Insider Selling: Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Insider Sells 7,500 Shares of Stock

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) insider George Hill sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.09, for a total value of $1,365,675.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 32,913 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,993,128.17. The trade was a 18.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Five Below Trading Down 2.7%

Shares of NASDAQ FIVE traded down $4.89 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $176.77. 962,271 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,741,651. Five Below, Inc. has a twelve month low of $52.38 and a twelve month high of $184.57. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.74, a PEG ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $158.24 and a 200 day simple moving average of $145.14.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.46. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $971.96 million. Five Below had a return on equity of 17.15% and a net margin of 6.96%.Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 23.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.42 EPS. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.710-5.890 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.360-3.540 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Five Below

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of FIVE. Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in Five Below by 22.6% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 515 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $80,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $396,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 462,503 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $71,549,000 after purchasing an additional 3,732 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $505,000. Finally, Danske Bank A S acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $93,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Five Below in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research began coverage on Five Below in a research note on Thursday, September 18th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $187.00 price target on the stock. Mizuho set a $165.00 price target on Five Below in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Five Below from $175.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Five Below from $186.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $175.16.

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.