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LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC LQDT

Services-Business Services, NEC · CIK 0001235468 · Fiscal year ends 0930

Revenue
$476.67M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30
Operating income
$35.07M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30
Free cash flow
$58.96M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$733.90MMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-03-31
Float per share$23.95Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income26.1×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue1.5×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity3.6×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-03-31, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-09-30 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

26.1× earnings today, against a median of 14.2× across 5 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-03-31$733.90M26.1×
2024-03-31$417.80M20.9×
2023-03-31$297.20M14.2×
2022-03-31$405.90M10.1×
2021-03-31$460.30M9.0×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Services-Business Services, NEC filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Revenue YoY growth31.2%86th
Effective tax rate28.8%76th
Net margin5.9%63th
CapEx / revenue1.6%59th
Operating margin7.4%58th
Current ratio1.39x57th
FCF margin12.4%54th
Gross margin43.8%54th
SBC / revenue3.0%50th

LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC (LQDT) reported revenue of $476.67M and net income of $28.09M for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Services-Business Services, NEC.

Income

LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Revenue$476.67M$363.32M$314.46M$280.05M$257.53M$205.94M$226.52M$224.51M$270.02M$316.45M
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profit$208.82M$185.17M$172.14M$160.64M$149.85M$109.92M$113.28M$109.71M$124.49M$162.11M
Operating income$35.07M$23.40M$26.10M$47.40M$27.17M-$3.90M-$19.51M-$21.73M-$40.24M-$34.12M
Net income$28.09M$19.99M$20.98M$40.32M$50.95MUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 32.41Mshares 31.63Mshares 32.07Mshares 33.72Mshares 35.02Mshares 33.61Mshares 33.06MUnavailableshares 31.40Mshares 30.64M
Pretax income$39.44M$27.26M$29.02M$47.65M$27.58M-$2.97M-$18.06M-$20.94M-$39.64M-$32.90M
Income tax expense$11.35M$7.27M$8.04M$7.33M-$23.37M$801.00K$1.20M-$9.33M-$451.00K$27.02M
Diluted EPS$0.87$0.63$0.65$1.20$1.45$-0.11$-0.58UnavailableUnavailable$-1.96
Selling, general & administrative$93.74M$86.79M$77.52M$71.51M$66.57M$64.80M$70.95M$64.20M$71.29M$77.29M
General & administrative$32.77M$31.96M$28.07M$28.28M$28.94M$29.17M$34.25M$30.49M$36.08M$39.72M
Selling & marketing$60.96M$54.83M$49.44M$43.22M$37.64M$35.63M$36.70M$33.70M$35.21M$37.57M

Balance

LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Cash & equivalentsUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$106.34M$76.04M$36.50M$58.45M$94.35M$134.51M
Total assets$375.10M$346.89M$288.97M$288.10M$255.58M$196.63M$187.28M$201.83M$215.23M$260.11M
Current assets$224.79M$199.24M$146.27M$129.59M$131.84M$94.58M$89.92M$102.98M$138.92M$184.91M
Total liabilities$171.86M$164.33M$127.44M$133.57M$120.56M$84.82M$71.11M$72.18M$82.59M$97.50M
Current liabilities$161.62M$155.15M$120.72M$123.50M$109.17M$74.32M$68.82M$68.47M$70.76M$85.49M
Total equity incl. NCI$203.24M$182.56M$161.53M$154.54M$135.02M$111.82M$116.18M$129.65M$132.64M$162.61M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$14.18M$17.10M$11.12M$11.68M$12.47M$5.61M$5.84M$10.12M$20.74M$27.61M
Accounts receivable$11.18M$11.47M$7.85M$11.79M$5.87M$5.32M$6.70M$4.87M$11.60M$10.36M
Goodwill$102.88M$97.79M$89.39M$88.91M$59.87M$59.84M$59.47M$59.82M$45.39M$45.13M
Long-term debtUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Accounts payable$61.45M$58.69M$39.12M$41.98M$40.61M$21.96M$15.05M$13.86M$13.10M$9.73M

Cash flow

LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Operating cash flow$66.76M$70.22M$47.02M$44.83M$65.42M$16.48M-$6.24M$619.00K-$31.65M$45.84M
Capital expenditures$7.80M$8.91M$5.39M$8.12M$5.42M$4.19M$5.94M$4.17M$7.80M$6.09M
Investing cash flow-$22.98M-$16.11M-$11.43M-$21.08M-$1.00M$28.65M-$15.71M-$37.05M-$7.92M-$6.15M
Financing cash flow-$21.81M-$11.17M-$22.06M-$31.94M-$34.66M-$5.70M$546.00K$404.00K-$1.11M-$220.00K
Net change in cash$21.38M$42.94M$14.16M-$10.21M$30.30M$39.54M-$21.95M-$35.90M-$40.16M$39.05M
Stock-based compensation$14.49M$11.09M$8.19M$8.48M$6.95M$5.66M$6.51M$6.60M$7.38M$12.25M
Common dividends paidUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Common share repurchases$16.18M$9.43M$21.20M$25.45M$31.14M$3.98M$0$0UnavailableUnavailable
Depreciation & amortization$10.41M$12.12M$11.26M$10.32M$6.97M$6.29M$5.09M$4.60M$5.80M$6.50M

Derived

LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Free cash flow$58.96M$61.31M$41.63M$36.71M$60.00M$12.29M-$12.18M-$3.56M-$39.46M$39.75M
Gross margin43.8%51.0%54.7%57.4%58.2%53.4%50.0%48.9%46.1%51.2%
Operating margin7.4%6.4%8.3%16.9%10.5%-1.9%-8.6%-9.7%-14.9%-10.8%
FCF margin12.4%16.9%13.2%13.1%23.3%6.0%-5.4%-1.6%-14.6%12.6%
SBC / revenue3.0%3.1%2.6%3.0%2.7%2.7%2.9%2.9%2.7%3.9%
Current ratio1.39x1.28x1.21x1.05x1.21x1.27x1.31x1.50x1.96x2.16x
Revenue YoY growth31.2%15.5%12.3%8.7%25.1%-9.1%0.9%-16.9%-14.7%Unavailable
Net margin5.9%5.5%6.7%14.4%19.8%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue1.6%2.5%1.7%2.9%2.1%2.0%2.6%1.9%2.9%1.9%
Long-term debt / equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate28.8%26.7%27.7%15.4%-84.7%UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open LQDT in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-02-05View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-11-20View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-07View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-08View SEC filing

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