Liquidity Services Inc (NASDAQ: LQDT) is -27.78% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $18.94 and a high of $39.72 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LQDT stock was last observed hovering at around $23.43 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.11%.
Currently trading at $23.32, the stock is -2.62% and -13.99% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.17 million and changing -0.47% at the moment leaves the stock -16.61% off its SMA200. LQDT registered 21.40% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -34.38%.
The stock witnessed a -5.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -23.79%, and is -4.19% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.73% over the week and 1.97% over the month.
Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) has around 781 employees, a market worth around $728.07M and $439.25M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 29.56 and Fwd P/E is 16.90. Profit margin for the company is 5.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.13% and -41.29% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 27.18% this year
The shares outstanding are 31.21M, and float is at 23.61M with Short Float at 6.18%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 3.41 million shares valued at $68.05 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2073 of the LQDT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STALEY CAPITAL ADVISERS INC with 2.02 million shares valued at $40.37 million to account for 6.6497 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC which holds 1.89 million shares representing 6.2125 and valued at over $37.72 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 6.0792 of the shares totaling 1.85 million with a market value of $36.91 million.
Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mateus-Tique Jaime, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Mateus-Tique Jaime sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 05 ’25 at a price of $31.55 per share for a total of $0.32 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.18 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 28 ’25, Mateus-Tique Jaime (Director) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $31.56 for $0.32 million. The insider now directly holds 194,562 shares of Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT).
