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How Liquidity Services, Inc. stacks up
LQDT · against 478 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Valuation
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #362 of 479 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score45 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including LQDT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 77% of peers. EBITDA yield: 4.2% vs peer median 8.8%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 67% of peers. Earnings yield: 2.4% vs peer median 4.4%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 6.5% vs peer median 6.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LQDT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LQDT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 475 reported | 2.3% | 5.0% | 29% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 488 reported | 4.2% | 9.5% | 20% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 141 reported | 6.5% | 6.9% | 46% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 477 reported | 17.0% | 55.9% | 8% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LQDTScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score