With 1.34 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.92 million shares. The 52-week range on LPSN shows that it touched its highest point at $2.61 and its lowest point at $0.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $0.96. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.53.
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 -7.69%, but this was down by -19.40% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 8.00% while six-month performance fell -17.56%. The stock lost -57.98% in the past year, while it has lost -28.95% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPSN yields -1.53 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.66. For the next quarter, that number is -0.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of -229.77% for this year and -47.90% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 90.31 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. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.03 and the low estimate is -$0.07. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.06.