Insider Selling: Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) CFO Sells 19,308 Shares

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) CFO Bryan Lee sold 19,308 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $33.34, for a total value of $643,728.72. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 290,643 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,690,037.62. This represents a 6.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 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.

Five9 Price Performance

Five9 stock traded down $0.86 on Wednesday, reaching $30.37. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,121,213 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,770,734. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.02 and a beta of 1.48. Five9, Inc. has a twelve month low of $13.29 and a twelve month high of $35.18. 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’s fifty day moving average price is $29.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.33.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $312.44 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $306.61 million. Five9 had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 12.92%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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 analysts expect that Five9, Inc. will post 1.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five9

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 1,972.7% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 1,879,593 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $40,073,000 after purchasing an additional 1,788,909 shares in the last quarter. Anson Funds Management LP raised its position in Five9 by 35.6% in the 1st quarter. Anson Funds Management LP now owns 2,086,675 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $31,655,000 after buying an additional 547,304 shares during the last quarter. S Squared Technology LLC bought a new stake in Five9 in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $10,983,957. Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new position in Five9 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $10,432,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in shares of Five9 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $10,429,000. Institutional investors own 96.64% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on Five9 from $22.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Five9 from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Five9 from $25.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on shares of Five9 from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their price target on shares of Five9 from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Five9 has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $33.14.

Five9 Company Profile

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.