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) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.21) by $0.11. The technology company earned $71 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $70.16 million. LivePerson had a negative net margin of 21.09% and a negative return on equity of 22.65%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.01 EPS. 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 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 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for LivePerson's stock. Their predictions range from $18.56 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate LivePerson's stock price to reach $38.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. 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 stories about LPSN stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for LivePerson.

LivePerson saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 749,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.4 days. Approximately 13.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View LivePerson's Current Options Chain.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by many different 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 bought 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 $36.88.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $2.42 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]