Insider Selling: Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Insider Sells 9,526 Shares of Stock

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) insider Tiffany Meriweather sold 9,526 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.81, for a total value of $236,340.06. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 271,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,742,663.32. The trade was a 3.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Five9 Stock Performance

Five9 stock traded down $0.37 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $23.15. 1,900,328 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,859,324. The firm has a market cap of $1.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.08, a PEG ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a current ratio of 4.51, a quick ratio of 4.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $18.93 and a 200 day moving average of $18.63. Five9, Inc. has a 12 month low of $13.29 and a 12 month high of $30.38.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.07. The firm 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 company’s revenue was up 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share. 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, research analysts anticipate that Five9, Inc. will post 1.39 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Five9 during the third quarter worth $5,451,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its stake in Five9 by 335.9% during the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 254,190 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,097,000 after acquiring an additional 195,876 shares in the last quarter. Anson Funds Management LP raised its stake in Five9 by 98.5% during the third quarter. Anson Funds Management LP now owns 1,534,272 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $37,129,000 after acquiring an additional 761,486 shares in the last quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Five9 by 74.5% during the fourth quarter. Dana Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 222,515 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,461,000 after acquiring an additional 95,032 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership raised its stake in Five9 by 14.3% during the third quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 1,104,582 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,731,000 after acquiring an additional 138,495 shares in the last quarter. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on FIVN shares. Wall Street Zen raised Five9 from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Zacks Research cut Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on Five9 from $40.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on Five9 from $22.00 to $24.00 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 report on Tuesday, May 19th. Ten equities 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, Five9 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $25.93.

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.