Liquidity Services Inc
LQDT Nasdaq· Services-Business Services, Nec
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$44.85
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Liquidity Services Inc had $477M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 31.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +18.3% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 7.4%, up 0.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 7 is left after running the business.
- Liquidity Services Inc made $28.1M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $59.0M in fiscal 2025, 12.4% of revenue.
- Liquidity Services Inc returned $16.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 27% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 2.5%.
Market cap
$1.5B
P/E
44.0x
Revenue
$477M
Net income
$28.1M
Free cash flow
$59.0M
Operating margin
7.4%
Liquidity Services Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+31.2%
Yes. Sales grew 31.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
5.9%
A little. It keeps 5.9% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
12.4%
Yes. 12.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
44.0x
One share costs 44.0 times its yearly profit per share.
What Liquidity Services Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Nov 20, 2025
- Legal name
- LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC
- CIK
- 0001235468
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $258M | $280M | $314M | $363M | $477M |
| Revenue growth | 25.1% | 8.7% | 12.3% | 15.5% | 31.2% |
| Net interest income | $0.4M | $0.2M | $2.9M | $3.9M | $4.4M |
| Gross margin | 58.2% | 57.4% | 54.7% | 51.0% | 43.8% |
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 16.9% | 8.3% | 6.4% | 7.4% |
| Net income | $50.9M | $40.3M | $21.0M | $20.0M | $28.1M |
| Net margin | 19.8% | 14.4% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 5.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.45 | $1.20 | $0.65 | $0.63 | $0.87 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $65.4M | $44.8M | $47.0M | $70.2M | $66.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $5.4M | $8.1M | $5.4M | $8.9M | $7.8M |
| Free cash flow | $60.0M | $36.7M | $41.6M | $61.3M | $59.0M |
| FCF margin | 23.3% | 13.1% | 13.2% | 16.9% | 12.4% |
| Share buybacks | $31.1M | $25.4M | $21.2M | $9.4M | $16.2M |
| Share count change | 4.2% | −3.7% | −4.9% | −1.4% | 2.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $106M | $97.9M | $118M | $156M | $186M |
| Shareholders' equity | $135M | $155M | $162M | $183M | $203M |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.0x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 41.3% | 27.9% | 13.3% | 11.6% | 14.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 71.1% | 81.6% | 35.1% | 28.2% | 32.3% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$14.1M
9 insiders
Of sales under plans
47%
$6.7M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Liquidity Services Inc · LQDT
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $44.85 a share, the company is worth $1.5B: 44.0 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001235468). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.