Liquidity Services, Inc. engages in the provision of 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 solutions enable government entities and commercial businesses to sell surplus property and real estate assets through GovDeals, Bid4Assets, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 76.5th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.84), with robust interest coverage.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Liquidity Services, Inc. ranks #7 of 43
scored companies in Internet Retail by moat score — the top 16%.
The widest moat in the group is PDD Holdings Inc. (PDD)
at 77/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near LQDT in Internet Retail
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 78
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 79
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 73
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 71
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 50
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) scores 69 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #7 of 43 scored companies in Internet Retail, the top 16%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 42 companies in Internet Retail. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (79/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (50/100).
How does Liquidity Services, Inc. compare with other Internet Retail companies?
Liquidity Services, Inc. ranks #7 of 43 scored companies in Internet Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Internet Retail is PDD Holdings Inc. (PDD) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are eBay Inc. (EBAY) at 72 just above it and Global-E Online Ltd. (GLBE) at 69 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 42 companies in Internet Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Liquidity Services, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Liquidity Services, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and LQDT scores: Pricing Power (66), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (79), Capital Efficiency (73), Resilience (71), Scale & Market Position (50). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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