Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) is -27.63% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.45 and a high of $2.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The LPSN stock was last observed hovering at around $1.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.05%.
Currently trading at $1.10, the stock is -8.75% and -12.51% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.52 million and changing 4.76% at the moment leaves the stock 4.07% off its SMA200. LPSN registered -15.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -10.57%.
The stock witnessed a -18.52% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.34%, and is 3.77% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.83% over the week and 7.16% over the month.
Liveperson Inc (LPSN) has around 1095 employees, a market worth around $99.93M and $334.74M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -18.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 144.17% and -47.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-12.14%).
with sales reaching $68.32M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 39.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -23.48% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -28.43% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 90.31M, and float is at 73.22M with Short Float at 16.04%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VECTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. with over 10.9 million shares valued at $6.33 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.2868 of the LPSN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 7.22 million shares valued at $4.19 million to account for 8.1918 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are SOLEL PARTNERS LP which holds 4.09 million shares representing 4.6159 and valued at over $2.38 million, while MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP holds 2.701 of the shares totaling 2.4 million with a market value of $1.39 million.
Liveperson Inc (LPSN) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Liveperson Inc (LPSN) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Greenberg Monica L., the company’s EVP, Policy & General Counsel. SEC filings show that Greenberg Monica L. sold 12,904 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 06 ’25 at a price of $1.58 per share for a total of $20388.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.57 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 11 ’24, Hansen Bruce Edward (Director) disposed off 84,944 shares at an average price of $0.85 for $72202.0. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Liveperson Inc (LPSN).
Liveperson Inc (LPSN): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Salesforce Inc. (CRM) that is trading -3.88% down over the past 12 months.eGain Corp. (EGAN) lies in the list of competitors of the Liveperson Inc and is -16.18% lower over the same period from LPSNOracle Corp. (ORCL) is 43.90% up on the 1-year trading charts.
