LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) Upgraded at Zacks Research

Zacks Research upgraded shares of LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) from a hold rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report released on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on RAMP. Cross Research set a $53.00 price objective on LiveRamp in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of LiveRamp in a research report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of LiveRamp from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 13th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating on shares of LiveRamp in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of LiveRamp from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $43.50.

LiveRamp Price Performance

Shares of LiveRamp stock opened at $28.79 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $28.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $29.64. LiveRamp has a 12 month low of $22.82 and a 12 month high of $36.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 130.86 and a beta of 1.01.

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.07. LiveRamp had a net margin of 1.89% and a return on equity of 2.21%. The company had revenue of $199.83 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $197.31 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.51 earnings per share. LiveRamp’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. LiveRamp has set its FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that LiveRamp will post 0.48 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at LiveRamp

In other LiveRamp news, CTO Mohsin Hussain sold 12,734 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.94, for a total transaction of $355,787.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 63,409 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,771,647.46. This represents a 16.72% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 3.31% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On LiveRamp

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of LiveRamp by 101.5% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 229,244 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,869,000 after purchasing an additional 115,464 shares in the last quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS raised its position in shares of LiveRamp by 82.9% during the 2nd quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 23,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $780,000 after purchasing an additional 10,700 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC purchased a new stake in LiveRamp in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,301,000. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in LiveRamp by 38.3% during the 1st quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 65,840 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,721,000 after buying an additional 18,222 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Versor Investments LP acquired a new stake in LiveRamp during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,409,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.83% of the company’s stock.

LiveRamp Company Profile

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc, a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy.