Five9 Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NASDAQ:FIVN)

Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors bought 8,504 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 2,115% compared to the average daily volume of 384 call options.

Institutional Trading of Five9

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Five9 by 81.7% during the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 1,228 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 552 shares during the period. Quarry LP bought a new stake in shares of Five9 during the 3rd quarter valued at $33,000. Advisory Services Network LLC bought a new stake in shares of Five9 during the 3rd quarter valued at $38,000. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Five9 by 36.4% during the 3rd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,630 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 435 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its position in shares of Five9 by 3,572.0% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 1,836 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 1,786 shares during the period. 96.64% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Five9 Stock Performance

FIVN opened at $14.96 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $16.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $19.49. The company has a market capitalization of $1.15 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.73 and a beta of 1.35. Five9 has a 1 year low of $14.23 and a 1 year high of $30.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 4.51 and a quick ratio of 4.51.

Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The software maker reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $300.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $298.21 million. Five9 had a return on equity of 10.95% and a net margin of 3.43%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. Five9 has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.100-0.170 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 0.860-0.950 EPS. Research analysts expect that Five9 will post 0.28 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on FIVN. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $26.00 price target on shares of Five9 in a research report on Friday, February 20th. UBS Group lowered their price target on Five9 from $30.00 to $22.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Five9 from $40.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Mizuho lowered their price target on Five9 from $35.00 to $28.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, HSBC raised Five9 to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five9 presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $27.12.

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.