LQDT Valuation

Liquidity Services Inc

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22.995

-0.245(-1.054%)1D

LQDT Relative Valuation

LQDT's fair value is calculated using relative valuation, based on historical P/E and P/S ranges and their premiums/discounts relative to a competitor average, adjusted by weights. If the market price exceeds this fair value range, LQDT is overvalued; if below, it's undervalued.

Historical Valuation

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) is now in the Fair zone, suggesting that its current forward PE ratio of 18.36 is considered Fairly compared with the five-year average of 20.16. The fair price of Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) is between 17.29 to 32.79 according to relative valuation methord.

Relative Value

Fair Zone

17.29-32.79

Current Price：23.62

Fair

17.88

Trailing

Forward

9.26

EV/EBITDA

Liquidity Services Inc. (LQDT) has a current EV/EBITDA of 9.26. The 5-year average EV/EBITDA is 12.28. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 4.33, Undervalued between 4.33 and 8.30, Fairly Valued between 16.25 and 8.30, Overvalued between 16.25 and 20.23, and Strongly Overvalued above 20.23. The current Forward EV/EBITDA of 9.26 falls within the Historic Trend Line -Fairly Valued range.

15.99

EV/EBIT

Liquidity Services Inc. (LQDT) has a current EV/EBIT of 15.99. The 5-year average EV/EBIT is 22.00. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below 9.07, Undervalued between 9.07 and 15.54, Fairly Valued between 28.47 and 15.54, Overvalued between 28.47 and 34.94, and Strongly Overvalued above 34.94. The current Forward EV/EBIT of 15.99 falls within the Historic Trend Line -Fairly Valued range.

23.24

Liquidity Services Inc. (LQDT) has a current PS of 23.24. The 5-year average PS is 1.97. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below -2.70, Undervalued between -2.70 and -0.36, Fairly Valued between 4.31 and -0.36, Overvalued between 4.31 and 6.64, and Strongly Overvalued above 6.64. The current Forward PS of 23.24 falls within the Strongly Overvalued range.

10.88

P/OCF

Liquidity Services Inc. (LQDT) has a current P/OCF of 10.88. The 5-year average P/OCF is 8.02. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below -1.81, Undervalued between -1.81 and 3.10, Fairly Valued between 12.94 and 3.10, Overvalued between 12.94 and 17.85, and Strongly Overvalued above 17.85. The current Forward P/OCF of 10.88 falls within the Historic Trend Line -Fairly Valued range.

12.21

P/FCF

Liquidity Services Inc. (LQDT) has a current P/FCF of 12.21. The 5-year average P/FCF is 8.95. The thresholds are as follows: Strongly Undervalued below -2.19, Undervalued between -2.19 and 3.38, Fairly Valued between 14.51 and 3.38, Overvalued between 14.51 and 20.08, and Strongly Overvalued above 20.08. The current Forward P/FCF of 12.21 falls within the Historic Trend Line -Fairly Valued range.

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) has a current Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio of 3.57. Compared to its 3-year average P/B ratio of 3.73 , the current P/B ratio is approximately -4.13% higher. Relative to its 5-year average P/B ratio of 4.23, the current P/B ratio is about -15.59% higher. Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT) has a Forward Free Cash Flow (FCF) yield of approximately 0.06%. Compared to its 3-year average FCF yield of 7.13%, the current FCF yield is approximately -99.21% lower. Relative to its 5-year average FCF yield of 7.04% , the current FCF yield is about -99.20% lower.

3.48

P/B

Median3y

3.73

Median5y

4.23

0.06

FCF Yield

Median3y

7.13

Median5y

7.04

Competitors Valuation Multiple

The average P/S ratio for LQDT's competitors is 13.99, providing a benchmark for relative valuation. Liquidity Services Inc Corp (LQDT) exhibits a P/S ratio of 23.24, which is 66.08% above the industry average. Given its robust revenue growth of 28.05%, this premium appears sustainable.

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Performance Decomposition

Market capitalization of LQDT decreased by 9.11% over the past 1 year. The primary factor behind the change was an increase in Revenue Growth from 93.61M to 119.88M.

The secondary factor is the Margin Expansion, contributed -3.59%to the performance.

Overall, the performance of LQDT in the past 1 year is driven by Revenue Growth. Which is more sustainable.

28.05%

93.61M → 119.88M

Revenue Growth

-3.59%

6.41 → 6.18

Margin Expansion

-33.57%

42.15 → 28.00

P/E Change

-9.11%