“3 Business realignment expense, included as a component of Other operating expenses, net, on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, includes the amounts accounted for as exit costs under ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations, and the related…”10-Q · May 7, 2026 ↗
Liquidity Services, Inc.
LQDT
Market read
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 19 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- LQDT's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if LQDT's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 19 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- LQDT's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +31.2% year over year.
- Diluted shares increased 2.5% in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 22% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 26% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
42.44Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“As a result of the settlement agreement, the Company recorded a $ 0.5 million litigation settlement expense net of insurance recovery during the year ended September 30, 2024, which is included in General and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statem…”10-K · Nov 20, 2025 ↗
“Cost of goods sold decreased $12.1 million, primarily due to improved margins from robust buyer demand optimized through our multi-channel approach in our RSCG reportable segment, as well as lower transaction processing fees, during the six months ended March…”10-Q · May 7, 2026 ↗
“Revenue in our Machinio & Software Solutions businesses increased 19.9%, or $2.4 million, due to Machinio price increases and continued growth in its subscribers, and from the acquisition of Auction Software to form our Software Solutions business.”10-Q · Aug 7, 2025 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.9× · EV/sales 2.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:50 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for LQDT. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for LQDT. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind LQDT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
LQDT is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Consumer Services & Insurance. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.
This group is retained as the last observed read for LQDT; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.