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

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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 -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on LQDT. StockNews.com upgraded Liquidity Services from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, December 21st. Craig Hallum lifted their price target on Liquidity Services from $28.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of Liquidity Services in a research report on Monday.

Liquidity Services Price Performance

Shares of LQDT stock traded down $0.15 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $32.97. The stock had a trading volume of 307,638 shares, compared to its average volume of 280,272. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $32.18 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $25.90. Liquidity Services has a one year low of $13.99 and a one year high of $39.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.49 and a beta of 1.36.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.06. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 18.99% and a net margin of 5.50%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Liquidity Services

In other Liquidity Services news, Director Edward Kolodzieski sold 26,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.29, for a total value of $813,540.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 19,229 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $601,675.41. This represents a 57.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.22, for a total transaction of $1,661,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 103,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,443,585.20. This represents a 32.54 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 101,668 shares of company stock valued at $3,331,558 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 28.40% of the company’s stock.

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.