Five9 Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:FIVN)

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock traders acquired 8,504 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 2,115% compared to the average daily volume of 384 call options.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five9

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FIVN. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Five9 by 36.4% in the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,630 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 435 shares in the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Five9 by 0.8% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 69,189 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,832,000 after acquiring an additional 549 shares in the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of Five9 by 81.7% during the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 1,228 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 552 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its position in shares of Five9 by 7.3% in the 4th quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 11,358 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $228,000 after purchasing an additional 776 shares during the last quarter. Finally, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al raised its position in shares of Five9 by 9.4% in the 3rd quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al now owns 9,300 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $225,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. 96.64% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FIVN has been the topic of several research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on shares of Five9 from $32.00 to $26.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 20th. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Five9 from $30.00 to $22.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $26.00 target price on shares of Five9 in a report on Friday, February 20th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Five9 from $22.00 to $20.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Five9 from $29.00 to $25.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $27.12.

Five9 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FIVN opened at $15.03 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $1.15 billion, a PE ratio of 32.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.78 and a beta of 1.30. Five9 has a fifty-two week low of $15.00 and a fifty-two week high of $31.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 4.51 and a current ratio of 4.51. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $17.29 and a 200-day moving average price of $20.27.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The software maker reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.01. Five9 had a net margin of 3.43% and a return on equity of 10.95%. The company had revenue of $300.28 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $298.21 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. Five9 has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.100-0.170 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.860-0.950 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Five9 will post 0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

About Five9

Five9, Inc (NASDAQ: FIVN) is a leading provider of cloud-based contact center software designed to help organizations manage customer interactions across voice, email, chat, social media and other digital channels. Its platform offers features such as intelligent routing, analytics, workforce optimization and integrated customer relationship management (CRM) connectors. The company emphasizes AI-driven capabilities, including virtual agents and predictive dialing, to enhance both agent productivity and customer experience.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Ramon, California, Five9 completed its initial public offering in February 2014.