Liquidity Services (LQDT) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Liquidity Services' quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 18.3% in Q1 2026, up 332.0% year-on-year from 4.24% in Q1 2025, and up 12.16% quarter-over-quarter from 16.32% in Q4 2025.
Liquidity Services has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 years, with the latest figure at 18.3% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 332.0% year-over-year to 18.3%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 18.3% (up 332.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 17.59%, up 321.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 18.3%, up from 16.32% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 29.27% in Q3 2022, with the low at 12.93% in Q3 2024.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 18.79%, with a median of 16.32% recorded in 2025.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed surged 956 bps in 2022 and tumbled 1447 bps in 2023.
- Tracing LQDT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 27.51% in 2022, then slumped by 53 bps to 13.04% in 2023, then climbed by 8 bps to 14.1% in 2024, then rose by 16 bps to 16.32% in 2025, then climbed by 12 bps to 18.3% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 18.3% (Q1 2026), 16.32% (Q4 2025), and 16.53% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 18.30% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 16.32% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.53% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.82% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.98% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.10% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.93% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.02% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 13.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.80% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.10% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 26.24% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 27.51% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 29.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 29.08% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 23.03% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 18.48% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.71% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 20.51% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 13.99% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 4.63% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -3.16% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -13.27% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -16.82% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -15.42% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -16.24% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -16.41% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -14.77% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | -15.05% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | -16.56% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -22.73% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -26.09% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -26.70% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -26.36% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -31.99% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -25.06% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -20.50% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -17.72% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -33.11% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -33.20% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -30.48% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -58.51% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -30.02% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -19.30% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -15.50% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 15.76% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 19.26% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 17.16% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 20.33% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 21.01% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 18.59% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 21.77% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 25.03% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 31.53% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 29.89% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 27.29% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 24.37% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 24.35% |