AI Growth, Improving Margins Show Five9 Deserves A Closer Look

Jason Ditz
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Summary

  • Five9, Inc. is a contrarian growth stock in the AI-driven cloud software sector, trading well below its 52-week high.
  • The company leverages AI to enhance call center operations, and is improving that AI through acquisitions like Aceyus and Acqueon.
  • Despite GAAP losses, Five9 shows strong revenue growth, improving margins, and consistent earnings beats, suggesting it is undervalued.
  • With a focus on AI and high-margin subscription models, Five9 is a buy at current prices, though market volatility remains a risk.

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I’m Jason Ditz and I have 20 years of experience in foreign policy research. My work has appeared in Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times and the Detroit Free Press, as well as American Conservative Magazine and the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. I have been writing investment analysis, with a focus on deep-discount value plays, for over 25 years. I I got my start analyzing securities for a stock-picking contest on the now defunct StockJungle in college. After winning one of the top prizes for quarterly performance, I was hired to write a monthly article about micro-cap stocks, again with a value perspective. After StockJungle went belly-up, with its focus on momentum investing, I started to take a close interest in the contrarian investment philosophy of David Dreman. I began writing for Motley Fool and ultimately Seeking Alpha. My goal is to find underappreciated companies with a focus on returning value to investors.

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