Liquidity Services $LQDT Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC ($LQDT). Last filing: 8-K (1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), 2026-10-01. 13 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $476.7M (FY2025). Experience: revenue up 31.2% on the year, up 16.6% a year over 4 years; operating margin 7.4%, up from 6.4%. Soundness: equity 54.2% of assets, return on equity 13.8%. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $502.8M and $681.6M next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $100M–1B filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $465.6M to $738.3M. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (70 filers, $50M+ revenue, services-business services, nec): operating margin 7.4% against a 7.9% median; growth 31.2% against 10.2%.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
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| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $67M · −$23M · −$22M · $59M |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $175M · $11M · — · current ratio 1.39 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 8.2% · 58.3% |
Liquidity Services is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-30 |
| Revenue | $477M |
| Revenue, on the year | 31.2% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 16.6% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 6.4% |
| Net margin | 5.9% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | — |
| Equity of assets | 54.2% |
| Return on equity | 13.8% |
| Payout of profit | — |
| Dividend per share | — |
| Earnings per share | $0.91 |
| Book value per share | $6.27 |
| Revenue per share | $14.71 |
| Shares outstanding | 32,411,075 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 70 filers with $50M+ revenue in services-business services, nec.
Health HarborLiquidity Services sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change
Sailing speed follows growth: 19.4% a year crosses the harbor in 30 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-10-01 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-08-07 · 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-06
- 8-K · 2026-08-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-07-07 · 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-06-26 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company