Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) has a beta value of 1.57 and has seen 2.97 million shares traded in the last trading session. The LPSN stock price is -149.24% off its 52-week high price of $3.29 and 65.91% 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 3.08 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.89 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
Over the past 30 days, the shares of Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) have changed 55.86%. Short interest in the company has seen 9.81 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.01.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $1, which means that the shares’ value could drop -32.0% from current levels. 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 current price level is 24.24% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 24.24% from current levels.
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 4.76% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -5.88%, compared to 20.90% 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.
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 37.64% with a share float percentage of 41.46%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Liveperson Inc having a total of 95.0 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.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund . As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.76% shares in the company for having 2.49 shares of worth $3.28 million while later fund manager owns 1.76 shares of worth $2.32 million as of Aug 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 1.95% of company’s outstanding stock.
