Is Five9 Inc (FIVN) positioned for future growth?

With 1.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.04 million shares. The 52-week range on FIVN shows that it touched its highest point at $58.76 and its lowest point at $21.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $37.40. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.21.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of FIVN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.97%, but this was up by 7.96% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.80% while six-month performance fell -15.92%. The stock lost -56.23% in the past year, while it has lost -38.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FIVN yields -0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.08. For the next quarter, that number is 0.61. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.39% for this year and 12.11% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.18% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -17.89%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 76.24 million FIVN shares are outstanding with a float of 74.68 million shares on hand for trading.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FIVN since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.39403 being high and $2.36398 being low. For FIVN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.374.