Latest Ratios: P/E Ratio -0.1x · EV/EBITDA N/A · ROE N/A. (1999–2025 historical series)
Price-based multiples — how expensive the stock is relative to earnings, sales, book value, and cash flow
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $21M | $33M | $135M | $298M | $756M | $2.5B | $4.1B | $2.3B | $1.1B | $648M | $423M |
| Enterprise Value | $318M | $330M | $479M | $677M | $1.1B | $2.5B | $4.0B | $2.3B | $1.1B | $591M | $368M |
| P/E Ratio → | -0.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| P/S Ratio | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.74 | 1.47 | 5.29 | 11.18 | 7.94 | 4.47 | 2.96 | 1.90 |
| P/B Ratio | — | — | — | 6.19 | 11.10 | 7.12 | 16.81 | 15.59 | 6.54 | 4.63 | 3.06 |
| P/FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34.65 |
| P/OCF | — | — | — | — | — | 765.73 | 122.01 | — | 233.64 | 62.99 | 17.23 |
P/E links to full P/E history page with 30-year chart
Enterprise-value multiples — capital-structure-neutral measures of total business value
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Revenue | — | 1.35 | 1.53 | 1.68 | 2.15 | 5.43 | 10.90 | 8.02 | 4.20 | 2.70 | 1.65 |
| EV / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 326.63 | 41.19 |
| EV / EBIT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EV / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.16 |
Margins and return-on-capital ratios measuring operating efficiency
Full margin charts and quarterly trend are on the Earnings History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 71.5% | 71.5% | 61.7% | 57.5% | 59.0% | 62.5% | 67.1% | 69.7% | 71.8% | 70.2% | 68.2% |
| Operating Margin | -9.6% | -9.6% | -19.9% | -20.7% | -38.3% | -19.1% | -16.4% | -29.1% | -7.5% | -7.0% | -4.4% |
| Net Profit Margin | -27.6% | -27.6% | -43.0% | -25.0% | -43.9% | -26.6% | -29.3% | -32.9% | -10.0% | -8.3% | -11.6% |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE | — | — | — | -172.8% | -108.1% | -42.1% | -54.8% | -60.2% | -16.1% | -13.1% | -17.0% |
| ROA | -12.7% | -12.7% | -18.6% | -10.4% | -19.8% | -11.4% | -14.2% | -23.9% | -9.6% | -8.0% | -11.6% |
| ROIC | -6.6% | -6.6% | -13.3% | -14.8% | -35.6% | -24.4% | -28.9% | -46.4% | -15.0% | -13.8% | -7.5% |
| ROCE | -5.8% | -5.8% | -12.0% | -11.9% | -21.9% | -10.2% | -10.5% | -32.8% | -11.6% | -10.6% | -6.2% |
Solvency and debt-coverage ratios — lower is generally safer
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / Equity | — | — | — | 12.30 | 10.91 | 1.67 | 2.26 | 1.34 | — | — | — |
| Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt / Equity | — | — | — | 7.87 | 5.16 | 0.18 | -0.42 | 0.15 | -0.39 | -0.41 | -0.40 |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -31.84 | -6.13 |
| Debt / FCF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -4.49 |
| Interest Coverage | -1.18 | -1.18 | -8.08 | -17.06 | -39.71 | -2.40 | -6.19 | -8.32 | — | — | — |
Short-term solvency ratios and asset-utilisation metrics
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.65 | 1.20 | 2.12 | 2.85 | 3.59 | 1.63 | 1.19 | 1.15 | 1.23 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.65 | 1.20 | 2.12 | 2.85 | 3.59 | 1.63 | 1.19 | 1.15 | 1.23 |
| Cash Ratio | 0.78 | 0.78 | 1.31 | 0.80 | 1.56 | 2.34 | 3.14 | 1.04 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.74 |
| Asset Turnover | — | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.86 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
| Inventory Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Days Sales Outstanding | — | 45.36 | 36.43 | 74.28 | 61.36 | 72.91 | 80.07 | 109.67 | 67.24 | 63.25 | 52.14 |
Earnings, FCF, buyback, and dividend yields — total returns to shareholders
Full dividend history and growth charts are on the Dividend History page
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Payout Ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metric | TTM | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FCF Yield | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9% |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2.4% |
| Total Shareholder Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2.4% |
| Shares Outstanding | — | $9M | $6M | $5M | $5M | $5M | $4M | $4M | $4M | $4M | $4M |
Insolvency and liquidity risk
As reported in financial statements, LPSN trades at a P/S multiple of 0.10, a figure that suggests the market has largely abandoned growth expectations and is instead pricing the company as a distressed asset facing significant long-term viability challenges within the competitive conversational AI landscape.
The current valuation multiple is significantly compressed compared to historical norms and broader software sector averages, indicating that investors are heavily discounting the firm's future cash flows. This pricing suggests that the market views the company's revenue contraction as a structural impairment rather than a temporary cyclical downturn.
Based on the provided quarterly data, ROIC has remained consistently negative, bottoming out at -5.1% in 2023Q4, which highlights the company's inability to generate meaningful returns on invested capital while navigating a period of sustained operational contraction and high fixed-cost overhead.
The inability to achieve positive ROIC suggests that the company's historical investments in platform development and market expansion have failed to create a durable competitive advantage. This trend warrants further investigation into whether the current capital allocation strategy can ever yield positive economic value for shareholders.
According to recent SEC filings, the company's DSO has fluctuated significantly, reaching as high as 88 days in 2023Q4, which indicates that the firm is struggling to maintain efficient collection cycles amidst a challenging enterprise sales environment and potential customer dissatisfaction.
The erratic nature of the cash conversion cycle suggests that management lacks control over the timing of customer payments, which exacerbates the company's liquidity constraints. Investors should monitor whether these collection delays are a symptom of broader service delivery issues or deteriorating relationships with key enterprise clients.
As indicated by the quarterly data, the current ratio has hovered near 1.12 in recent periods, a level that leaves the company with a very thin margin of safety to meet its short-term obligations given the ongoing negative operating cash flow.
The proximity of the current ratio to unity suggests that any further deterioration in revenue or unexpected cash outflows could lead to a liquidity crisis. This position appears precarious compared to industry peers who typically maintain more robust working capital buffers to navigate market volatility.
Based on the reported figures, the most commonly misapplied metric for LPSN is the standard EV/Revenue multiple, which obscures the company's underlying cash burn and the high probability of future equity dilution required to sustain operations in the absence of positive free cash flow.
Using revenue multiples to value LPSN ignores the critical reality that the company is not currently a self-sustaining SaaS business. Analysts should instead focus on the cash burn rate and the remaining runway, as these metrics provide a more accurate assessment of the company's survival risk.
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