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LivePerson (STU:LVO) Pretax Margin % : -37.44% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is LivePerson Pretax Margin %?

Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. LivePerson's Pre-Tax Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €-25.0 Mil. LivePerson's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was €66.9 Mil. Therefore, LivePerson's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -37.44%.

The historical rank and industry rank for LivePerson's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

STU:LVO' s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -43.52   Med: -16.82   Max: -2.61
Current: -17.32


STU:LVO's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than
75.31% of 2758 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 3.085 vs STU:LVO: -17.32

LivePerson Pretax Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for LivePerson's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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LivePerson Pretax Margin % Chart

LivePerson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Pretax Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -31.97 -28.67 -27.12 -43.52 -23.95

LivePerson Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Pretax Margin % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -52.08 -39.76 -41.42 53.90 -37.44

Competitive Comparison of LivePerson's Pretax Margin %

For the Software - Application subindustry, LivePerson's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


LivePerson's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, LivePerson's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where LivePerson's Pretax Margin % falls into.



LivePerson Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

LivePerson's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-88.281/368.618
=-23.95 %

LivePerson's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-25.048/66.894
=-37.44 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


LivePerson  (STU:LVO) Pretax Margin % Explanation

The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.

The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.

It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.

The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.


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LivePerson Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
530 7th Avenue, Floor M1, New York, NY, USA, 10018
LivePerson Inc is the enterprise leader in digital customer conversation.. The Conversational Cloud, the Company's enterprise-class digital customer conversation platform, is trusted by the world's top brands to accelerate their contact center transformation, orchestrate conversations across all channels, departments and systems, increase agent productivity, and deliver more personalized, AI-empowered customer experiences. The company has a presence in the United Kingdom, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe.