Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the nineteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation, eleven have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $26.5333.

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on FIVN shares. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Five9 from $26.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $24.00 target price (up from $21.00) on shares of Five9 in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen raised Five9 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Barclays lifted their price target on Five9 from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised Five9 from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th.

Five9 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FIVN opened at $22.83 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.59, a P/E/G ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 1.32. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $17.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is $18.44. Five9 has a fifty-two week low of $13.29 and a fifty-two week high of $30.38. The company has a quick ratio of 4.51, a current ratio of 4.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The software maker reported $0.76 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $305.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $299.92 million. Five9 had a net margin of 4.87% and a return on equity of 12.66%. Five9’s revenue was up 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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. Equities analysts expect that Five9 will post 1.39 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Five9

In other Five9 news, insider Tiffany N. Meriweather sold 21,320 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.98, for a total value of $447,293.60. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 281,298 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,901,632.04. The trade was a 7.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five9

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FIVN. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 1,367 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP purchased a new position in Five9 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Rothschild Investment LLC grew its position in Five9 by 3,572.0% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 1,836 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 1,786 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new position in Five9 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $38,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in shares of Five9 by 2,327.8% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,622 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 2,514 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.64% of the company’s stock.

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.