Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT): Price and Financial Metrics

LQDT POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where LQDT ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 99.34% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LQDT is in Quality, which has been heading up over the past 26 weeks.
• LQDT's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 1.26% of US stocks).

LQDT Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 28.85% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For LQDT, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by just 12.36% of US equities we're observing.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -24.92%, LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC's debt growth rate surpasses merely 13.08% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to LQDT, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are SPOK, DAIO, ITRI, JNPR, and CYCN.
• LQDT's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC's official web site, go to www.liquidityservices.com.

LQDT Valuation Summary

• LQDT's price/earnings ratio is 25.2; this is 44% higher than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
• LQDT's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.5 over the prior 217 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for LQDT.

LQDT Growth Metrics

Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 267.68%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 72.62%.
• The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 24.34%.

Over the past 15 months, LQDT's revenue has gone up $28,094,000.

The table below shows LQDT's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	285.625	32.303	40.69
2022-09-30	280.05	44.833	40.324
2022-06-30	275.175	42.283	64.736
2022-03-31	274.975	48.729	56.747
2021-12-31	268.486	61.25	50.037
2021-09-30	257.531	65.417	50.949

LQDT's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• LQDT has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 99.12% of graded US stocks.
• LQDT's asset turnover comes in at 1.133 -- ranking 101st of 563 Business Services stocks.
• ZEN, ETSY, and PIRS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with LQDT.

The table below shows LQDT's key quality metrics over time.