Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

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

Liquidity Services Stock Up 8.2 %

Liquidity Services stock traded up $2.61 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $34.46. 290,517 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 263,718. The company has a market cap of $1.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.70 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a fifty day moving average of $32.03 and a 200-day moving average of $25.85. Liquidity Services has a twelve month low of $13.99 and a twelve month high of $39.72.

Insider Transactions at Liquidity Services

In related news, CFO Jorge Celaya sold 16,540 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.10, for a total value of $564,014.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 33,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,146,032.80. This represents a 32.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Edward Kolodzieski sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.90, for a total transaction of $65,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 15,229 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $501,034.10. The trade was a 11.61 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 101,668 shares of company stock valued at $3,331,558. 28.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

LQDT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price objective on shares of Liquidity Services in a research note on Monday. StockNews.com raised shares of Liquidity Services from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, December 21st. Finally, Craig Hallum upped their price target 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.