With 1.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.03 million shares. The 52-week range on LPSN shows that it touched its highest point at $2.08 and its lowest point at $0.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $0.95. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.62.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LPSN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -13.44%, but this was down by -28.63% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 4.94% while six-month performance fell -17.27%. The stock lost -17.27% in the past year, while it has lost -38.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPSN yields -2.32 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.66. For the next quarter, that number is -0.18. This implies an EPS growth rate of -101.29% for this year and 8.59% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 90.85 million LPSN shares are outstanding with a float of 73.22 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LPSN since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$0.19125 being high and -$0.20102 being low. For LPSN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.196135. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.15 and the low estimate is -$0.24. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.18.
