Liquidity Services (LQDT) Competitors

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) are both internet software & services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LQDT or OPEN?

Liquidity Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Opendoor Technologies. Opendoor Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liquidity Services	$363.32M	2.29	$19.99M	$0.83	32.05
Opendoor Technologies	$5.15B	0.65	-$392M	-$0.43	-10.56

Is LQDT or OPEN more profitable?

Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Opendoor Technologies' net margin of -5.89%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 20.75% beat Opendoor Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liquidity Services	6.25%	20.75%	11.42%
Opendoor Technologies	-5.89%	-42.15%	-9.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, LQDT or OPEN?

Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Opendoor Technologies has a beta of 3.02, meaning that its share price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LQDT or OPEN?

Liquidity Services presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 44.74%. Opendoor Technologies has a consensus target price of $1.26, suggesting a potential downside of 72.19%. Given Liquidity Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Liquidity Services is more favorable than Opendoor Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liquidity Services	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Opendoor Technologies	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LQDT or OPEN?

71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Opendoor Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.4% of Liquidity Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Opendoor Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor LQDT or OPEN?

In the previous week, Opendoor Technologies had 21 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Opendoor Technologies and 5 mentions for Liquidity Services. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Opendoor Technologies' score of 0.30 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Liquidity Services	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Opendoor Technologies	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Liquidity Services beats Opendoor Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.