LQDT vs. CNDT, RGP, EEX, ACCD, IMXI, VVI, SEZL, SHAP, RMNI, and PRTH
Should you be buying Liquidity Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liquidity Services include Conduent (CNDT), Resources Connection (RGP), Emerald (EEX), Accolade (ACCD), International Money Express (IMXI), Viad (VVI), Sezzle (SEZL), Spree Acquisition Corp. 1 (SHAP), Rimini Street (RMNI), and Priority Technology (PRTH). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liquidity Services vs.
Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT) and Conduent (NASDAQ:CNDT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Liquidity Services has a net margin of 6.03% compared to Conduent's net margin of -7.95%. Liquidity Services' return on equity of 17.62% beat Conduent's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Liquidity Services 6.03% 17.62% 9.85% Conduent -7.95% N/A N/A Liquidity Services received 425 more outperform votes than Conduent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave Liquidity Services an outperform vote while only 28.26% of users gave Conduent an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform Liquidity Services Outperform Votes 438
68.76%
Underperform Votes 199
31.24%
Conduent Outperform Votes 13
28.26%
Underperform Votes 33
71.74%
Liquidity Services presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.99%. Conduent has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 194.12%. Given Conduent's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Conduent is more favorable than Liquidity Services.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Liquidity Services 0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00 Conduent 0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00 Liquidity Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Conduent. Conduent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liquidity Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio Liquidity Services $314.46M 1.70 $20.98M $0.60 29.03 Conduent $3.72B 0.17 -$296M -$1.40 -2.19 71.2% of Liquidity Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Conduent shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Liquidity Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Conduent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liquidity Services has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conduent has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Conduent had 4 more articles in the media than Liquidity Services. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Conduent and 0 mentions for Liquidity Services. Liquidity Services' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Conduent's score of -0.06 indicating that Liquidity Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Company Overall Sentiment Liquidity Services Neutral Conduent Neutral See AlsoKO (Coca-Cola Co) Current Ratio
Summary
Liquidity Services beats Conduent on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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LQDT vs. The Competition
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| Metric | Liquidity Services | Business services Industry | Business Sector | NASDAQ Exchange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $535.12M | $17.36B | $6.64B | $7.64B |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | 3.28% | 2.49% | 3.94% |
| P/E Ratio | 29.03 | 14.82 | 28.26 | 14.96 |
| Price / Sales | 1.70 | 3.14 | 2,594.55 | 85.79 |
| Price / Cash | 13.02 | 22.83 | 26.30 | 35.33 |
| Price / Book | 3.31 | 5.14 | 4.67 | 4.26 |
| Net Income | $20.98M | $473.75M | $118.13M | $214.06M |
| 7 Day Performance | 2.17% | 0.47% | 2.66% | 1.88% |
| 1 Month Performance | -6.34% | -5.26% | -4.82% | -5.70% |
| 1 Year Performance | 33.28% | 9.31% | 14.57% | 6.72% |
Liquidity Services Competitors List
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| Company | MarketRank | Share Price | Analysts' Price Target | 1Y Price Performance | Market Cap | Revenue | P/E Ratio | Employee Count | Indicator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNDTConduent | 1.4945 of 5 stars | $3.03 -0.7% | $9.00 +197.0% | -10.8% | $632.18M | $3.72B | -2.16 | 59,000 | Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↑ News Coverage |
| RGPResources Connection | 2.4847 of 5 stars | $11.26 +0.3% | $13.50 +19.9% | -23.4% | $380.70M | $775.64M | 17.06 | 4,062 | Short Interest ↑ Negative News |
| EEXEmerald | 1.833 of 5 stars | $5.76 -5.1% | $10.10 +75.3% | +58.4% | $363.17M | $382.80M | -7.29 | 673 | Upcoming Earnings |
| ACCDAccolade | 4.5832 of 5 stars | $9.35 +1.5% | $15.53 +66.1% | -50.9% | $723.78M | $363.14M | -5.67 | 2,370 | Earnings Report Analyst Report Analyst Revision News Coverage Gap Down |
| IMXIInternational Money Express | 1.5084 of 5 stars | $21.89 +1.6% | $24.00 +9.6% | -15.2% | $738.35M | $658.73M | 13.43 | 1,110 | |
| VVIViad | 3.3124 of 5 stars | $35.61 +1.0% | $44.33 +24.5% | +93.8% | $744.62M | $1.24B | -187.41 | 4,035 | Upcoming Earnings |
| SEZLSezzle | 0.1968 of 5 stars | $55.85 +13.3% | N/A | N/A | $314.44M | $159.36M | 44.68 | 251 | Short Interest ↑ High Trading Volume |
| SHAPSpree Acquisition Corp. 1 | 0 of 5 stars | $10.91 flat | N/A | N/A | $283.07M | N/A | -1,091.00 | N/A | High Trading Volume |
| RMNIRimini Street | 1.2562 of 5 stars | $2.80 +0.4% | N/A | -24.1% | $251.72M | $431.50M | 9.66 | 2,120 | Upcoming Earnings News Coverage |
| PRTHPriority Technology | 3.7791 of 5 stars | $3.18 -0.9% | $7.75 +143.7% | -6.6% | $241.01M | $755.61M | -5.05 | 974 | News Coverage Positive News |
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