LQDT Stock — Liquidity Services Inc

Liquidity Services Inc (LQDT)

Updated October 16, 2026.

LQDT is a Stock. Total return is 256.9% over the past 20.6 years, 506.4 points behind SPY at 763.3%.

Liquidity Services operates e-commerce marketplaces and auction platforms that help government entities and commercial businesses sell surplus property, real estate, and equipment. The company runs multiple marketplaces including GovDeals, Liquidation.com, and Machinio, along with value-added services such as asset valuation, returns management, and inventory software tools across industries ranging from consumer goods to heavy equipment. The company does not currently have an established dividend distribution program.

LQDT performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 256.9% over the past 20.6 years, 506.4 points behind SPY at 763.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 87.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 15.4%.

LQDT key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/23/2006

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$43.86 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,374,204,765

Average volume

242643.0

Beta

1.04

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

43.0

Forward P/E

24.57

EPS

$1.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

LQDT risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 15.4%.

Who may consider LQDT — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (LQDT does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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