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Dec 31, 2019

Liquidity Services Q1 2020 Earnings Report

Announced first quarter fiscal year 2020 financial results.

Key Takeaways

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.

Total Revenue
$49.5M
Previous year: $54.1M
-8.4%
EPS
-$0.12
Previous year: -$0.1
+20.0%
GMV
$149M
Previous year: $159M
-6.2%
Registered Buyers
3.63M
Previous year: 3.51M
+3.3%
Auction Participants
453K
Previous year: 493K
-8.1%
Gross Profit
$25.3M
Previous year: $29.1M
-13.0%
Cash and Equivalents
$24.2M
Previous year: $38.5M
-37.2%
Free Cash Flow
-$19.9M
Previous year: -$9.65M
+106.5%
Total Assets
$179M
Previous year: $193M
-7.1%

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Liquidity Services Revenue by Segment

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.

Positive Outlook

  • 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.

Challenges Ahead

  • 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.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income