Contrasting Logiq (OTCMKTS:LGIQ) & Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT)

Logiq (OTCMKTS:LGIQ) and Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Logiq and Liquidity Services, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Logiq	0	0	0	0	N/A
Liquidity Services	0	0	1	0	3.00

Liquidity Services has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.97%. Given Liquidity Services’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Logiq.

Volatility and Risk

Logiq has a beta of -0.01, meaning that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Logiq and Liquidity Services’ revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Logiq	$37.35 million	0.05	-$20.10 million	N/A	N/A
Liquidity Services	$314.46 million	1.87	$20.98 million	$0.65	29.68

Liquidity Services has higher revenue and earnings than Logiq.

Profitability

This table compares Logiq and Liquidity Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Logiq	N/A	-263.75%	-157.20%
Liquidity Services	6.30%	18.51%	10.37%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Logiq shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liquidity Services beats Logiq on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Logiq

Logiq, Inc. provides e-commerce solutions and services in the European Union, Southeast Asia, Africa, South Korea, and North America. The company operates its DATALogiq-branded consumer data management platform by lead generation, online marketing, and multichannel reengagement strategies through its owned and operated brands. Its DATALogiq develops a proprietary data management platform and integrates with various third-party service providers to optimize the return on its marketing efforts. The company was formerly known as Weyland Tech Inc. and changed its name to Logiq, Inc. in September 2020. Logiq, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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. The company also offers a suite of services, including surplus management, asset valuation, asset sales, marketing, returns management, asset recovery, and ecommerce services. In addition, it operates a global search engine platform for listing used equipment for sale in the construction, machine tool, transportation, printing, and agriculture sectors. The company offers products from industry verticals, 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.