LivePerson Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:LPSN)

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

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The technology company reported ($0.32) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.21) by $0.11. The technology company had revenue of $71 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $70.16 million. LivePerson had a negative net margin of 21.09% and a negative return on equity of 22.65%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.01 EPS. View LivePerson's Earnings History.

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

LivePerson will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, November 7th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

LivePerson issued an update on its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $-0.29--0.24 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $74-75 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $74.1 million.

15 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for LivePerson's shares. Their predictions range from $18.56 to $45.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's share price to reach $38.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LivePerson.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LivePerson in the last year. There are currently 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LivePerson.

News coverage about LPSN stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for LivePerson.

LivePerson saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,780,000 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the August 30th total of 7,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 749,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.4 days. Approximately 13.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View LivePerson's Current Options Chain.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Rhumbline Advisers (0.27%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Brinker Capital Inc. (0.01%) and NEXT Financial Group Inc (0.01%). 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 New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Brinker Capital Inc., Rhumbline Advisers, NEXT Financial Group Inc, Strs Ohio and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPSN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.80.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $2.48 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]