LivePerson - LPSN Stock Forecast, Price & News

LivePerson, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides conversational commerce software and Gainshare solutions. It operates in two segments, Business and Consumer. The Business segment enables brands to leverage LiveEngage's intelligence engine to connect with consumers through an integrated suite of mobile and online business messaging technologies. The Consumer segment facilitates online transactions between experts and users seeking information and knowledge through mobile and online messaging. The company offers the Conversational Cloud, an enterprise-class and cloud-based platform, which enables businesses and consumers to connect through conversational interfaces, such as in-app and mobile messaging. It also provides professional services and value-added business consulting services. The company sells its products through direct and indirect sales channels to Fortune 500 companies, Internet businesses, online merchants, small businesses, automotive dealers, universities, libraries, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations. It operates in the United States, Canada, Latin America, South America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The company has strategic partnerships with TTEC that focuses on customer experience; and DMI to redefine customer experience with digital engagement, messaging, and artificial intelligence driven automation. LivePerson, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

LivePerson Price Performance

NASDAQ:LPSN traded up $0.37 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $13.80. 3,802 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 997,285. The firm has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.46 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a quick ratio of 2.48, a current ratio of 2.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.09. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $14.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $20.03. LivePerson has a 52 week low of $11.72 and a 52 week high of $68.82.

LivePerson (NASDAQ:LPSN - Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 9th. The technology company reported ($0.79) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.74) by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $130.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $125.51 million. LivePerson had a negative return on equity of 84.57% and a negative net margin of 44.25%. On average, research analysts anticipate that LivePerson will post -1.97 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently weighed in on LPSN. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on LivePerson from $23.00 to $18.00 in a report on Monday, May 23rd. Loop Capital lowered LivePerson from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $15.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday. B. Riley cut their price target on LivePerson from $19.00 to $17.00 in a report on Tuesday. Roth Capital upgraded shares of LivePerson from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $25.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 10th. Finally, Mizuho cut their target price on shares of LivePerson from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $21.90.