Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) Director Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 10,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.25, for a total transaction of $302,500.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 204,562 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,188,000.50. This trade represents a 4.66 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.
Jaime Mateus-Tique also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, April 14th, Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 10,000 shares of Liquidity Services stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.72, for a total transaction of $297,200.00.
- On Wednesday, April 9th, Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 931 shares of Liquidity Services stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.43, for a total transaction of $27,399.33.
- On Monday, April 7th, Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 29,169 shares of Liquidity Services stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $29.06, for a total transaction of $847,651.14.
- On Monday, March 24th, Jaime Mateus-Tique sold 35,000 shares of Liquidity Services stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.93, for a total value of $1,117,550.00.
Liquidity Services Stock Up 1.9 %
Liquidity Services stock opened at $31.31 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $971.83 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.75 and a beta of 1.39. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $31.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $29.64. Liquidity Services, Inc. has a 52 week low of $17.07 and a 52 week high of $39.72.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.06. Liquidity Services had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 6.37%.
Institutional Trading of Liquidity Services
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Harvest Fund Management Co. Ltd bought a new position in Liquidity Services in the fourth quarter valued at $38,000. Quarry LP purchased a new position in shares of Liquidity Services in the 4th quarter worth about $47,000. Aquatic Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Liquidity Services by 257.6% during the 4th quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC now owns 1,788 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $58,000 after purchasing an additional 1,288 shares during the last quarter. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in Liquidity Services in the 4th quarter worth approximately $66,000. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS purchased a new position in shares of Liquidity Services during the fourth quarter worth approximately $132,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.15% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research analysts have commented on the company. StockNews.com downgraded Liquidity Services from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Barrington Research restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $40.00 price objective on shares of Liquidity Services in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th.
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Liquidity Services Company Profile
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Liquidity Services, Inc provides e-commerce marketplaces, self-directed auction listing tools, and value-added services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: GovDeals, Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), Capital Assets Group (CAG), and Machinio. Its marketplaces include liquidation.com that enable corporations to sell surplus and salvage consumer goods and retail capital assets; GovDeals marketplace, which provides self-directed service solutions in which sellers list their own assets that enables local and state government entities, and commercial businesses located in the United States and Canada to sell surplus and salvage assets; and AllSurplus, a centralized marketplace that connects global buyer base with assets from across the network of marketplaces in a single destination.
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