Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.270-0.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.300. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on LQDT. Craig Hallum upped their price target on Liquidity Services from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of Liquidity Services in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, StockNews.com cut Liquidity Services from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday.

Liquidity Services Stock Down 1.2 %

LQDT stock traded down $0.41 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $32.71. 477,823 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 281,738. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.98. Liquidity Services has a 1-year low of $13.99 and a 1-year high of $39.72. The company has a market cap of $1.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.61 and a beta of 1.36.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.06. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 6.37%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Liquidity Services news, Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 50,000 shares of Liquidity Services stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.22, for a total value of $1,661,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 103,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,443,585.20. This trade represents a 32.54 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Jorge Celaya sold 16,540 shares of Liquidity Services stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $34.10, for a total value of $564,014.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 33,608 shares in the company, valued at $1,146,032.80. This represents a 32.98 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 101,668 shares of company stock worth $3,331,558. Corporate insiders own 28.40% of the company’s stock.

Liquidity Services Company Profile

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.