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 (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 issued an update on its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $-0.29--0.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 targets for LivePerson's shares. Their predictions range from $18.56 to $45.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's stock price to reach $37.0007 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.1%. 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.

Media headlines about LPSN stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for LivePerson.

LivePerson saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,852,600 shares, an increase of 11.5% from the July 15th total of 4,353,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 666,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 8.4% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 BlackRock Inc. (14.09%), BlackRock Inc. (14.09%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.51%), RGM Capital LLC (3.15%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.61%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.59%). Company insiders that own LivePerson stock include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daniel Richard Murphy, Daryl Carlough, Dustin Dean, Eran Vanounou, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block and Robert P Locascio. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LivePerson.

LPSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, RGM Capital LLC, Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Cortina Asset Management LLC and Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daryl Carlough, Eran Vanounou, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg and Robert P Locascio. View Insider Buying and Selling for LivePerson.

LPSN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Granite Investment Partners LLC, Castleark Management LLC, Morgan Stanley and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. 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 $38.17.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $2.50 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]