Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. Raises Position in Liquidity Services, Inc. $LQDT

Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT) by 3.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,895 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 500 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. owned 0.05% of Liquidity Services worth $493,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in LQDT. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Liquidity Services by 6.2% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,830,024 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $56,749,000 after acquiring an additional 107,312 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in Liquidity Services by 651.4% in the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 798,688 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $25,790,000 after purchasing an additional 692,390 shares during the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP lifted its holdings in Liquidity Services by 281.9% in the 1st quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 540,928 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $16,774,000 after purchasing an additional 399,279 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Liquidity Services by 243.1% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 405,489 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $12,574,000 after purchasing an additional 287,301 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of Liquidity Services by 27.3% during the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 318,175 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $9,867,000 after buying an additional 68,322 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.15% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Liquidity Services from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $38.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Liquidity Services

In other news, Director George H. Ellis sold 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.35, for a total transaction of $190,125.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 15,708 shares in the company, valued at $398,197.80. This trade represents a 32.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 28.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Liquidity Services Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of LQDT opened at $25.51 on Thursday. Liquidity Services, Inc. has a 52-week low of $21.00 and a 52-week high of $39.72. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $27.96. The company has a market capitalization of $796.93 million, a PE ratio of 30.74 and a beta of 1.21.

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The business services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.02. Liquidity Services had a net margin of 6.25% and a return on equity of 20.75%. The firm had revenue of $119.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $120.41 million. Liquidity Services has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.240-0.340 EPS.

Liquidity Services Profile

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.