Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) President Sells $352,642.90 in Stock

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) President Andy Dignan sold 10,574 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $33.35, for a total transaction of $352,642.90. Following the transaction, the president owned 247,346 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,248,989.10. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed 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.

Andy Dignan also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, September 8th, Andy Dignan sold 2,746 shares of Five9 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.57, for a total transaction of $86,691.22.
• On Friday, August 28th, Andy Dignan sold 17,767 shares of Five9 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.03, for a total transaction of $622,378.01.

Five9 Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of FIVN opened at $30.66 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 4.15 and a quick ratio of 4.15. Five9, Inc. has a 1-year low of $13.29 and a 1-year high of $35.18. The stock has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.44 and a beta of 1.48. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.56.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five9

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Five9 by 14.5% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,894 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 549 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 56,303 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,129,000 after acquiring an additional 807 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Five9 by 378.7% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,728 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 1,367 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP purchased a new stake in Five9 in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently commented on FIVN shares. UBS Group reaffirmed a “positive” rating on shares of Five9 in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Rosenblatt Securities upped their target price on shares of Five9 from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Five9 from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Five9 from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Five9 from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five9 currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $33.14.

About Five9

Five9, Inc provides cloud-based contact center software and customer experience solutions. Its platform is designed to help organizations manage customer interactions across voice, email, chat, social media and other digital channels from a centralized, cloud-based environment.

The company’s offerings include inbound and outbound contact center capabilities, digital engagement tools, interactive voice response, workforce engagement management, analytics, workflow automation and artificial intelligence features.