Liquidity Services (Liquidity Services) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.06 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Liquidity Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.0 Mil. Liquidity Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.8 Mil. Liquidity Services's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $165.4 Mil. Liquidity Services's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.06.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Liquidity Services's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LQDT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06 Med: 0.1 Max: 0.13
Current: 0.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Liquidity Services was 0.13. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.10.

LQDT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
90.85% of 1005 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs LQDT: 0.06

Liquidity Services Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Liquidity Services's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Liquidity Services Annual Data

Trend

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Sep20

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Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.10

0.11

0.09

0.07

Liquidity Services Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.09	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.06

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Liquidity Services's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Liquidity Services Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Liquidity Services's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liquidity Services's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Liquidity Services Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Liquidity Services's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4.101	+	6.581)	/	161.535
	=	0.07

Liquidity Services's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4.009	+	5.828)	/	165.379
	=	0.06

Liquidity Services (NAS:LQDT) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Liquidity Services (Liquidity Services) Business Description

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Address

6931 Arlington Road, Suite 460, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814

Website

https://www.liquidityservices.com

Liquidity Services Inc is an online auction marketplace. It manages and sells inventory and equipment for business and government clients by operating a network of e-commerce marketplaces that enable buyers and sellers to transact in an efficient, automated environment offering across different product categories. The company has four reportable segments: GovDeals, Capital Assets Group (CAG), Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), and Machinio. It generates majority of its revenue from Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG) segment which consists of marketplaces that enable corporations located in the United States and Canada to sell excess, returned, and overstocked consumer goods. Geographically, a substantial portion the company's revenue is generated from its business in United States.

Executives

Steven Weiskircher	officer: SVP & CTO	6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Angrick William P Iii	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board and CEO	C/O LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC., 1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Novelette Murray	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	6931 ARLINGTON ROAD SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
John Daunt	officer: EVP & COO	C/O 6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
George H Ellis	director	2911 TURTLE CREEK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1100, DALLAS TX 75219
Jorge Celaya	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	1920 L STREET NW, 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Katharin S Dyer	director	6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Thierno Amath Fall	director	6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Jaime Mateus-tique	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and Chief Op Officer	1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Mark A Shaffer	officer: VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary	C/O LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC., 1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Edward Kolodzieski	director	C/O LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC., 1920 L STREET, N.W., 6TH FLOOR, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Nicholas Rozdilsky	officer: Vice President, Marketing	C/O 6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Beatriz V Infante	director	4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, SONUS NETWORKS, INC., WESTFORD MA 01886
Sam Guzman	officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer	C/O 6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, SUITE 200, BETHESDA MD 20814
Michael Lutz	officer: VP, Human Resources	C/O 6931 ARLINGTON ROAD, BETHESDA MD 20814