LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
LQDT on Nasdaq
Location
Bethesda, MD
Fiscal year end
30 September
Latest financial report
05 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • LQDT - LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 15%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+9.2%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 02 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-02) highlights Return On Equity 14.7%, Return On Assets 6.8%, and Operating Margin 7.7%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

76.1/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

15%

Metric score 39.5/100

Return On Assets

6.8%

Metric score 59.7/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.53x
Quick Ratio
1.36x
Debt to Equity
0.06x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity and Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

15%

YoY: +9.2%

Industry median: 3.3% (n=133)

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Return On Assets

6.8%

YoY: +8.5%

Industry median: -0.28% (n=130)

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Operating Margin

7.7%

YoY: +13%

Industry median: 0.34% (n=112)

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Current Ratio

1.53x

YoY: +9.9%

Industry median: 1.07x (n=133)

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Quick Ratio

1.36x

YoY: +11%

Industry median: 0.91x (n=95)

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Debt-to-equity

0.06x

YoY: -6.9%

Industry median: 0.61x (n=132)

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Revenues YoY

15%

YoY:

Industry median: 4.6% (n=49)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

25%

YoY:

Industry median: -0.54% (n=122)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 15% +9.2%
Return On Assets 6.8% +8.5%
Operating Margin 7.7% +13%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.53x +9.9%
Quick Ratio 1.36x +11%
Debt-to-equity 0.06x -6.9%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 15%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 25%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 31,013,881 +0.89%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 37,501,270 +1.9%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $38,000 +2.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 30,637,211 -0.02%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 32,295,229 +0.28%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $475,557,000 +15%
Selling and Marketing Expense $63,208,000 +12%
General and Administrative Expense $34,272,000 +5%
Costs and Expenses $438,207,000 +14%
Operating Income (Loss) $37,350,000 +29%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $41,768,000 +28%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $11,996,000 +37%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0.96 +22%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0.92 +23%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $11,284,000 -51%
Inventory, Net $14,407,000 +4.8%
Assets, Current $219,261,000 +16%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $567,000 +150%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $18,745,000 +4.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $11,287,000 -0.57%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $12,563,000 -4.2%
Goodwill $102,889,000 +5.6%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $3,832,000 -12%
Assets $369,144,000 +11%
Accounts Payable, Current $52,220,000 +15%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $4,857,000 +9.4%
Liabilities, Current $143,224,000 +5.7%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $8,613,000 +4.5%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $2,042,000 +574%
Liabilities $153,879,000 +6.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $10,377,000 +8.2%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $45,615,000 +188%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $215,265,000 +14%
Liabilities and Equity $369,144,000 +11%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $6,174,000 +80%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $155,000 -99%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $526,000 +96%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $1,930,000 -121%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $2,453,000 +76%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 120,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 37,501,270 +1.9%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $4,807,000 +80%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $169,800,000 +32%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 0.21 0%
Operating Lease, Liability $13,337,000 -6.4%
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $2,269,000 +25%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $30,693,000 +39%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $14,671,000 -6.8%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $4,894,000 -4.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $3,081,000 +28%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $3,459,000 -18%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.058 -4.9%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $550,000 -63%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $1,334,000 -9.9%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $2,256,000 +10%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $1,025,000 -14%
Operating Lease, Payments $1,367,000 -6%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $3,200,000 -20%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $10,476,000 -11%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $17,233,000 +40%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY