Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Stock Jumps 5.9% – Time to Buy?

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN)’s stock price shot up 5.9% during mid-day trading on Tuesday. The stock traded as high as $35.99 and last traded at $35.2950. 281,556 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 90% from the average session volume of 2,685,677 shares. The stock had previously closed at $33.34.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on FIVN shares. Barclays boosted their price objective on Five9 from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 13th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Five9 from $24.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 25th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on shares of Five9 from $34.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Five9 from $22.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.53.

Five9 Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $2.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.03 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 4.15 and a current ratio of 4.15. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $33.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.92.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $312.44 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $306.61 million. Five9 had a return on equity of 12.92% and a net margin of 4.94%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 EPS. Five9 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.770-0.810 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.220-3.300 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Five9, Inc. will post 1.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, President Andy Dignan sold 6,986 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.00, for a total value of $244,510.00. Following the completion of the sale, the president owned 237,614 shares in the company, valued at $8,316,490. This represents a 2.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Bryan M. Lee sold 1,310 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.60, for a total transaction of $42,706.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 289,333 shares in the company, valued at $9,432,255.80. The trade was a 0.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 83,831 shares of company stock worth $2,821,366. 1.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five9

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Five9 by 378.7% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,728 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 1,367 shares during the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. increased its position in shares of Five9 by 575.9% during the first quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 2,325 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 1,981 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Five9 during the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Nykredit A S bought a new stake in Five9 during the second quarter worth $39,000. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC bought a new stake in Five9 during the second quarter worth $45,000. Institutional investors own 96.64% of the company’s stock.

Five9 Company Profile

Five9, Inc provides cloud-based contact center software for businesses and other organizations. Its platform is designed to help companies manage customer interactions across voice, email, chat, social media and other digital channels without relying on traditional, on-premises contact center infrastructure.

The company’s Intelligent Customer Experience (CX) Platform includes inbound and outbound communications, digital engagement, workforce optimization, analytics, workflow automation and customer relationship management integrations.