NASDAQ$LQDT

Liquidity Services Inc · Q1 2020 earnings

Q1 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Announced first quarter fiscal year 2020 financial results.

Liquidity Services reported a GAAP Revenue of $49.5 million and a GAAP Net Loss of $5.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020. The company's performance was within the guidance range for all metrics.

  • Retail Supply Chain Group (RSCG), GovDeals and Machinio segments continued to expand their market share.
  • RSCG segment GMV grew 12% over the prior year period.
  • GovDeals segment GMV grew 5% and signed over 300 new agency clients.
  • Machinio segment revenue grew 85% over the prior year period.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$49.5M

Previous: $54.1M-8.4%
EPS (adj)

-$0.12

Previous: -$0.10-20.0%
Gross Merchandise Volume

$149M

Previous: $159M-6.2%
Registered Buyers

3.6M

Previous: 3.5M+3.3%
Auction Participants

453.0K

Previous: 493.0K-8.1%
Completed Transactions

136.0K

Previous: 145.0K-6.2%
Capital Expenditures

-$1.33M

Previous: -$1.58M+15.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$6.53M

Previous: -$6.6M+1.1%
Net Income

-$5.2M

Previous: -$5.02M-3.5%
Operating Income

-$4.99M

Previous: -$5.08M+1.7%
Gross Profit

$25.3M

Previous: $26.5M-4.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$24.2M

Previous: $38.5M-37.2%
Total Assets

$179M

Previous: $193M-7.1%
Stock-Based Comp

$1.04M

Previous: $1.51M-31.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Liquidity Services · Revenue · Quarterly

$49.5M

Q1 2020-8.4%vs Q1 2019
Beat estimate in 5 of 16 quarters(31%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Liquidity Services · $47.6M total across 3 segments · Q1 2020

  • RSCG Revenue
    $31.7M
  • GovDeals Revenue
    $8M
  • CAG Revenue
    $7.9M

Forward guidance

The company anticipates that its Q2-FY20 top line results will improve sequentially from Q1-FY20 and year-over-year from Q2-FY19.

Tailwinds

  • Continued growth in our RSCG, GovDeals and Machinio segments.
  • Increased sales headcount to support growth opportunities in our GovDeals and RSCG segments.
  • Continued spending as we launch incremental functionality within our new unified marketplace and for the implementation of tools for data-driven product recommendations, omni-channel behavioral marketing and predictive analytics.
  • Benefits from restructuring and business realignment activities to streamline our organizational processes.
  • Variability in project size and timing within our CAG segment.

Headwinds

  • Negative prior year comparisons in our CAG segment related to the conclusion of our DoD Scrap contract.
  • Variability in our GMV to Revenue ratio based on mix of pricing model and expansion of fee for service offerings.
  • No delays or disruption to business activity related to the coronavirus.
  • We expect GMV for Q2-FY20 to range from $145 million to $165 million.
  • We expect GAAP Net Loss for Q2-FY20 to range from $(5.6) million to $(2.2) million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2020

Historical avgQ1 2020

+0.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.8%

Avg return

5 days after

+3.2%

Avg return

30 days after

52%

34 / 65 earnings

Positive

+50.0%

Q4 2020

Best reaction

-29.3%

Q2 2014

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026-2.6%-9.8%+0.0%
Q1 2026+4.7%+4.6%+1.6%
Q4 2025+13.4%+33.5%+39.1%
Q2 2025-10.2%-21.1%-21.2%
Q1 2025+4.0%+7.8%-3.1%
Q4 2024+38.0%+21.0%+28.2%
Q3 2024+10.7%+12.5%+5.0%
Q2 2024-3.4%-0.2%-0.3%
Q1 2024-10.5%-6.9%+3.1%
Q4 2023-14.1%-13.0%-16.4%
Q3 2023+8.1%+10.1%+7.4%
Q2 2023+6.9%+10.3%+21.5%
Q1 2023+0.5%-9.5%-14.0%
Q4 2022-13.8%-10.0%-3.6%
Q3 2022-20.2%-18.8%-23.8%
Q2 2022-13.1%-13.9%-7.4%
Q1 2022-13.7%-11.0%-6.0%
Q4 2021-9.0%-5.3%-2.5%
Q3 2021+10.4%+17.2%+25.6%
Q2 2021+30.7%+38.1%+30.4%
Q1 2021-20.6%-21.3%-25.0%
Q4 2020+50.0%+39.0%+55.0%
Q3 2020+12.2%+29.7%+33.0%
Q2 2020-2.4%+6.5%+25.5%
Q1 2020-10.0%-10.8%-20.5%
Q4 2019-5.8%-14.7%-11.1%
Q3 2019+13.0%+6.0%+16.1%
Q2 2019+1.1%+0.0%-11.5%
Q1 2019-11.7%-15.4%-14.7%
Q4 2018+11.3%+0.5%+12.6%
Q3 2018-4.1%+0.7%-0.7%
Q2 2018-10.2%-7.9%-7.1%
Q1 2018+40.6%+45.8%+43.7%
Q4 2017-18.4%-24.8%-17.9%
Q3 2017-9.0%-9.0%-12.7%
Q2 2017-3.9%-3.3%-15.0%
Q1 2017-6.3%-10.5%-16.8%
Q4 2016+2.1%+8.5%+5.9%
Q3 2016+14.1%+14.2%+24.2%
Q2 2016+9.2%
Q1 2016-23.4%
Q4 2015-16.9%
Q3 2015+2.1%
Q2 2015+12.5%
Q1 2015+21.2%
Q4 2014-10.0%
Q3 2014+0.4%
Q2 2014-29.3%
Q1 2014+13.1%
Q4 2013-16.0%
Q3 2013-1.0%
Q2 2013+7.6%
Q1 2013-19.0%
Q4 2012-6.1%
Q3 2012-4.7%
Q2 2012+16.8%
Q1 2011-0.6%
Q1 2012+14.1%
Q4 2009+1.2%
Q2 2011+1.2%
Q4 2011+1.2%
Q3 2010+4.9%
Q3 2011+4.9%
Q4 2010+4.9%
Q2 2010+8.0%

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