Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Trading Up 6.7% on Analyst Upgrade

Shares of Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) traded up 6.7% on Monday after DA Davidson raised their price target on the stock from $19.00 to $22.00. DA Davidson currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Five9 traded as high as $23.95 and last traded at $23.7230. 3,668,031 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 43% from the average session volume of 2,571,248 shares. The stock had previously closed at $22.24.

FIVN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Five9 in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of Five9 from $30.00 to $26.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. 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. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price target on Five9 from $40.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Mizuho cut their price target on Five9 from $35.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Five9 presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $26.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Five9 in the 1st quarter valued at about $159,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System acquired a new position in Five9 during the first quarter worth about $109,000. Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC boosted its position in Five9 by 57.6% during the first quarter. Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC now owns 45,990 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $698,000 after purchasing an additional 16,800 shares in the last quarter. OP Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in Five9 during the 1st quarter valued at about $4,056,000. Finally, Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new stake in Five9 during the 4th quarter valued at $210,000. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Five9 Stock Performance

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $18.53. 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 company has a market capitalization of $1.82 billion, a PE ratio of 36.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.32.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The software maker reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $305.32 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $299.92 million. Five9 had a return on equity of 12.66% and a net margin of 4.87%.The firm’s revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.62 EPS. Five9 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.220-3.300 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.650-0.690 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Five9, Inc. will post 1.31 earnings per share for the current year.

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.