Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.500-0.610 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.500. The company issued revenue guidance of $905.0 million-$925.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $896.9 million. Five Below also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.100-4.720 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on FIVE. Barclays boosted their target price on Five Below from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on Five Below from $120.00 to $110.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Five Below from $88.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock a “hold” 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. Finally, Telsey Advisory Group dropped their price target on Five Below from $115.00 to $85.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $106.84.

Five Below Trading Up 2.3 %

NASDAQ FIVE opened at $75.59 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.59, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. Five Below has a twelve month low of $64.87 and a twelve month high of $209.79. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $88.76 and a 200 day moving average of $92.63.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.38 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 7.02%. Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.65 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was 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 owns 57,267 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,197,552.92. This represents a 8.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.