Five9 Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:FIVN)

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Tuesday. Investors bought 8,504 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 2,115% compared to the typical daily volume of 384 call options.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their target price on shares of Five9 from $40.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Five9 from $40.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 20th. Mizuho cut their price objective on Five9 from $35.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on Five9 from $35.00 to $25.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $27.12.

Institutional Trading of Five9

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 36.4% in the third quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,630 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 435 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in Five9 by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 69,189 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,832,000 after purchasing an additional 549 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its position in Five9 by 81.7% during the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 1,228 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 552 shares in the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its position in Five9 by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 11,358 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 776 shares in the last quarter. Finally, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al lifted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 9.4% in the 3rd quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al now owns 9,300 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $225,000 after buying an additional 800 shares during the period. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Five9 Price Performance

Shares of Five9 stock opened at $16.97 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $18.04 and its 200 day moving average is $21.03. Five9 has a one year low of $15.70 and a one year high of $31.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 4.51 and a current ratio of 4.51. The stock has a market cap of $1.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.30.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The software maker reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.01. Five9 had a return on equity of 10.95% and a net margin of 3.43%.The business had revenue of $300.28 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $298.21 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.79 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. Five9 has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.100-0.170 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.860-0.950 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 approved a share buyback plan on Tuesday, November 11th that allows the company to repurchase $50.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the software maker to buy up to 3.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are 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.