LQDT LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC
Last updated: May 11, 2026
Execution Consistency
Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?
Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q2 2026: $0M, Q1 2026: $0M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $8M
Execution Acceleration
Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?
Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $3M (-100%)
Buyback vs FCF
What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.
Buyback $8M / FCF $9M = 93% of FCF
Buyback Intensity
How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.
Repurchased 0 shares = 0.0% of 37,317,175 outstanding (annualized)
Insider Buying
Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?
No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months
Insider-Buyback Convergence
Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.
Need both buyback and insider purchase data
Insider Net Direction
Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?
Insiders bought $0M, sold $5M in the last 90 days (net selling)
Red Flag
Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.
Company buying back stock while insiders sold 7102246.5x more than bought. 5 C-suite officers among sellers
- Daunt John (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 2,600 shares on 2026-05-05
- Daunt John (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 2,600 shares on 2026-04-24
- Daunt John (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 2,600 shares on 2026-04-14
- Daunt John (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 2,600 shares on 2026-03-11
- Murray Novelette (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 610 shares on 2026-03-11
- Murray Novelette (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 263 shares on 2026-03-11
- Murray Novelette (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 750 shares on 2026-03-11
- Murray Novelette (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 203 shares on 2026-03-11
- Celaya Jorge (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 7,914 shares on 2026-03-09
- Celaya Jorge (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 213 shares on 2026-03-10