Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• Five9 guided FY 2026 EPS to $3.17–$3.21, above the $2.92 analyst consensus; revenue guidance of $1.3 billion matched expectations. Q4 EPS guidance is $0.88–$0.92.
• Third-quarter results topped estimates: EPS was $0.82 versus $0.80 expected, and revenue reached $323.3 million, up 13.1% year over year.
• Shares fell $5.97 to $28.17 on Friday. Analyst views were mixed, with Wells Fargo lowering its price target while KeyCorp raised its target.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.170-3.210 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.920. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.3 billion. Five9 also updated its Q4 2026 guidance to 0.880-0.920 EPS.

Five9 Stock Performance

Shares of FIVN stock traded down $5.97 during trading on Friday, hitting $28.17. The company's stock had a trading volume of 3,450,151 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,631,715. The business has a fifty day moving average of $34.67 and a 200-day moving average of $24.43. The company has a current ratio of 4.15, a quick ratio of 4.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. Five9 has a 52 week low of $13.29 and a 52 week high of $40.00. The company has a market cap of $2.16 billion, a PE ratio of 40.89 and a beta of 1.56.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software maker reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $323.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $319.04 million. Five9 had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 12.92%. Five9's revenue was up 13.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Five9 will post 1.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Five9 from $36.00 to $28.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Friday. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Five9 from $36.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, October 16th. KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of Five9 from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price target on Five9 from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of Five9 from $22.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $34.24.

Insider Activity

In other Five9 news, insider Tiffany Meriweather sold 5,114 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.55, for a total transaction of $161,346.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 253,249 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,990,005.95. This represents a 1.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 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. Also, CAO Leena Mansharamani sold 1,253 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.53, for a total transaction of $39,507.09. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 52,417 shares in the company, valued at $1,652,708.01. The trade was a 2.33% decrease in their position. 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 90 days, insiders sold 83,831 shares of company stock worth $2,821,366. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Five9 News

Here are the key news stories impacting Five9 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Five9 beat Q3 estimates: adjusted EPS was $0.82 versus $0.80 expected, while revenue of $323.3 million exceeded the $319.0 million consensus and grew 13% year over year. The company’s FY 2026 EPS guidance of $3.17–$3.21 is also above the $2.92 consensus. Five9 Q3 2026 results
• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp raised its price target from $32 to $34 and maintained an overweight rating, signaling continued confidence in the shares. KeyCorp rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Five9 plans to acquire Level AI for $325 million in cash to expand AI-powered customer-experience tools. The deal could strengthen its product offering, though the cash outlay and integration are execution considerations. Five9 to acquire Level AI
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 guidance was close to consensus rather than a clear upside surprise: EPS guidance of $0.88–$0.92 brackets the $0.90 estimate, and revenue guidance of $328–$334 million is near the $330.9 million forecast. GAAP gross margin also declined to 53.4% from 55.0% a year earlier.
• Negative Sentiment: Evercore downgraded FIVN from outperform to in-line with a $24 target. Wells Fargo cut its target from $36 to $28 and kept an equal-weight rating; Barclays also lowered its target, from $40 to $38, while retaining overweight. Wells Fargo rating

About Five9

Five9, Inc is a cloud-based software company that provides customer experience and contact center solutions. Its platform enables organizations to manage customer interactions across voice, chat, email, social media and other digital channels without relying on traditional on-premises contact center infrastructure.

The company's Intelligent CX Platform includes tools for inbound and outbound communications, digital engagement, workforce optimization, workflow automation, analytics and reporting.

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