Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) vs. Dazed (OTCMKTS:MEDH) Critical Contrast

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Dazed (OTCMKTS:MEDH) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liquidity Services	5.50%	18.99%	10.35%
Dazed	-55.24%	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Liquidity Services and Dazed, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liquidity Services	0	0	2	0	3.00
Dazed	0	0	0	0	0.00

Liquidity Services currently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.83%. Given Liquidity Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Dazed.

Volatility and Risk

Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dazed has a beta of 3.13, indicating that its share price is 213% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Liquidity Services and Dazed”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liquidity Services	$363.32 million	2.88	$20.98 million	$0.63	53.94
Dazed	$450,000.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Liquidity Services has higher revenue and earnings than Dazed.

Summary

Liquidity Services beats Dazed on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Dazed

Dazed, Inc. focuses on retail, distribution, hospitality, licensing, and franchising of portfolio of counterculture brands. The company was formerly known as MedX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Dazed, Inc. in October 2022. Dazed, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.