Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) CFO Bryan Lee Sells 1,310 Shares of Stock

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) CFO Bryan Lee sold 1,310 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.60, for a total value of $42,706.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 289,333 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,432,255.80. The trade was a 0.45% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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.

Five9 Price Performance

NASDAQ FIVN traded down $0.86 on Wednesday, reaching $30.37. 1,121,214 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,770,734. Five9, Inc. has a 12 month low of $13.29 and a 12 month high of $35.18. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.02 and a beta of 1.48. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.33. The company has a quick ratio of 4.15, a current ratio of 4.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. Five9 had a return on equity of 12.92% and a net margin of 4.94%.The company had revenue of $312.44 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $306.61 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.76 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Five9 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.770-0.810 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.220-3.300 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Five9, Inc. will post 1.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Five9

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new position in shares of Five9 in the second quarter worth approximately $67,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Five9 by 14.5% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,894 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 366 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its position in shares of Five9 by 12.1% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 374,506 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $7,984,000 after acquiring an additional 40,519 shares in the last quarter. Nykredit A S acquired a new position in Five9 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $39,000. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH acquired a new position in Five9 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $6,690,000. 96.64% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Five9 News

Here are the key news stories impacting Five9 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Five9’s latest quarterly results exceeded expectations, with earnings of $0.70 per share versus the $0.68 consensus estimate and revenue of $312.44 million versus $306.61 million expected. Revenue increased 10.3% year over year, and management issued third-quarter EPS guidance of $0.77 to $0.81. Five9 stock information
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive. Canaccord Genuity raised its price target to $39 and maintained a buy rating, while Zacks Research upgraded the stock to strong buy. Five9 has an overall “Moderate Buy” consensus rating and an average target of $33.14.
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional ownership remains high at approximately 96.6%, and several investment firms recently increased their positions. However, the reported additions were generally from smaller funds and may have limited immediate trading impact.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple executives collectively sold approximately 59,078 shares worth about $1.47 million, including sales by President Andy Dignan, CFO Bryan Lee, CAO Leena Mansharamani and insider Tiffany Meriweather. The volume of selling can weigh on sentiment, particularly after the stock’s recent rally. SEC insider trading filing
• Negative Sentiment: The insider sales were made to satisfy tax withholding requirements related to vested equity awards and were executed through pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans, reducing their significance as discretionary bearish bets but still creating near-term selling overhang.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of Five9 from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Five9 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 28th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Five9 from $24.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Barclays upped their price target on Five9 from $25.00 to $34.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Five9 from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $33.14.

About Five9

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.