Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) has a beta value of 1.60 and has seen 4.63 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $165.79M, closed the recent trade at $1.61 per share which meant it lost -$0.05 on the day or -3.31% during that session. The LPSN stock price is -147.2% off its 52-week high price of $3.98 and 72.05% above the 52-week low of $0.45. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 11.28 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.25 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Liveperson Inc (LPSN) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.33. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 6 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 9 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.05.
Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) trade information
Sporting -3.31% in the red today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the LPSN stock price touched $1.61 or saw a rise of 22.6%. Year-to-date, Liveperson Inc shares have moved 5.59%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 67.68%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) have changed 79.91%. Short interest in the company has seen 7.22 million shares shorted with days to cover at 4.86.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $1, which means that the shares’ value could drop -61.0% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $1.0 while the price target rests at a high of $1.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is 37.89% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 37.89% from the levels at last check today.
Liveperson Inc (LPSN) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Liveperson Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 124.10% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -5.88%, compared to 20.00% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -23.53%.
5 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 68.13M for the current quarter. 5 have an estimated revenue figure of 65.96M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 95.47M and 85.15M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -28.64% for the current quarter and -23.53% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -24.76% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -229.77% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 15.00%.
LPSN Dividends
Liveperson Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN)’s Major holders
Insiders own 9.23% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 37.57% with a share float percentage of 41.39%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Liveperson Inc having a total of 93.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VECTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with over 10.9 million shares worth more than $6.33 million. As of 2024-06-30, VECTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. held 12.3743% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, with the holding of over 7.22 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $4.19 million and represent 8.1918% of shares outstanding.
