NASDAQ:LPSNLivePerson Stock Price, Forecast & News

LivePerson's stock was trading at $20.35 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LPSN stock has increased by 187.7% and is now trading at $58.55.
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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."
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LivePerson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 5th 2020.
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LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The technology company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.23. The technology company had revenue of $79.07 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.71 million. LivePerson had a negative return on equity of 56.96% and a negative net margin of 33.59%.
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LivePerson issued an update on its third quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of -0.36--0.34 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $-0.07. The company issued revenue guidance of $92-93 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $89.35 million.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for LivePerson's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate LivePerson's stock price to reach $55.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.7%.
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News coverage about LPSN stock has trended somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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LivePerson trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LPSN."

LivePerson's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.89%), Granite Investment Partners LLC (1.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.15%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (1.08%), AWM Investment Company Inc. (0.73%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.71%). Company insiders that own LivePerson stock include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daryl Carlough, Eran Vanounou, Fred Mossler, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block, Robert P Locascio and William Wesemann.
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LPSN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC, Portolan Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, AWM Investment Company Inc., Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Daryl Carlough, Fred Mossler, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block, Robert P Locascio, and William Wesemann.
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LPSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, Granite Point Capital Management L.P., Redwood Investments LLC, Axiom International Investors LLC DE, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Swiss National Bank, and Moody Aldrich Partners LLC.
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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 $58.55.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $3.87 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.

The official website for LivePerson is 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]