Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Issues Earnings Results

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.38 by $0.10, Zacks reports. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 7.02%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.65 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Five Below updated its Q1 guidance to $0.50-$0.61 EPS and its FY26 guidance to $4.10-$4.72 EPS.

Five Below Stock Up 2.3 %

NASDAQ:FIVE traded up $1.68 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $75.59. 3,785,967 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,738,231. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $89.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $92.75. The company has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a PE ratio of 15.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. Five Below has a 12-month low of $64.87 and a 12-month high of $209.79.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently issued reports on FIVE. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on Five Below from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Five Below from $88.00 to $118.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. William Blair reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Five Below in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Five Below from $85.00 to $96.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Five Below from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $107.37.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.76, for a total transaction of $498,635.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 57,267 shares in the company, valued at $5,197,552.92. The trade was a 8.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

About Five Below

Five Below, Inc operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. The company offers range of accessories, which includes novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and t-shirts, as well as nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and personalized living space products, such as lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, accent furniture, and related items, as well as provides storage options.