Insider Selling: Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) Director Sells 5,403 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Jaime Mateus-Tique, Director of Liquidity Services, sold 5,403 shares of the company's stock on September 15th, resulting in a 3.18% decrease in his position.
• Liquidity Services stock showed a 1.6% increase on Tuesday, trading at $28.05, with a market cap of approximately $876.20 million.
• Wall Street analysts have mixed views on Liquidity Services, with ratings ranging from a "strong-buy" to a target price of up to $40.00 per share.

Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 5,403 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.45, for a total transaction of $148,312.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 164,562 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,517,226.90. The trade was a 3.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Jaime Mateus-Tique also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, September 12th, Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 4,597 shares of Liquidity Services stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.44, for a total transaction of $126,141.68.

Liquidity Services Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of Liquidity Services stock traded down $0.47 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $27.77. The company had a trading volume of 531,623 shares, compared to its average volume of 180,433. The stock has a market cap of $867.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.46 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $26.85. Liquidity Services, Inc. has a 12-month low of $21.23 and a 12-month high of $39.72.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The business services provider reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.02. Liquidity Services had a net margin of 6.25% and a return on equity of 20.75%. The firm had revenue of $119.88 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $120.41 million. Liquidity Services has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.240-0.340 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Liquidity Services

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in Liquidity Services by 10.6% in the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 132,134 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $4,097,000 after acquiring an additional 12,702 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC boosted its stake in Liquidity Services by 826.0% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 196,366 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $6,341,000 after purchasing an additional 175,161 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in Liquidity Services by 25.5% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 71,511 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $2,309,000 after purchasing an additional 14,542 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in Liquidity Services by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 113,042 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $3,505,000 after purchasing an additional 4,355 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its stake in Liquidity Services by 11.5% during the 1st quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 4,606 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $143,000 after purchasing an additional 476 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.15% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Liquidity Services from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 9th. Barrington Research reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Liquidity Services in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Liquidity Services currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $38.50.

About Liquidity Services

Liquidity Services, Inc provides e-commerce marketplaces, self-directed auction listing tools, and value-added services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: GovDeals, Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), Capital Assets Group (CAG), and Machinio. Its marketplaces include liquidation.com that enable corporations to sell surplus and salvage consumer goods and retail capital assets; GovDeals marketplace, which provides self-directed service solutions in which sellers list their own assets that enables local and state government entities, and commercial businesses located in the United States and Canada to sell surplus and salvage assets; and AllSurplus, a centralized marketplace that connects global buyer base with assets from across the network of marketplaces in a single destination.