A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own LQDT shares is 191, representing 67.70% of the company's common stock.

Renaissance Technologies LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in LQDT by -11.92% restricting it's holding to 1.97 Million shares of worth nearly $27.66 Million. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP also lessened -0.91% of the LQDT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.16 Million shares of worth $16.35 Million. SSgA Funds Management, Inc also shunned LQDT shares holding by -1.12% last quarter which brought its holding to 901.43 Thousands shares worth $12.67 Million.

As per its latest 13F filing, BlackRock Fund Advisors increased its stake in LQDT by 3.48% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 3.86 Million shares having worth more than $54.32 Million. Granahan Investment Management, L also added 19.77% more shares of LQDT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.55 Million shares of worth $35.84 Million. Staley Capital Advisers, Inc also increased its LQDT shares holding by 0% which brought its holding to 2.3 Million shares worth $32.34 Million.

The insider with the most stakes in LQDT is ANGRICK WILLIAM P III , a Chairman of the Board and CEO at the company. Additionally, LQDT stock is highly held by Director MATEUS-TIQUE JAIME and Chief Technology Officer WEISKIRCHER STEVEN among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.2 percent of Liquidity Services, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 20 transaction(s) in which LQDT insiders have sold stock, totaling 313,554 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SHAFFER MARK A, KOLODZIESKI EDWARD, and ANGRICK WILLIAM P III.

There have been no transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which LQDT insiders have bought stock N/A.

Around 380.76 Thousands Liquidity Services, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.20% of LQDT Stock.

LQDT Chairman of the Board and CEO, ANGRICK WILLIAM P III holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. LQDT shares owned by Levinson total nearly 5.31 Million.

BlackRock Fund Advisors is the largest institutional owner in LQDT which holds 3.86 Million shares worth $54.32 Million or 10.79% of the total LQDT shares outstanding followed by Granahan Investment Management, L with ownership of 2.55 Million shares representing 7.12% of the LQDT ownership. Staley Capital Advisers, Inc, Inc is the third largest stakeholder with 2.3 Million shares or 6.43% of the ownership worth more than $32.34 Million.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the LQDT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of LQDT shares short as of 2022-10-13 was 1.75 Million. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 31.73 Million shares of LQDT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, LQDT has 27.01 Million shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for LQDT was N/A as of 2022-10-13.