Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) Earns “Outperform” Rating from Barrington Research

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Barrington Research in a research note issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $40.00 price target on the business services provider’s stock. Barrington Research’s target price suggests a potential upside of 40.25% from the stock’s current price.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on LQDT. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Liquidity Services from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Liquidity Services in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Liquidity Services has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $38.50.

Liquidity Services Price Performance

Shares of Liquidity Services stock traded up $0.56 during trading on Monday, reaching $28.52. 74,669 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 286,888. Liquidity Services has a 52-week low of $21.67 and a 52-week high of $39.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.01 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.88. The company has a market capitalization of $890.88 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.34 and a beta of 1.13.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, November 20th. The business services provider reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.29 by $0.08. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 20.75% and a net margin of 6.25%.The company had revenue of $118.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $100.86 million. Liquidity Services has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.250-0.350 EPS.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 5,403 shares of Liquidity Services stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.45, for a total transaction of $148,312.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 164,562 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,517,226.90. The trade was a 3.18% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 28.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Liquidity Services

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in LQDT. CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of Liquidity Services by 166.8% during the first quarter. CWM LLC now owns 1,318 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 824 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Liquidity Services by 146.7% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 98,736 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,062,000 after acquiring an additional 58,707 shares during the period. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC purchased a new position in Liquidity Services during the 1st quarter valued at $235,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in Liquidity Services in the 1st quarter valued at $494,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank grew its position in Liquidity Services by 11.5% in the 1st quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 4,606 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $143,000 after acquiring an additional 476 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.15% 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.