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

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The business services provider reported $0.28 earnings per share 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 Trading Up 10.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ LQDT traded up $3.29 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $35.14. The stock had a trading volume of 297,851 shares, compared to its average volume of 263,968. The firm has a market cap of $1.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.44 and a beta of 1.36. Liquidity Services has a fifty-two week low of $13.99 and a fifty-two week high of $39.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $32.03 and a 200-day moving average of $25.85.

Insider Activity at Liquidity Services

In other news, CFO Jorge Celaya sold 16,540 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.10, for a total transaction of $564,014.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 33,608 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,146,032.80. This represents a 32.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP John Daunt sold 4,546 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.68, for a total transaction of $144,017.28. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 43,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,372,029.12. This trade represents a 9.50 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 101,668 shares of company stock valued at $3,331,558 in the last three months. 28.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 target price 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 research report on Saturday, December 21st. Finally, Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on shares of Liquidity Services from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research 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.