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Liquidity Services (LQDT) Competitors

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LQDT vs. YELP, CMPR, ZD, QNST, ANGI, TTGT, TZOO, DHX, 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), Travelzoo (TZOO), DHI Group (DHX), 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, Yelp had 11 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Yelp and 3 mentions for Liquidity Services. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Liquidity Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Yelp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Liquidity Services
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Yelp presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.96%. Liquidity Services has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 59.55%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Liquidity Services
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Yelp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Liquidity Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers 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$1.41B1.49$132.85M$2.2115.09
Liquidity Services$363.32M2.07$19.99M$0.8329.07

Yelp has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

Yelp beats Liquidity Services on 9 of the 17 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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LQDT vs. The Competition

MetricLiquidity ServicesAuction/Valuation Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$753.43M$15.07B$28.91B$10.67B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.87%4.86%
P/E Ratio29.0728.5822.4727.13
Price / Sales2.073.87976.83126.20
Price / Cash16.4920.7531.3261.42
Price / Book4.044.387.616.43
Net Income$19.99M$269.39M$197.61M$276.63M
7 Day Performance3.21%-0.05%-1.34%-0.77%
1 Month Performance-12.19%-12.61%-2.48%0.68%
1 Year Performance11.35%-4.43%50.69%32.03%

Liquidity Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8666 of 5 stars
$24.13
+0.0%
$38.50
+59.6%
+9.6%$753.43M$363.32M29.07740
YELP
Yelp
4.2374 of 5 stars
$33.94
+12.1%
$35.40
+4.3%
-0.2%$1.91B$1.41B15.365,116Trending News
High Trading Volume
CMPR
Cimpress
3.8547 of 5 stars
$62.59
+2.1%
$77.50
+23.8%
-15.3%$1.50B$3.40B122.7315,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.2803 of 5 stars
$35.92
+1.7%
$38.83
+8.1%
-18.5%$1.45B$1.40B23.953,800
QNST
QuinStreet
3.6924 of 5 stars
$13.78
-0.6%
$27.00
+95.9%
-20.2%$796.78M$1.09B153.11790Analyst Forecast
ANGI
Angi
3.6183 of 5 stars
$13.93
+4.3%
$22.07
+58.4%
-43.6%$592.41M$1.19B11.332,800
TTGT
TechTarget
4.2567 of 5 stars
$5.55
flat
$16.40
+195.5%
-80.8%$396.76M$284.90M-13.212,100
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.7126 of 5 stars
$10.22
+3.2%
$21.50
+110.4%
-23.4%$108.71M$83.90M11.48210
DHX
DHI Group
3.6326 of 5 stars
$2.14
-0.7%
$4.50
+110.7%
+10.4%$103.22M$141.93M-10.17530
MCHX
Marchex
1.4191 of 5 stars
$1.93
-1.8%
N/A-1.4%$86.59M$48.12M-17.50190High Trading Volume
LPSN
LivePerson
2.2698 of 5 stars
$5.78
-5.3%
$15.00
+159.5%
-67.7%$39.32M$312.47M-2.891,540

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This page (NASDAQ:LQDT) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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