Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.10 EPS

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.65 EPS. The company’s 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 Trading Up 2.3 %

Shares of Five Below stock traded up $1.68 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $75.59. The stock had a trading volume of 4,246,797 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,739,175. The business’s 50-day moving average is $89.24 and its 200 day moving average is $92.75. Five Below has a 12 month low of $64.87 and a 12 month high of $209.79. The firm has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on FIVE. Mizuho upped their price objective on Five Below from $90.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Five Below from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. StockNews.com downgraded Five Below from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Craig Hallum upped their price objective on Five Below from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on Five Below from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.37.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Below

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.76, for a total transaction of $498,635.44. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 57,267 shares in the company, valued at $5,197,552.92. This trade represents a 8.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Company 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.