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

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

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 1st. The technology company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.05. The technology company had revenue of $54.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.55 million. LivePerson had a negative return on equity of 13.56% and a negative net margin of 15.78%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.02) earnings per share. 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 issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 2nd. The company provided EPS 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 12 month price targets for LivePerson's stock. Their predictions range from $18.56 to $40.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's stock price to reach $32.0008 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% 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 coverage about LPSN stock has been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of media 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.39%), FMR LLC (5.67%), Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC (5.21%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.26%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.49%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.43%). 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 Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daniel Richard Murphy, Daryl Carlough, Eran Vanounou, Monica L Greenberg, Peter Block 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, Jane Street Group LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Weiss Asset Management LP. 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 $28.78.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $1.87 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.

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]