LivePerson, Inc. (LPSN)Technology | Software - Application | New York, United States | NasdaqGS
2.82 USD
+0.03
(1.075%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 2.75 -0.07 (-0.070%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:02 a.m. EDT
LivePerson presents a catastrophic long-term investment case driven by a decade-long structural decline. The company has suffered four consecutive years of negative annual returns, with the cumulative loss over the last nine years exceeding 85%. Fundamentally, the business is deteriorating rapidly: revenue is contracting at nearly 12%, operating margins are deeply negative at -31.6%, and the company is burning cash with negative free cash flow. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying nearly $400 million in debt against only $96 million in cash, resulting in a negative book value. While the stock trades at a low price-to-sales multiple, this reflects the market's total loss of faith in the company's ability to generate sustainable earnings rather than a margin of safety. The recent news of a proposed merger with SoundHound offers a potential lifeline, but until that deal closes and proves viable, the underlying business remains a value trap. Short-term momentum is negligible given the severe downtrend, and the absence of any dividend policy leaves investors exposed to pure capital erosion. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.128886 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.185115 |
| AutoETS | 0.185119 |
| MSTL | 0.208858 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 24% |
| H-stat | 5.01 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 3.52 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 21.159 |
| Market Cap | 34,791,176 |
| Forward P/E | -0.43 |
| Beta | 1.34 |
| Profit Margins | -51.89% |
| Website | https://www.liveperson.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:02 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioned for downside protection rather than upside speculation. Deep out-of-the-money puts dominate the open interest profile across all expirations, particularly at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $0.50 and $1.00), indicating a strong consensus expectation of further price collapse. Conversely, call activity is minimal and concentrated near the money or slightly out-of-the-money, suggesting a lack of conviction in any immediate recovery. The disparity in volume and open interest between puts and calls highlights a defensive, bearish sentiment among retail traders.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.7910112 |
| Address1 | 530 7th Avenue |
| Address2 | Floor M1 |
| All Time High | 1,083.45 |
| All Time Low | 1.05 |
| Ask | 3.43 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 3 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 224,630 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 151,917 |
| Average Volume | 151,917 |
| Average Volume10Days | 224,630 |
| Beta | 1.335 |
| Bid | 2.0 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | -9.886 |
| City | New York |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 2.82 |
| Current Ratio | 1.104 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.84 |
| Day Low | 2.68 |
| Display Name | LivePerson |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,773,349,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,773,349,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | 1,286,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.00562 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 261.808 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.471 |
| Enterprise Value | 336,685,184 |
| Eps Current Year | -4.29 |
| Eps Forward | -6.615 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -13.75 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.1066 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.7133999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.3386499 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -79.10112 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 15.15 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -12.33 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.8138614 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.4 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.42 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0142857 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.4 - 15.15 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 955,114,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 10,805,375 |
| Forward Eps | -6.615 |
| Forward P E | -0.42630386 |
| Free Cashflow | -7,523,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 613 |
| Fullday Change | 0.03 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.07527 |
| Fullday Price | 2.7502 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.71844 |
| Gross Profits | 164,447,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01977 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.25431 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 12,337,297 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,760,313,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:15 |
| Long Business Summary | LivePerson, Inc. operates as a digital customer conversation in the United States, Canada, Latin America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It enables brands to leverage the LivePerson Platform's intelligence engine to connect with consumers through an integrated suite of mobile and online business messaging technologies. The company offers the LivePerson Platform, an enterprise-class digital customer conversation platform, which enables businesses and consumers to connect through conversational channels, such as voice, in-app, and mobile messaging. It also provides professional services; LivePerson's Conversational AI, including conversation builder, manager, and intelligence, and intent manager. In addition, the company offers cloud-based suite of messaging, real-time chat, Generative AI, AI and automation, and conversation orchestration comprising LLM powered automation tools; LLM powered agent tools; conversation intelligence tools; integrations; and engagement solutions. Further, it offers Syntrix platform that enables enterprises to test, evaluate, and validate AI behavior by identifying drift and failures before they reach real customers; and hosted service. The company serves telecommunications, financial services, travel and hospitality, technology, healthcare, automotive, and consumer and retail businesses. LivePerson, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
| Long Name | LivePerson, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 34,791,176 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_30886 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -118,774,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 34,544,431 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 2.8 |
| Operating Cashflow | -4,877,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.31616 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 7.22 |
| Phone | 212 609 4200 |
| Post Market Change | -0.0697999 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -2.4751737 |
| Post Market Price | 2.7502 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 2.79 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -0.6573427 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -0.2852519 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.1519969 |
| Profit Margins | -0.5189 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.988 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.03 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.07527 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.84 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 2.68 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 2.68 - 2.84 |
| Regular Market Open | 2.8 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 2.79 |
| Regular Market Price | 2.82 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 125,578 |
| Return On Assets | -0.0255 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.119 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.159 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 12,337,297 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.053600002 |
| Shares Short | 661,407 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 579,553 |
| Short Name | LivePerson, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0546 |
| Short Ratio | 3.33 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NY |
| Symbol | LPSN |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 3.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.0 |
| Target Median Price | 4.0 |
| Total Cash | 96,671,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.836 |
| Total Debt | 398,564,992 |
| Total Revenue | 228,894,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -13.75 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.98205 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.16205001 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.054341815 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 125,578 |
| Website | https://www.liveperson.com |
| Zip | 10,018 |