

Market cap$1.35B
Enterprise value$1.13B
Trailing P/E42.10x
Forward P/E24.40x
EV / EBITDA22.82x
P / S (ttm)2.75x
Profit margin6.8%
Return on equity15.0%
Revenue growth+8.1%
Earnings growth+39.1%
Debt / equity5.87
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.75
Corr SPX0.28
Annual vol43.0%
Annual ret+44.6%
Sharpe1.04
Max DD-41.1%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.27
Sector+0.01
Technical+0.30
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.40

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$43.22$43.38$41.89$42.94319.47K
Aug 12$41.72$43.17$41.72$43.11226.50K
Aug 11$41.11$41.95$40.48$41.78189.90K
Aug 10$42.16$42.96$40.27$40.91359.40K
Aug 7$42.04$43.34$41.20$42.06315.00K