LivePerson Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:LPSN)

LivePerson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LPSN."

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The technology company reported ($0.32) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.21) by $0.11. The technology company had revenue of $71 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $70.16 million. LivePerson had a negative return on equity of 22.65% and a negative net margin of 21.09%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.01 earnings per share. View LivePerson's Earnings History.

LivePerson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LivePerson.

LivePerson updated its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $-0.29--0.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $74-75 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $74.1 million.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for LivePerson's stock. Their predictions range from $18.56 to $45.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's stock price to reach $38.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for LivePerson.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LivePerson in the last year. There are currently 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LivePerson.

News headlines about LPSN stock have trended neutral on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for LivePerson.

LivePerson saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,780,000 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the August 30th total of 7,300,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 749,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.4 days. Approximately 13.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View LivePerson's Current Options Chain.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and NEXT Financial Group Inc (0.01%). Company insiders that own LivePerson stock include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daniel Richard Murphy, Daryl Carlough, Eran Vanounou, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block and Robert P Locascio. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LivePerson.

LPSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, NEXT Financial Group Inc and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for LivePerson.

Shares of LPSN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.40.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $2.65 billion and generates $249.84 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-25,030,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.23) on an earnings per share basis. LivePerson employs 1,106 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About LivePerson.

The official website for LivePerson is http://www.liveperson.com/.

LivePerson's mailing address is 475 10TH AVENUE 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10018. The technology company can be reached via phone at 212-609-4200 or via email at [email protected]