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Model output · Signal date 2026-10-16

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) Stock Forecast Oct. 16, 2026

Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Total · absolute moveSwitch to Alpha · Nasdaq

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Rating · 90D ▼ Bearish Exact rating locked
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Rank in coverage Bottom 35% of 5172 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D 14.0% Spearman, 357 dates
Market Cap $1.37B small-cap · #49 of 60 peers
Summary

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) stock forecast summary

Our AI ranks Liquidity Services Inc outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.

Liquidity Services Inc is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.37B. It ranks number 49 by market capitalization among the 60 Services-Business Services, NEC issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.

For LQDT, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 14.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 21.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

Expected absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +5.0%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +1.8%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)

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How LQDT ranks among 5172 stocks

90D Total forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).

Fundamentals · 2026-06-30

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) fundamentals

Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Business Services, NEC peers listed below that report each metric.

Valuation & Market

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Market Cap $1.37B $6.48B 49/60
P/E Ratio 45.69x 28.72x 13/46
P/B Ratio 5.83x 4.54x 17/47
EPS $0.96 – –
Book Value/Share $7.53 – –
Revenue/Share $15.63 – –
FCF/Share $2.87 – –

Profitability & Margins

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
ROE 14.1% 21.3% 23/39
ROA 7.9% 5.8% 19/42
ROIC 17.8% 15.2% 19/44
Gross Margin 47.6% 47.6% 21/41
Operating Margin 9.0% 11.0% 30/51
Net Margin 6.8% 9.5% 27/45
EBT Margin 10.0% 10.0% 27/53
Tax Rate 32.0% – –

Financial Health

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Current Ratio 1.58x 1.31x 20/55
Quick Ratio 1.49x 1.56x 6/9
D/E Ratio 0.78x 1.45x 39/51
Financial Leverage 1.78x 2.45x 37/47
Interest Coverage 10.4x 6.1x 16/48
Working Capital $100M $361M 43/55

Cash Flow

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Operating Cash Flow $98M $494M 44/54
Free Cash Flow $90M $488M 37/45
Capital Spending -$8M -$56M 11/45
OCF Growth YoY 93.4% 9.3% 4/45
FCF Growth YoY 113.5% 5.1% 5/40
FCF/Sales 18.4% 16.3% 16/45
CapEx/Sales 1.7% 1.7% 23/45

Operational Efficiency

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Asset Turnover 1.17x 0.75x 9/42
Receivables Turnover 39.3x 6.6x 7/41
Inventory Turnover 16.5x 49.0x 7/8
Fixed Assets Turnover 26.1x 18.2x 17/43
Days Sales Outstanding 9 days 55 days 35/41
Days Inventory 22 days 8 days 2/8
Payables Period 86 days 24 days 4/34
Cash Conversion Cycle -55 days -55 days 3/5

Income Statement

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Total Revenue $490M $3.77B 45/48
Operating Income $44M $369M 38/52
Net Income $33M $224M 34/45
SG&A Expense $148M $849M 39/42
Cost of Goods Sold $257M $1.14B 37/42

Dividend & Shareholder Information

MetricLQDTIndustry medianRank
Shares Outstanding 31M – –
Net Income Growth 24.8% 15.2% 12/35
EPS Growth 43.3% 21.9% 11/36

Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)

Total Current Assets$272M64.6% of assets
Cash & Short-term Investments$220M52.3% of assets
Accounts Receivable$12M3.0% of assets
Inventory$16M3.7% of assets
Total Liabilities$184M43.9% of assets
Short-term Debt$111M26.5% of assets
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Industry Peers · Services-Business Services, NEC

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) industry peers

Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Liquidity Services Inc (Services-Business Services, NEC): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.

