Tiffany Meriweather Sells 5,114 Shares of Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Stock

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) insider Tiffany Meriweather sold 5,114 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.55, for a total value of $161,346.70. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 253,249 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,990,005.95. This trade represents a 1.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 Trading Down 2.8%

Shares of FIVN traded down $0.86 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $30.37. 1,121,214 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,770,734. The company has a current ratio of 4.15, a quick ratio of 4.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94. Five9, Inc. has a 1-year low of $13.29 and a 1-year high of $35.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.33 billion, a PE ratio of 44.02 and a beta of 1.48. The business has a fifty day moving average of $29.04 and a 200-day moving average of $22.33.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. Five9 had a net margin of 4.94% and a return on equity of 12.92%. The business had revenue of $312.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $306.61 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. Five9’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts expect that Five9, Inc. will post 1.55 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Five9

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Five9 by 378.7% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,728 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 1,367 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Five9 during the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Optiver Holding B.V. raised its position in shares of Five9 by 575.9% during the first quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 2,325 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 1,981 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Five9 by 3,572.0% in 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. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Five9 in the 1st quarter worth $38,000. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on FIVN shares. Wall Street Zen cut Five9 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Truist Financial increased their price target on Five9 from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Five9 from $25.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Five9 from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their target price on shares of Five9 from $32.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Five9 presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $33.14.

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.