Liquidity Services LQDT Ratios & Valuation
| Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 46.7%+2.1pp | 45.4%-1.8pp | 43.8%-7.2pp | 43.2%-10.7pp | 44.6%-10.3pp | |
| Operating margin | 8.4%+1.8pp | 7.9%+0.9pp | 7.4%+0.9pp | 6.7%-0.4pp | 6.6%-0.9pp | |
| Net margin | 6.3%+0.6pp | 6.3%+0.5pp | 5.9%+0.4pp | 5.7%-0.2pp | 5.7%-0.6pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 10.6%+1.4pp | 10.1%+0.3pp | 9.5%-0.2pp | 9%-1.7pp | 9.1%-2.0pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.2%+5.9pp | 14.7%+0.8pp | 12.4%-4.5pp | 9.1%-7.4pp | 10.3%-3.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 14.5%+0.4pp | 14.7%+1.2pp | 14.6%+2.9pp | 14%+1.9pp | 14%+1.1pp | |
| Return on assets | 8%+0.3pp | 8.5%+0.7pp | 7.8%+1.5pp | 7.6%+1.1pp | 7.6%+0.7pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 47.2%+15.4pp | 39.7%+11.9pp | 57.7%+25.3pp | 37.5%+10.2pp | 31.7%+5.4pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×0.0× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.3×+0.2× | |
| Inventory turnover | 12.7×-1.0× | 18.5×+3.0× | 17.1×+4.5× | 17.6×+5.5× | 13.7×+4.2× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.5×+0.2× | 1.5×+0.1× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.4×+0.2× | 1.3×+0.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 1.4×+0.2× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×+0.1× | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.2×+0.2× | |
| Cash ratio | 1.2×+0.3× | 1.2×+0.2× | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×+0.1× | 0.9×+0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | 0×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -3.5×-0.5× | -3.3×-0.4× | -3.5×+0.4× | -3.4×-0.2× | -3.1×-0.4× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $6.84+13.2% | $6.67+13.5% | $6.27+8.7% | $6.42+17.5% | $6.04+15.9% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.21B+66.7% | $928.69M-6.4% | $856.83M+23.7% | $737.43M+21.0% | $962.53M+69.1% | |
| Enterprise value | $1.03B+70.9% | $772.54M-12.0% | $696.35M+25.7% | $596.34M+20.6% | $839.26M+78.0% | |
| Price / earnings | 40.1×+11.3× | 31.2×-10.3× | 30.5×-4.2× | 27.7×-3.0× | 38.1×+10.2× | |
| Price / sales | 2.5×+0.9× | 2×-0.4× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.6×-0.2× | 2.2×+0.4× | |
| Price / book | 5.5×+1.8× | 4.3×-0.9× | 4.2×+0.4× | 3.5×0.0× | 4.9×+1.4× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.4×+5.3× | 16.2×-5.5× | 15.3×-0.3× | 14.2×+0.5× | 20.9×+7.9× | |
| EV / sales | 2.2×+0.8× | 1.6×-0.5× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.3×-0.2× | 1.9×+0.5× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 6.4%+0.2pp | 7.6%+1.7pp | 6.9%-2.0pp | 5.7%-3.4pp | 4.7%-3.0pp | |
| Earnings yield | 2.5%-1.0pp | 3.2%+0.8pp | 3.3%+0.4pp | 3.6%+0.3pp | 2.6%-1.0pp | |
| PEG ratio | 2×+0.8× | 1.3×-0.3× | 0.8×— | 0.8×— | 1.6×— |
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Compare these in charts →Questions, answered.
- What are Liquidity Services's profit margins?
- Liquidity Services (LQDT) runs a 46.7% gross margin and a 8.4% operating margin, with a 6.3% net margin.
- Where do Liquidity Services's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Liquidity Services's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
