LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
LQDT
Liquidity Services, Inc.
LQDT has the edge over LCID overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger fundamentals.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
LQDT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
LQDT's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
LQDT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 12x | $11.99 | -73% |
| Forward | 25x | $45.15 | — |
| Fair | 31x | $31.35 | -31% |
| Expensive | 42x | $42.96 | -4.9% |
| Current | 44x | $45.15 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
LQDT's PE is in its expensive range at 44x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 25x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
LQDT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for LQDT, with profitability improving.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
LQDT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.81 | +77% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.02 | +23% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.93 | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.92 | +23% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.87 | +38% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.83 | +34% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.79 | +23% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.75 | +27% |
| Q3 2024 | $0.63 | -3.1% |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over LQDT on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
LQDT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $129.6M | +8.1% |
| Q1 2026 | $120.7M | +3.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $121.2M | -0.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $118.1M | +10% |
| Q2 2025 | $119.9M | +28% |
| Q1 2025 | $116.4M | +27% |
| Q4 2024 | $122.3M | +72% |
| Q3 2024 | $106.9M | +34% |
LQDT's revenue is growing: $130M last quarter, up 8.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +2.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 8% | +2.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 7.7% | +1.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 9.3% | +2.5 points |
| Q2 2025 | 8.5% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.8% | -1.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 5.8% | +3.5 points |
| Q3 2024 | 6.8% | -3 points |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
LQDT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $29.4M | +71% |
| Q1 2026 | $27.4M | +39% |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.8M | +$11.2M |
| Q3 2025 | $36M | +88% |
| Q2 2025 | $17.2M | -15% |
| Q1 2025 | $19.8M | -39% |
| Q4 2024 | -$14M | -$3.4M |
| Q3 2024 | $19.2M | +45% |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
LQDT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.1% | +367K shares |
| 1 year | +1.1% | +354K shares |
| 3 years | +4.2% | +1.3M shares |
| 5 years | -7.3% | -2.6M shares |
| Available history | -1.3% | -440K shares |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $40,000 |
| Q4 2025 | $1.5M |
| Q3 2025 | $16.1M |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | $79,000 |
| Q3 2024 | — |
LQDT spent $18M buying back its own shares over the past year, more than ten times what it spent the year before.
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
LQDT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -4.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -3.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -3.6x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -3.2x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -4.3x | Net Cash |
LQDT has more cash than debt.
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
LQDT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 68.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 74.7 | Neutral |
LQDT's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 75 (neutral).
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
LQDT PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | LQDT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 44x | 18x | 146% above |
| PE % | 88 | 47 | 41 pts above |
LQDT is trading at 44x earnings, a 146% premium to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
LQDT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.0 | 2.6% above |
| 20 week MA | $42.2 | 7.1% above |
| 50 week MA | $36.6 | 23% above |
| 100 week MA | $32.3 | 40% above |
| 200 week MA | $25.3 | 78% above |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.
LQDT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $5.85 | $16.7 | +186% |
| 2021 | $16.7 | $21.5 | +29% |
| 2022 | $21.5 | $14.0 | -35% |
| 2023 | $14.0 | $17.2 | +23% |
| 2024 | $17.2 | $32.1 | +86% |
| 2025 | $32.1 | $31.2 | -2.9% |
| 2026 YTD | $31.2 | $45.2 | +45% |
LQDT has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.