NASDAQ:LPSN - LivePerson Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSN) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The technology company reported ($0.18) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16) by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $75.18 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $74.69 million. LivePerson had a negative net margin of 27.03% and a negative return on equity of 33.89%. LivePerson's revenue for the quarter was up 17.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.09 EPS. View LivePerson's Earnings History.

LivePerson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for LivePerson.

LivePerson issued an update on its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $-1.51--1.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $-0.26. The company issued revenue guidance of $$289.5-292.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$290.65 million.

16 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for LivePerson's shares. Their forecasts range from $31.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect LivePerson's stock price to reach $41.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LivePerson.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LivePerson in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LivePerson.

Media coverage about LPSN stock has been trending positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LivePerson earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for LivePerson.

LivePerson saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,900,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the December 15th total of 8,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 647,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 13.7 days. Approximately 14.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View LivePerson's Current Options Chain.

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LivePerson's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.07%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Sciencast Management LP (0.03%) and Carroll Financial Associates Inc. (0.00%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold LivePerson company stock in the last year include Alexander Spinelli, Christopher E Greiner, Daryl Carlough, Kevin Lavan, 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP and Carroll Financial Associates 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 $41.30.

LivePerson has a market capitalization of $2.73 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]