Is Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) Stock Ready For A Higher Run In Its Share Price?

In the latest trading session, 0.83 million Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.50. With the company’s most recent per share price at $1.10 changed hands at -$0.07 or -5.98% at last look, the market valuation stands at $99.93M. LPSN’s current price is a discount, trading about -148.18% off its 52-week high of $2.73. The share price had its 52-week low at $0.45, which suggests the last value was 59.09% up since then.

Analysts gave the Liveperson Inc (LPSN) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 3.33. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 16 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 6 recommended LPSN as a Hold, 9 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Liveperson Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.05.

Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) trade information

Instantly LPSN was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -11.29%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -27.63%, with the 5-day performance at -11.29% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) is -16.67% down.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 7, meaning bulls need an upside of 84.29% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, LPSN’s forecast low is 1 with 20 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -1718.18% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 9.09% for it to hit the projected low.

Liveperson Inc (LPSN) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -23.53% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 5 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 68.12M. 5 analysts are of the opinion that Liveperson Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 65.95M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 95.47M and 85.15M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -28.65%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -22.54%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -24.76%. The 2025 estimates are for Liveperson Inc earnings to decrease by -229.77%.

Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN)’s Major holders

VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.1918% or 7.22 million shares worth $4.19 million as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Sep 30, 2024 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund. With 2.49 shares estimated at $2.8 million under it, the former controlled 2.76% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund held about 1.91% of the shares, roughly 1.72 shares worth around $1.94 million.