NASDAQ:LPSN - LivePerson Stock Price, Forecast & News

LivePerson's stock was trading at $20.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LPSN stock has increased by 11.3% and is now trading at $22.65. 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 results on Thursday, February, 13th. The technology company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.23. The technology company earned $79.07 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 issued an update on its first quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of -0.53--0.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for LivePerson's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's share price to reach $42.46 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 87.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for LivePerson.

Media stories about LPSN stock have been trending negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutLivePerson.

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

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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 shareholders include FMR LLC (13.88%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (4.19%), State Street Corp (2.70%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.73%), Granite Investment Partners LLC (1.34%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.30%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Redwood Investments LLC, Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management, Point72 Asset Management L.P., SG Americas Securities LLC, Castleark Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC, and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Christopher E Greiner, Daryl Carlough, Kevin Lavan, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block, and Robert P Locascio. View insider buying and selling activity for LivePerson.

LPSN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Norges Bank, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, WCM Investment Management LLC, and AXA. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $22.65.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $1.45 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]