NASDAQ:LPSNLivePerson 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 (WHO). Since then, LPSN stock has increased by 14.8% and is now trading at $23.36. View which stocks have been most 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 earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The technology company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.23. The technology company had revenue of $79.07 million for 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 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 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for LivePerson's stock. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's share price to reach $41.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 78.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for LivePerson.

Media headlines about LPSN stock have been trending very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutLivePerson.

LivePerson saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 8,302,300 shares, a decline of 10.2% from the February 27th total of 9,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,790,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.6 days. Currently, 14.2% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $23.36.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $1.50 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]