Villanova Investment Management Co LLC Purchases 47,761 Shares of Five9, Inc. $FIVN

Villanova Investment Management Co LLC grew its position in shares of Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) by 61.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 125,261 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 47,761 shares during the quarter. Five9 makes up 1.8% of Villanova Investment Management Co LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC’s holdings in Five9 were worth $2,511,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pacer Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Five9 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,733,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Five9 by 45.7% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 167,947 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,367,000 after acquiring an additional 52,672 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV acquired a new position in Five9 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $312,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Five9 by 66.0% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 60,553 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,209,000 after acquiring an additional 24,076 shares during the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd raised its stake in shares of Five9 by 13.4% during the fourth quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 56,549 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,134,000 after acquiring an additional 6,662 shares during the last quarter. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five9 news, CFO Bryan M. Lee sold 16,620 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.81, for a total transaction of $412,342.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 311,462 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,727,372.22. This trade represents a 5.07% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible 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. Also, EVP Panos Kozanian sold 5,869 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.81, for a total value of $145,609.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 161,671 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,011,057.51. This trade represents a 3.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders have sold 85,820 shares of company stock valued at $2,014,057 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FIVN has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Five9 from $35.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. UBS Group increased their price objective on Five9 from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen raised Five9 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Barclays lifted their target price on Five9 from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Five9 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $25.93.

Five9 Stock Up 0.2%

Five9 stock opened at $19.40 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.39, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.45. Five9, Inc. has a 52-week low of $13.29 and a 52-week high of $29.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a quick ratio of 4.51 and a current ratio of 4.51. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $20.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $18.75.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The software maker reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.07. Five9 had a net margin of 4.87% and a return on equity of 12.66%. The company had revenue of $305.32 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $299.92 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.62 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. Five9 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.220-3.300 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.650-0.690 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Five9, Inc. will post 1.39 EPS for the current year.

Five9 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.