In the past week, LPSN stock has gone down by -5.31%, with a monthly decline of -58.37% and a quarterly plunge of -69.77%. The volatility ratio for the week is 8.69%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 12.09% for Liveperson Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -7.22% for LPSN’s stock, with a -67.99% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) Right Now?
Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.51.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for LPSN is 66.43M, and currently, short sellers hold a 9.93% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of LPSN on March 28, 2024 was 2.36M shares.
LPSN) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Liveperson Inc (NASDAQ: LPSN) has increased by 2.88 when compared to last closing price of 1.04.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -5.31% in its stock price over the last five trading days. InvestorPlace reported 2024-03-18 that Investor enthusiasm for risk continues to increase as the stock market notches up fresh highs. Hence, amidst the bullishness, it’s an opportune time to offload penny stocks to sell and optimize your portfolio.
Analysts’ Opinion of LPSN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LPSN stocks, with ROTH MKM repeating the rating for LPSN by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for LPSN in the upcoming period, according to ROTH MKM is $2 based on the research report published on February 29, 2024 of the current year 2024.
ROTH MKM, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LPSN reach a price target of $6. The rating they have provided for LPSN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on August 09th, 2023.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Buy” to LPSN, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on August 09th of the previous year.
LPSN Trading at -49.29% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LPSN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -83.31% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 12.09%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 8.69%, as shares sank -55.42% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -66.46% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LPSN fell by -5.31%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -69.86% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $1.0868. In addition, Liveperson Inc saw -71.77% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LPSN starting from Pegueros Vanessa, who purchase 5,000 shares at the price of $1.02 back on Mar 14 ’24. After this action, Pegueros Vanessa now owns 89,993 shares of Liveperson Inc, valued at $5,100 using the latest closing price.
Wesemann William, the Director of Liveperson Inc, purchase 100,000 shares at $1.00 during a trade that took place back on Mar 12 ’24, which means that Wesemann William is holding 374,835 shares at $100,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LPSN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.26 for the present operating margin
- 0.62 for the gross margin
The net margin for Liveperson Inc stands at -0.25. The total capital return value is set at -0.19. Equity return is now at value -172.83, with -10.44 for asset returns.
Based on Liveperson Inc (LPSN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.92 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.05. The debt to equity ratio resting at 12.25. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -27.82.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -28.55 million with net debt to EBITDA at -7.46. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.18. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.91for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.48. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.20.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Liveperson Inc (LPSN) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
