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Liquidity Services (LQDT) Competitors

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LQDT vs. YELP, ZD, CMPR, QNST, ANGI, TTGT, DHX, TZOO, LPSN, and MCHX

Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), LivePerson (LPSN), and Marchex (MCHX). 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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yelp10.28% 20.17% 15.18%
Liquidity Services 6.25%20.75%11.42%

Yelp has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Yelp currently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Liquidity Services has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.99%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Yelp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Yelp
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Liquidity Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yelp$1.41B1.42$132.85M$2.2114.43
Liquidity Services$363.32M2.43$19.99M$0.8334.11

In the previous week, Yelp and Yelp both had 8 articles in the media. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Yelp's score of 0.76 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Yelp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liquidity Services
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Liquidity Services beats Yelp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LQDT vs. The Competition

MetricLiquidity ServicesAuction/Valuation Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$883.62M$15.52B$26.44B$10.26B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.74%4.63%
P/E Ratio34.0831.7327.0226.62
Price / Sales2.434.16697.83125.58
Price / Cash18.8718.4927.4460.46
Price / Book4.734.847.806.32
Net Income$19.99M$269.39M$198.13M$271.01M
7 Day Performance4.62%9.02%3.44%2.75%
1 Month Performance11.46%5.78%20.41%7.15%
1 Year Performance25.49%14.36%50.64%28.02%

Liquidity Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8719 of 5 stars
$28.31
+0.9%
$38.50
+36.0%
+24.7%$883.62M$363.32M34.08740News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
YELP
Yelp
3.8742 of 5 stars
$31.74
-0.8%
$34.00
+7.1%
-5.9%$2.02B$1.45B14.365,116Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.6467 of 5 stars
$38.51
+1.1%
$38.83
+0.8%
-23.0%$1.56B$1.40B25.673,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.0473 of 5 stars
$63.47
+1.1%
$72.00
+13.4%
-23.9%$1.54B$3.40B124.4515,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
QNST
QuinStreet
4.2362 of 5 stars
$16.23
+1.8%
$27.00
+66.4%
-16.1%$919.93M$1.09B180.33790Positive News
ANGI
Angi
3.0671 of 5 stars
$18.46
+0.9%
$22.07
+19.6%
-36.0%$811.46M$1.19B15.012,800
TTGT
TechTarget
4.0779 of 5 stars
$5.89
+4.4%
$16.40
+178.4%
-72.9%$403.20M$387.10M-14.022,100Positive News
Insider Trade
DHX
DHI Group
3.2115 of 5 stars
$2.97
flat
$4.50
+51.5%
+79.6%$142.59M$134.40M-14.14530Short Interest ↑
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.7344 of 5 stars
$9.79
+3.5%
$21.50
+119.6%
-32.1%$103.88M$83.90M11.00210Insider Trade
LPSN
LivePerson
2.421 of 5 stars
$0.97
+4.3%
$1.00
+3.1%
-36.4%$89.86M$312.47M-0.491,540Short Interest ↓
MCHX
Marchex
1.8859 of 5 stars
$2.02
+1.0%
N/A+9.1%$88.36M$47.53M-18.36190News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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