LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) Raised to Strong-Buy at Zacks Research

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on RAMP. Cross Research set a $53.00 target price on shares of LiveRamp in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating on shares of LiveRamp in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of LiveRamp from $31.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of LiveRamp in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on LiveRamp from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $43.50.

LiveRamp Trading Up 2.5%

NYSE RAMP opened at $28.79 on Thursday. LiveRamp has a 1-year low of $22.82 and a 1-year high of $36.08. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $28.00 and a 200-day moving average of $29.62. The firm has a market cap of $1.83 billion, a PE ratio of 130.86 and a beta of 1.01.

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.07. LiveRamp had a return on equity of 2.21% and a net margin of 1.89%.The business had revenue of $199.83 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $197.31 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.51 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue 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, equities research analysts forecast that LiveRamp will post 0.48 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at LiveRamp

In other news, CTO Mohsin Hussain sold 12,734 shares of LiveRamp stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.94, for a total transaction of $355,787.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 63,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,771,647.46. The trade was a 16.72% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 3.31% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On LiveRamp

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in LiveRamp during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of LiveRamp in the 1st quarter worth approximately $31,000. Picton Mahoney Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of LiveRamp in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $38,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in shares of LiveRamp in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of LiveRamp by 18.8% during the third quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 3,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,000 after purchasing an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. 93.83% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.