All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-12-27.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-12-27) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+7.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 5 of 9.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $270 million in fiscal 2017 to $477 million in fiscal 2025, up 7.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 24% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 5 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 25% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 84 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Liquidity Services, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 25% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 84 sales (26 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 14%: 14¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 46%: owes 46¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Liquidity Services, Inc. earned about 14 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 56 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 46 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.5% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 44% of 101 in its family; net margin 5.9%.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $477 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 36% by size; a net margin of 5.9% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 19.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 29% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 9% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2006.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Angrick, William P III (Chairman of the Board and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2006-02-22, 20.7 years (top 1% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.9 years (top 10%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 34% of 99 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $175 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 46.5% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.4% of revenue (top 47%); a gross margin of 43.8% (top 47%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 30% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 19.4% a year over the last three filed years against 7.4% over all 9, speeding up (top 6% of its family); the newest year grew 31.2% (top 16%); capital spending grew -1.3% a year (bottom 31%) (its annual reports). Liquidity Services, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $311 million (65%), Consignment and Other Fee Revenues at $166 million (35%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 44% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Liquidity Services, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $477 million in fiscal 2025 came in 15.2% above the $414 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 13% of its family); net income of $28 million against a prior three-year average of $27 million (bottom 22%); a net margin of 5.9% against 8.9% before (bottom 22%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made