NASDAQ:LPSN - LivePerson Stock Price, Forecast & News

LivePerson's stock was trading at $20.35 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LPSN shares have increased by 2.3% and is now trading at $20.81. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LivePerson in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for LivePerson.

LivePerson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for LivePerson.

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The technology company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.23. The technology company had revenue of $79.07 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.71 million. LivePerson had a negative net margin of 32.94% and a negative return on equity of 47.19%. View LivePerson's earnings history.

LivePerson updated its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.53--0.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $-0.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $77.5-78.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $80.42 million.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for LivePerson's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate LivePerson's share price to reach $41.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 100.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for LivePerson.

Media headlines about LPSN stock have been trending very positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutLivePerson.

LivePerson saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 8,302,300 shares, a drop of 10.2% from the February 27th total of 9,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,790,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 14.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View LivePerson's Current Options Chain.

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

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 $20.81.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $1.33 billion and generates $291.61 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-96,070,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.29) on an earnings per share basis. LivePerson employs 1,341 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]