Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Shares Down 5.5% – Here’s Why

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) fell 5.5% on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $16.75 and last traded at $17.0560. 474,363 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 82% from the average session volume of 2,624,753 shares. The stock had previously closed at $18.04.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on FIVN. Wall Street Zen raised Five9 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Five9 from $40.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. DA Davidson set a $24.00 target price on Five9 in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Five9 from $22.00 to $20.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Five9 from $35.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Five9 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $27.12.

Five9 Trading Down 1.1%

The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $17.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $21.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.48, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a quick ratio of 4.51, a current ratio of 4.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five9

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Five9 by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,037,395 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $201,250,000 after acquiring an additional 759,237 shares during the last quarter. Voss Capital LP increased its holdings in Five9 by 40.0% in the 3rd quarter. Voss Capital LP now owns 4,550,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $110,110,000 after acquiring an additional 1,300,000 shares during the last quarter. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. lifted its stake in Five9 by 28.0% in the 4th quarter. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. now owns 3,596,380 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $72,107,000 after purchasing an additional 787,626 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its stake in Five9 by 10.3% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 2,320,745 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $56,162,000 after purchasing an additional 217,227 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,996,382 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $40,034,000 after purchasing an additional 37,261 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.64% of the company’s stock.

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.