LivePerson (LPSN) reported earnings on Tue 20 Feb 2018 (a/h)

Sector: Technology
Industry: Software—Application
Founded in 1995
Headquartered in New York, New York
http://www.liveperson.com

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LivePerson misses by $0.01, beats on revs; guides Q1 EPS in-line, revs above consensus; guides FY18 EPS below consensus, revs above consensus 

• Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.00, excluding non-recurring items, $0.01 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.01; revenues rose 2.3% year/year to $57.4 mln vs the $56.52 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• LivePerson signed 101 deals in the quarter, which includes the addition of 41 new customer contracts. Trailing-twelve-month average revenue per enterprise and mid-market customer set a new record of greater than $220,000 in the fourth quarter, up from approximately $200,000 in the prior year.
• Co issues guidance for Q1, sees EPS of $0.00-0.01, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.01 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q1 revs of $56.75-57.75 mln vs. $55.46 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co issues guidance for FY18, sees EPS of $0.07-0.10, excluding non-recurring items, vs. $0.11 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees FY18 revs of $237-243 mln vs. $233.99 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co also announced the hiring of Alex Spinelli as the Company's Global CTO. Spinelli is joining LivePerson from Amazon.com (AMZN).