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Company 90-Day AI Forecast (Total) Market Cap P/E Ratio P/B Ratio
LQDT Liquidity Services Inc ▼ $1.37B 45.7x 5.8x
V Visa Inc. ▼ $739.03B 33.2x 20.7x
MA Mastercard Inc ▼ $540.87B 34.0x 96.4x
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd ▶ $253.06B 76.8x 1.7x
ACN Accenture Plc ▼ $153.33B 16.9x 4.9x
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc ▶ $143.69B 13.4x 5.3x
PDD Pdd Holdings Inc. ▼ $116.09B – 27.8x
MELI Mercadolibre Inc ▶ $92.98B 49.9x 11.9x
DASH Doordash, Inc. ▶ $81.96B 97.5x 8.3x
RELX Relx Plc ▼ $71.05B 7.5x –
EBAY Ebay Inc ▼ $53.52B 25.0x 11.5x
PYPL Paypal Holdings, Inc. ▶ $53.05B 10.6x 2.7x
MSCI Msci Inc. ▼ $41.37B 31.1x –
CPAY Corpay, Inc. ▼ $26.25B 24.4x 7.4x
TCOM Trip.Com Group Ltd ▼ $26.21B 13.3x 11.1x
FISV Fiserv Inc ▼ $25.29B 9.1x 0.9x
GPN Global Payments Inc ▼ $22.14B – 1.0x
BR Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ▼ $19.97B 18.2x 7.0x
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. ▼ $18.57B 5.4x 1.2x
KSPI Joint Stock Co Kaspi.Kz ▶ $17.73B – –
FICO Fair Isaac Corp ▶ $16.66B 22.3x –
RBA Rb Global Inc. ▼ $15.61B 38.0x 2.8x
CSGP Costar Group, Inc. ▼ $13.09B 215.4x 1.7x
AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc ▲ $12.62B 30.5x 2.7x
GRAB Grab Holdings Ltd ▶ $12.03B – –
CART Maplebear Inc. ▶ $11.54B 30.4x 5.0x
WSE Wise Group Plc ▶ $11.19B – 5.8x
ETSY Etsy Inc ▲ $7.81B 109.2x –
HQY Healthequity, Inc. ▼ $7.61B 36.0x 3.8x
Z Zillow Group, Inc. ▲ $6.93B 513.7x 1.6x
ANDG Andersen Group Inc. ▶ $6.58B – –
LYFT Lyft, Inc. ▶ $6.37B 2.5x –
EXLS Exlservice Holdings, Inc. ▼ $6.28B 25.2x 8.1x
WEX Wex Inc. ▼ $6.20B 18.2x 4.6x
MBGL Mobility Global Inc. ▶ $5.51B – 0.6x
XMTR Xometry, Inc. ▲ $5.21B – –
RELY Remitly Global, Inc. ▲ $5.11B 20.0x 4.5x
AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. ▶ $4.77B 39.0x 1.0x
DLO Dlocal Ltd ▶ $4.33B – –
SEZL Sezzle Inc. ▲ $4.30B 27.9x 18.5x
PAY Paymentus Holdings, Inc. ▶ $3.97B 51.7x 6.5x
TNET Trinet Group, Inc. ▼ $3.25B 18.8x 26.0x
MMS Maximus, Inc. ▼ $3.22B 8.3x 1.9x
FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc. ▶ $3.11B 29.6x 10.4x
CBZ Cbiz, Inc. ▼ $2.97B 238.2x 1.6x
PAYO Payoneer Global Inc. ▼ $2.41B 54.8x 3.7x
TIC Tic Solutions, Inc. ▲ $1.89B – 0.9x
ACVA Acv Auctions Inc. ▲ $1.78B – 4.6x
CNXC Concentrix Corp ▲ $1.70B – 1.0x
NUTX Nutex Health Inc. ▲ $1.31B 7.1x 3.3x
RDWR Radware Ltd ▲ $1.17B 1357.9x 3.4x
RSKD Riskified Ltd. ▲ $1.09B – 3.7x
QNST Quinstreet, Inc ▲ $932M 11.7x 2.9x
PAYS Paysign, Inc. ▲ $836M 67.3x 13.9x
CASS Cass Information Systems Inc ▼ $700M 19.8x 2.9x
PHR Phreesia, Inc. ▶ $679M 182.3x 2.6x
PRTH Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. ▲ $645M 11.9x –
MAX Mediaalpha, Inc. ▲ $609M 8.4x 21.4x
CTEV Claritev Corp ▲ $375M – –
RMNI Rimini Street, Inc. ▲ $374M 40.1x –

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What is the Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) stock forecast?

Our AI ranks Liquidity Services Inc outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.

How accurate are Liquidity Services Inc stock predictions?

For LQDT, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 14.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 21.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report

How often are Liquidity Services Inc forecasts updated?

Liquidity Services Inc forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.

Which companies are Liquidity Services Inc's industry peers?

60 issuers in our coverage, LQDT included, share the SEC industry code Services-Business Services, NEC. The largest are: Visa Inc. (V), Mastercard Inc (MA), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA), Accenture Plc (ACN), Uber Technologies, Inc (UBER), Pdd Holdings Inc. (PDD).

This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.