Wall Street Zen Downgrades Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) to Hold

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Wall Street Zen reports.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. HSBC raised Five Below to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of Five Below from $350.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 3rd. Telsey Advisory Group upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $280.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane cut shares of Five Below from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and thirteen have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $300.70.

Five Below Price Performance

Five Below stock opened at $254.07 on Monday. Five Below has a fifty-two week low of $137.77 and a fifty-two week high of $263.88. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $221.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $218.46. The firm has a market cap of $13.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 0.99.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 2nd. The specialty retailer reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.28. Five Below had a return on equity of 22.13% and a net margin of 11.65%.The company had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 22.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Five Below has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.130 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 9.830-10.310 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Five Below will post 10.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five Below

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its position in shares of Five Below by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 15,242 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,740,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares in the last quarter. Nykredit A S acquired a new position in Five Below in the second quarter worth about $378,000. Corient Private Wealth LP lifted its stake in Five Below by 29.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 87,797 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $15,785,000 after purchasing an additional 20,131 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its stake in Five Below by 34.9% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 277,311 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $49,858,000 after purchasing an additional 71,709 shares during the period. Finally, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in Five Below during the second quarter valued at approximately $4,188,000.

About Five Below

Five Below, Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) is an American specialty discount retailer offering a broad assortment of merchandise priced primarily at $5 or below. Since its founding in 2002 by David Schlessinger and Tom Vellios, the company has pursued a value-focused retail model targeting tweens, teens and beyond, with stores designed to deliver trend-driven products at an accessible price point. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Five Below has grown into a national chain operating in dozens of U.S.