NASDAQ$LPSN

LivePerson Inc · Q2 2021 earnings

Q2 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

LivePerson exceeded guidance with record revenue and growth, increased annual contract value of new logo signings, achieved Rule of 40 for a fourth consecutive quarter, and expanded new target verticals.

LivePerson announced strong Q2 2021 financial results, achieving record revenue of $119.6 million, a 31% year-over-year increase. The company saw significant growth in new customer contracts and average revenue per enterprise customer. They are increasing investment in go-to-market capacity, expecting at least 27% growth in 2022.

  • Total revenue for Q2 2021 was $119.6 million, a 31% increase compared to the same period last year.
  • Business operations revenue increased 31% year-over-year to $109.8 million, while consumer operations revenue increased 29% year-over-year to $9.8 million.
  • Trailing-twelve-months average revenue per enterprise and mid-market customer increased 35% to $535,000.
  • The company signed four seven-figure deals and 105 deals in total, with 29 new and 76 existing customer contracts.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$120M

Previous: $91.6M+30.6%
EPS (adj)

-$0.30

Previous: -$0.22-36.4%
Adjusted EBITDA

$13.4M

Previous: $9.3M+43.7%
Capital Expenditures

$12.5M

Previous: -$23.6M+153.1%
Free Cash Flow

-$7.16M

Previous: -$42.2M+83.1%
Net Income

-$21.1M

Previous: -$18.6M-13.4%
Operating Income

-$13.6M

Previous: -$14.4M+6.0%
Gross Profit

$79.5M

Previous: $63.9M+24.5%
Cash & Equivalents

$664M

Previous: $173M+283.6%
Total Assets

$1.04B

Previous: $518M+101.4%
Stock-Based Comp

$15.1M

Previous: $15.9M-5.4%

Revenue & EPS history

LivePerson · Revenue · Quarterly

$120M

Q2 2021+30.6%vs Q2 2020
Beat estimate in 11 of 16 quarters(69%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

LivePerson · $101M total across 2 segments · Q3 2023

  • Hosted services
    $85.7M
  • Professional services
    $15.6M

Forward guidance

LivePerson updated its revenue guidance for full year 2021 to a range of $464.0 million to $471.0 million, and third quarter revenue guidance range is $117.0 million to $119.0 million. The company is updating its guidance for 2021 adjusted EBITDA to a range of $14.8 million to $22.8 million.

Tailwinds

  • Full year revenue guidance increased to $464.0 million - $471.0 million.
  • Targeting full year growth of 26.5% to 28.5%.
  • Third quarter revenue guidance range is $117.0 million to $119.0 million
  • Third quarter adjusted EBITDA in a range of $4.0 million to $8.0 million
  • Fully diluted share count (in millions) 75.6

Headwinds

  • GAAP net loss per share $(0.55) - $(0.49)
  • Adjusted operating loss (in millions) $(5.5) - $(1.5)
  • GAAP net loss per share $(2.02) - $(1.90)
  • Adjusted operating (loss)/income (in millions) $(17.6) - $(9.6)
  • Adjusted EBITDA (in millions) $14.8 - $22.8

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2021

Historical avgQ2 2021

-1.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.7%

Avg return

5 days after

-3.8%

Avg return

30 days after

35%

22 / 62 earnings

Positive

+43.3%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-56.4%

Q4 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-4.9%-19.5%-21.1%
Q4 2025-1.1%-1.5%+1.9%
Q3 2025+12.4%-2.9%+1.3%
Q1 2025+8.1%+12.8%+0.0%
Q4 2024-16.0%-22.7%-38.2%
Q3 2024-25.7%-27.4%-23.1%
Q2 2024-11.6%-10.9%-4.7%
Q1 2024-2.0%+11.9%+10.2%
Q4 2023-50.6%-51.0%-61.1%
Q3 2023-9.0%-7.7%+15.0%
Q2 2023+18.2%+26.4%-1.2%
Q1 2023+27.9%+0.7%-17.4%
Q4 2022-56.4%-60.1%-44.1%
Q3 2022+20.4%+34.7%+12.0%
Q2 2022-17.8%-11.1%-26.5%
Q1 2022-5.4%-6.3%-14.1%
Q4 2021-20.7%+3.0%+4.7%
Q3 2021-5.3%-6.7%-32.3%
Q2 2021-2.5%-3.3%+3.7%
Q1 2021-3.1%-3.5%+1.2%
Q4 2020+9.1%+7.6%-13.5%
Q3 2020-5.5%-3.8%+2.4%
Q2 2020+24.0%+27.1%+17.6%
Q1 2020+43.3%+44.5%+47.6%
Q4 2019-23.3%-26.3%-53.3%
Q3 2019-16.3%-16.1%-9.8%
Q2 2019+3.6%-1.7%+21.9%
Q1 2019-0.8%-0.7%-3.2%
Q4 2018+4.3%+8.9%+7.4%
Q3 2018-7.5%-11.0%-16.7%
Q2 2018+3.9%+3.9%+15.9%
Q1 2018+8.4%+9.3%+17.5%
Q4 2017+15.3%+14.5%+21.3%
Q3 2017-17.9%-16.4%-21.4%
Q2 2017+17.9%+18.3%+11.8%
Q1 2017+22.6%+27.7%+41.5%
Q4 2016-0.7%+4.3%-4.3%
Q3 2016-3.0%+1.2%+0.0%
Q2 2016-15.0%-11.3%+4.4%
Q1 2016-3.5%
Q4 2015-18.8%
Q3 2015-7.9%
Q2 2015+12.3%
Q1 2015-10.3%
Q4 2014-1.1%
Q3 2014+0.7%
Q2 2014+21.8%
Q1 2014-3.0%
Q4 2013-8.0%
Q3 2013+20.8%
Q2 2013+0.7%
Q4 2012-6.1%
Q3 2012-12.5%
Q1 2011+7.7%
Q1 2012+2.1%
Q4 2009-0.4%
Q4 2011-0.4%
Q3 2010-4.2%
Q3 2011-4.2%
Q2 2010-3.5%
Q2 2011-3.5%
Q4 2010-3.5%

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