LQDT vs. YELP, CMPR, ZD, QNST, ANGI, TTGT, DHX, TZOO, MCHX, and LPSN
Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), Ziff Davis (ZD), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), Marchex (MCHX), and LivePerson (LPSN). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
Liquidity Services vs. Its Competitors
Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) are both internet software & services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Yelp had 12 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Yelp and 4 mentions for Liquidity Services. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Yelp's score of 0.72 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of Yelp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Yelp has a net margin of 10.28% compared to Liquidity Services' net margin of 6.25%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 20.75% beat Yelp's return on equity.
Yelp currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.14%. Liquidity Services has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 52.54%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Yelp.
Yelp has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than Liquidity Services. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Yelp on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
