Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ:LPSN) saw a downside of -3.91% to close Tuesday at $3.93 after subtracting -$0.16 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 1,767,360 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $4.74 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 1,752,140 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 1,908,578.
LPSN’s 1-month performance is 0.51% or $0.02 on its low of $3.76 reached on 08/28/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $3.18 and high of $18.17, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/03/23. YTD, LPSN has lost -61.24% or -$6.21 and has reached a new high 12 times. However, the current price is down -78.37% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
LPSN stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Jul 31.Collins John DeNeen (Chief Financial Officer) most recently sold 21,275 shares at $4.78 per share on Jul 31. This transaction cost the insider $101,694. EVP, Policy & General Counsel, Greenberg Monica L., sold 7,782 shares at a price of $4.78 on Jul 31. Then, on Jul 31, Chief Accounting Officer Osumi Norman M. sold 3,357 shares at a price of $4.78 per share. This transaction amounted to $16,046.
Valuation Metrics
LPSN stock has a beta of 1.54. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.67 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.38.
Liveperson Inc’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.22, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.22. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 5.67, while the total debt to equity was 6.49.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 57.68%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -27.78% while for the period ending June 29, Liveperson Inc’s operating margin was -22.69%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $330.1 million against revenue of $514.8 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 796.95% to $10.82 million, while revenue of -$17.42 million was 261.0% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected LPSN to announce -$0.38 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.12, representing a 131.60% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $22.62 million. LPSN stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 808.14 million, with total debt at $584.73 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $77.96 million.
Let’s look briefly at Liveperson Inc (LPSN) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 26 September was 34.72% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 57.68%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $4.28, reflecting a -12.28% or -$0.55 change from its current price. LPSN is currently trading +2.88% above its 20-day SMA, -7.31% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -12.67% and SMA200 by-66.38%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 38.54% and 55.32% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.29. The RSI (14) points at 40.90%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 15.63% with the period’s ATR at 0.30. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.19 and -0.12 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN), ROTH MKM upgraded it to a Buy rating. They previously had a Neutral rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for LPSN stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 1 brokerage advisors rate LPSN as a “sell,”, while 8 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 2 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is LPSN’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $4.00 and a high of $7.00, with their median price target at $5.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Liveperson Inc (LPSN) stock is $5.43.
