Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) Receives $32.07 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) have earned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nineteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation, twelve have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $32.0667.

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on FIVN shares. Cantor Fitzgerald decreased their price target on Five9 from $36.00 to $32.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Five9 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Five9 from $29.00 to $25.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, December 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler lowered shares of Five9 from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $26.00 to $21.00 in a research note on Monday, January 5th.

Insider Activity at Five9

In related news, CEO Michael Burkland sold 17,992 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.35, for a total transaction of $366,137.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 349,570 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,113,749.50. The trade was a 4.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, President Andy Dignan sold 7,512 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.28, for a total transaction of $152,343.36. Following the completion of the sale, the president directly owned 208,513 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,228,643.64. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 66,039 shares of company stock worth $1,347,231 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 1.60% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Five9

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FIVN. Amundi boosted its holdings in Five9 by 8.3% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 40,291 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,017,000 after buying an additional 3,079 shares in the last quarter. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Five9 during the 2nd quarter valued at $2,648,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Five9 by 10.3% during the 2nd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 10,240 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $271,000 after acquiring an additional 953 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Five9 by 38.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 32,976 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $873,000 after acquiring an additional 9,165 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Herald Investment Management Ltd raised its position in shares of Five9 by 24.4% during the second quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd now owns 262,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $6,927,000 after purchasing an additional 51,400 shares during the period. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Five9 Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:FIVN opened at $18.27 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 4.61, a current ratio of 4.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $19.66 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.89. The company has a market cap of $1.43 billion, a PE ratio of 50.75, a P/E/G ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.32. Five9 has a fifty-two week low of $16.96 and a fifty-two week high of $49.90.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The software maker reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $285.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $285.15 million. Five9 had a net margin of 2.77% and a return on equity of 10.59%. Five9’s revenue was up 8.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. Five9 has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.760-0.80 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Five9 will post 0.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Five9 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, November 11th that permits the company to buyback $50.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization permits the software maker to purchase up to 3.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

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.