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Liquidity Services, Inc. (LQDT) vs ThredUp Inc. (TDUP)

Liquidity Services, Inc. and ThredUp Inc. are both Internet Retail companies. Liquidity Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.4B against $308.6M — 4.5× the size. ThredUp Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Liquidity Services, Inc. trades at 41.4×. ThredUp Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.4% against 5.18%. Liquidity Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.79% vs −6.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (579.7% vs −57.1%). Across the 19 metrics below, Liquidity Services, Inc. leads on 13 and ThredUp Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
P/E 41.38 n/m 24.35
P/S 2.80 0.85 0.69
P/B 5.81 4.70 1.66
Price to free cash flow 15.23 177.11 15.23
EV/EBITDA 20.84 n/m 19.14
EV/Sales 2.33 0.76 0.75
Earnings yield 2.42% (7.73%) (0.17%)
Free cash flow yield 6.56% 0.56% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
Gross margin 47.63% 79.52% 43.51%
Operating margin 9.00% (7.11%) 0.08%
Net margin 6.79% (6.65%) 0.56%
Free cash flow margin 18.38% 0.48% 0.00%
Return on equity 14.96% (36.76%) 0.00%
Return on assets 8.39% (12.93%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 579.73% (57.05%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.18% 20.37% 10.80%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 38.10% 75.36% 14.02%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 18.28% 10.81% 10.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.29 0.10
Current ratio 1.58 0.99 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA (4.09) 7.17 (0.25)

Dividend

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.79%
Payout ratio — — 0.25

Size

Metric LQDT TDUP Internet Retail median
Market cap 1.38b 308.64m 413.81m

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