Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) vs Revolve Group, Inc. (RVLV)

Liquidity Services, Inc. and Revolve Group, Inc. are both Internet Retail companies. Liquidity Services, Inc. and Revolve Group, Inc. are of similar size ($1.5B and $1.4B). Revolve Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.8× against 41.1×. Revolve Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.8% against 5.18%. Liquidity Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.79% vs 5.54%) and the higher return on invested capital (579.7% vs 21.8%). Across the 21 metrics below, Revolve Group, Inc. leads on 11 and Liquidity Services, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
P/E 41.14 20.78 22.73
P/S 2.78 1.15 0.64
P/B 5.78 2.80 1.65
Price to free cash flow 15.15 59.47 14.11
EV/EBITDA 20.70 13.86 15.68
EV/Sales 2.31 0.92 0.76
Earnings yield 2.43% 4.81% (0.11%)
Free cash flow yield 6.60% 1.68% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
Gross margin 47.63% 54.32% 43.51%
Operating margin 9.00% 6.05% 0.08%
Net margin 6.79% 5.54% 0.56%
Free cash flow margin 18.38% 1.94% 0.00%
Return on equity 14.96% 14.41% 0.00%
Return on assets 8.39% 9.28% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 579.73% 21.76% 0.00%

Growth

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.18% 10.80% 10.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 38.10% 24.64% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.28% 16.12% 10.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 1.68% 0.00%

Health

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.13
Current ratio 1.58 2.48 1.49
Net debt to EBITDA (4.09) (3.76) (0.25)

Dividend

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
Dividend yield — — —
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LQDT RVLV Internet Retail median
Market cap 1.36b 1.47b 443.85m

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