Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Truist Financial Analyst Says

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) had its target price hoisted by equities research analysts at Truist Financial from $35.00 to $40.00 in a research note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the software maker’s stock. Truist Financial’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 18.43% from the company’s current price.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of Five9 from $33.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Barclays upped their price objective on Five9 from $25.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Five9 from $22.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Five9 from $24.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities boosted their target price on Five9 from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $33.14.

Five9 Price Performance

Shares of Five9 stock traded down $0.28 during trading on Monday, reaching $33.77. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 221,308 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,809,327. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $27.18 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $21.51. 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 has a one year low of $13.29 and a one year high of $35.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.83 and a beta of 1.41.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $306.61 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that Five9 will post 1.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five9 news, CRO Matthew E. Tuckness sold 8,645 shares of Five9 stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.81, for a total transaction of $214,482.45. Following the completion of the sale, the executive owned 281,492 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,983,816.52. The trade was a 2.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, EVP Panos Kozanian sold 5,869 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.81, for a total transaction of $145,609.89. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 161,671 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,011,057.51. The trade was a 3.50% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders sold a total of 56,003 shares of company stock valued at $1,386,457 over the last three months. 1.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five9

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Corient Private Wealth LP acquired a new position in Five9 in the second quarter valued at about $2,653,000. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new stake in shares of Five9 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $721,000. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its stake in shares of Five9 by 1,972.7% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 1,879,593 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $40,073,000 after acquiring an additional 1,788,909 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Five9 by 127.7% in the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 58,477 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,247,000 after acquiring an additional 32,795 shares during the period. Finally, Nykredit A S acquired a new stake in shares of Five9 in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $39,000. 96.64% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.