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Strong BuyPremium GrowerAI pickLiquidity Services, Inc. · Consumer Cyclical · United States · $1.4B cap · $11.1M/day traded
$44.80 -1.4% · close 27 Oct · scored 28 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
As of 28 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) is 87/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 84, Value 22, Momentum 80, each scored against its sector).
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Liquidity Services runs online marketplaces for surplus and used assets: GovDeals for government agencies, AllSurplus and Machinio for industrial equipment, and a retail returns business. It is an asset-light, two-sided network. More sellers bring more buyers and better recovery prices, which in turn attract more sellers, and the consignment model lets the business grow without much capital. Its latest fiscal quarter delivered record gross merchandise volume and strong earnings growth. The founder-CEO is still in charge, and insider selling has been negligible. Higher safety-stock inventories and supply-chain churn tend to increase the flow of surplus goods these marketplaces liquidate.
ABOUT LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC.
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Liquidity Services provides business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce marketplaces and services for corporations and government agencies to sell surplus and idle assets, including industrial equipment, electronics, and vehicles. The company operates an extensive network of online marketplaces with proprietary technology and a global buyer base, offering an efficient and transparent solution for managing reverse supply chains. Liquidity Services is a leading e-commerce platform specializing in the liquidation and resale of surplus assets, providing a critical service for asset recovery and sustainability.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 280.1M | 314.5M | 363.3M | 476.7M | 19.4% | 489.6M | — | — | — |
| EPS | 1.25 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.91 | -10.0% | 1.02 | 1.17 | 1.31 | 19.9% |
| Shares | 31.9M | 30.7M | 30.7M | 30.7M | -3.9% | 31.3M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 14.2M | 10.7M | 14.2M | 13.8M | -1.0% | 13.8M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 154.5M | 161.5M | 182.6M | 203.2M | 9.6% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 44.8M | 47.0M | 70.2M | 66.8M | 14.2% | 98.2M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -21.1M | -11.4M | -16.1M | -23.0M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -31.9M | -22.1M | -11.2M | -21.8M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 2% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 63% of stocks we rank over the past year (35% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Consumer Cyclical, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of LQDT are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQDT | Liquidity Services, Inc.(you) | $1.4B | 87 | Strong Buy |
| ETSY | Etsy, Inc. | $8.0B | 87 | Strong Buy |
| RVLV | Revolve Group, Inc. | $1.6B | 48 | Hold |
| CART | Maplebear Inc. | $13.4B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| PTRN | Pattern Group Inc. | $2.9B | 50 | Hold |
| LOGC | ContextLogic Holdings Inc. | $698M | 32 | Sell |
| CHWY | Chewy, Inc. | $8.8B | 50 | Hold |
| W | Wayfair Inc. | $15.4B | 54 | Hold |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | $54.0B | 66 | Buy |
| 1316.HK | Nexteer Automotive Group Limited | $1.4B | 82 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 8.5% · P/E 19.2x · Gross margin 37.3%
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