NASDAQ:LPSN - LivePerson Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 2nd. The technology company reported ($0.25) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.19) by $0.06. The technology company earned $66.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $66.14 million. LivePerson had a negative net margin of 15.78% and a negative return on equity of 13.56%. View LivePerson's Earnings History.

LivePerson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LivePerson.

LivePerson updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $-0.92--0.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $-0.1. The company issued revenue guidance of $284.5-291.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $288.24 million.LivePerson also updated its Q2 2019 guidance to $-0.33-0.29 EPS.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for LivePerson's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.56 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate LivePerson's stock price to reach $32.0008 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LivePerson.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LivePerson in the last year. There are currently 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LivePerson.

News headlines about LPSN stock have been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for LivePerson.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (5.67%), Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (5.21%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.26%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.49%), Redwood Investments LLC (1.07%) and William Blair Investment Management LLC (0.78%). Company insiders that own LivePerson stock include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daniel Richard Murphy, Daryl Carlough, David Vaskevitch, Dustin Dean, Eran Vanounou, 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 William Blair Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Royce & Associates LP, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd., Menta Capital LLC and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daryl Carlough, Eran Vanounou, Monica L Greenberg and Robert P Locascio. View Insider Buying and Selling for LivePerson.

LPSN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Granite Investment Partners LLC, Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Redwood Investments LLC, Weiss Asset Management LP, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and FMR 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.64.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $1.86 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]