Liquidity Services (LQDT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Liquidity Services (LQDT) recorded Operating Margin of 10.91% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 2.39 percentage points from 8.52% a year earlier and up 2.94 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Liquidity Services (LQDT) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Liquidity Services' Operating Margin came in at 9.00% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 2.26 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it came in at 7.36%, up 0.91 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin has a five-year change of +9.25 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Operating Margin came in at 6.44% in FY2024 (-1.86 pp), 8.30% in FY2023 (-8.63 pp), 16.93% in FY2022 (+6.38 pp) and 10.55% in FY2021 (+12.44 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Operating Margin since fiscal Q4 2022.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has increased for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.01 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Operating Margin in the last five years was a gain of 14.42 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2022, against a drop of 16.54 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2023 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 7.97% (Q2 2026), 7.73% (Q1 2026) and 9.28% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 4,180.92 Bn | 3,938.44 Bn | 73.85 Bn | 34.03% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,847.76 Bn | 1,550.28 Bn | 49.47 Bn | 30.88% |
| 3 | Netflix | 289.73 Bn | 249.92 Bn | 6.52 Bn | 33.38% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 249.81 Bn | 67.68 Bn | 15.11 Bn | 5.64% |
| 5 | Shopify | 192.08 Bn | 169.26 Bn | 1.71 Bn | 13.62% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 139.76 Bn | 111.74 Bn | 6.38 Bn | 13.32% |
| 7 | Booking Holdings | 122.41 Bn | 55.46 Bn | - | 34.00% |
| 8 | PDD Holdings | 110.94 Bn | -140.99 Bn | 9.45 Bn | 24.71% |
| 9 | Spotify Technology | 100.32 Bn | 57.56 Bn | 1.86 Bn | 13.71% |
| 10 | Liquidity Services | 1.34 Bn | 535.67 Mn | 63.84 Mn | 10.91% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.91% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.28% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.52% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.79% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.80% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.43% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.21% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 9.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.22% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.44% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.54% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 26.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 19.02% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.72% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 11.82% |
Liquidity Services Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LQDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "LQDT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=LQDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();