Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Five9, Inc. has received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from eighteen research firms, with an average price target of $37.59.
• CFO Bryan M. Lee and CAO Leena Mansharamani recently sold shares, reflecting a 0.79% and 6.67% decrease in their ownership, respectively, highlighting possible insider sentiment.
• Five9 reported $0.76 EPS for the last quarter, surpassing estimates and demonstrating a 12.4% year-over-year revenue growth.

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eighteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $37.5882.

FIVN has been the topic of several analyst reports. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Five9 from $36.00 to $31.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Wall Street Zen raised Five9 from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. DA Davidson reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $28.00 price objective on shares of Five9 in a research note on Friday, September 12th. KeyCorp initiated coverage on Five9 in a research note on Friday, June 6th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $35.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a "buy" rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Five9 in a research note on Friday, August 1st.

Insider Activity at Five9

In other Five9 news, CFO Bryan M. Lee sold 1,889 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.72, for a total transaction of $48,585.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 237,488 shares in the company, valued at $6,108,191.36. The trade was a 0.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Leena Mansharamani sold 2,969 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $25.85, for a total value of $76,748.65. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 41,522 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,073,343.70. This trade represents a 6.67% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 60,781 shares of company stock valued at $1,565,453 over the last ninety days. 1.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its position in shares of Five9 by 682.8% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 15,108 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $410,000 after buying an additional 13,178 shares during the period. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP bought a new position in Five9 in the second quarter worth approximately $416,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake in Five9 by 2,005.2% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 7,663 shares of the software maker's stock worth $203,000 after purchasing an additional 7,299 shares in the last quarter. Sender Co & Partners Inc. bought a new position in Five9 in the second quarter worth approximately $275,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC bought a new position in Five9 in the second quarter worth approximately $315,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.64% of the company's stock.

Five9 Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of FIVN stock opened at $26.49 on Friday. Five9 has a 12-month low of $21.04 and a 12-month high of $49.90. The company has a current ratio of 4.44, a quick ratio of 4.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $26.38 and its 200-day moving average price is $26.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 294.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 1.17.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The software maker reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.11. Five9 had a return on equity of 8.91% and a net margin of 0.80%.The firm had revenue of $283.27 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $275.18 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.52 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Five9 has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.720-0.740 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 2.860-2.900 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Five9 will post 0.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Five9 Company Profile

Five9, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides intelligent cloud software for contact centers in the United States, India, and internationally. It offers a virtual contact center cloud platform that delivers a suite of applications, which enables the breadth of contact center-related customer service, sales, and marketing functions.

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