Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.46 EPS

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.46, Zacks reports. Five Below had a net margin of 6.96% and a return on equity of 17.36%. The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $971.96 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below updated its FY 2025 guidance to 5.710-5.890 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance to 3.360-3.540 EPS.

Five Below Price Performance

NASDAQ FIVE opened at $168.42 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $155.03 and its 200-day moving average is $141.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.24, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 1.17. Five Below has a one year low of $52.38 and a one year high of $168.98.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Guggenheim upped their target price on shares of Five Below from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Five Below from $186.00 to $197.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Five Below in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Truist Financial set a $179.00 price target on Five Below in a report on Thursday. Finally, Mizuho set a $165.00 price objective on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $171.63.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FIVE. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Five Below by 149.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 848,105 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $131,202,000 after acquiring an additional 507,487 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in Five Below by 336.2% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 426,042 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $65,909,000 after purchasing an additional 328,365 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new position in Five Below in the third quarter valued at approximately $40,054,000. Bank of Montreal Can grew its holdings in Five Below by 1,794.9% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 270,206 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $41,801,000 after purchasing an additional 255,946 shares during the period. Finally, Samlyn Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 26.0% in the third quarter. Samlyn Capital LLC now owns 944,116 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $146,055,000 after buying an additional 194,795 shares during the period.

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.