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

LQDT POWR Grades

• LQDT scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 93.55% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for LQDT is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 178 days.
• LQDT's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 35.53% of US stocks).

LQDT Stock Summary

• For LQDT, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by only 16.45% of US equities we're observing.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -18.7%, LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC's debt growth rate surpasses just 15.77% of about US stocks.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC is reporting a growth rate of 75.87%; that's higher than 83.33% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC are KLIC, ACAD, SMTC, MX, and ICPT.
• 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 EV/EBIT ratio is 7.2; this is 61.9% lower than that of the median Technology stock.
• Over the past 207 months, LQDT's price/sales ratio has gone down 1.8.

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.