Liquidity Services PE ratio LQDT
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 44.0×
- 6-year median
- 30.6×
- Against its 6-year history
- 87th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 6-year range
- 7.9× to 117×
- Peer median
- 8.5×
Liquidity Services' PE ratio is 44.0× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $44.85 against $1.02 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is above its 6-year median of 30.6×, higher than on 87% of days in the last 6 years.
Over that time it ranged from 7.9× in May 2022 to 117× in Mar 2021.
The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 8.5×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 6-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 44.0× | 30.9× | 44.0× |
| 2025 | 35.8× | 27.3× | 58.4× |
| 2024 | 50.9× | 25.2× | 56.4× |
| 2023 | 26.1× | 10.2× | 29.5× |
| 2022 | 11.7× | 7.9× | 14.8× |
| 2021 | 15.2× | 13.8× | 117× |
| 2020 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2019 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2018 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2017 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2016 | n/m a value too high to mean anything | ||
| 2015 | 8.1× | 7.8× | 8.5× |
| 2014 | 8.6× | 8.0× | 20.9× |
| 2013 | 17.6× | 16.5× | 33.1× |
| 2012 | 27.1× | 26.8× | 71.1× |
Against its peers
Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest Liquidity Services' size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| LQDTLiquidity Services | 44.0× |
| NUTXNutex Health | 8.3× |
| ATLCAtlanticus | 11.3× |
| PGYPagaya Technologies | 13.9× |
| HAPNHappen | 8.5× |
| WDWalker & Dunlop | 30.5× |
| JCAPJefferson Capital | 8.3× |
| PWPPerella Weinberg Partners | 59.0× |
| WUWestern Union CO | 5.2× |
| ECPGEncore Capital | 7.4× |
| QNSTQuinstreet | n/m |
| Peer median | 8.5× |
Where Liquidity Services ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.