Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Issues Q1 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.50-$0.61 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $905-$925 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $897.14 million. Five Below also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.100-4.720 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $93.00 to $86.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $107.00 to $102.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Loop Capital dropped their price target on shares of Five Below from $120.00 to $75.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Telsey Advisory Group dropped their price target on shares of Five Below from $115.00 to $85.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 6th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $104.00.

Five Below Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FIVE opened at $76.11 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.69, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $88.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $92.51. Five Below has a fifty-two week low of $64.87 and a fifty-two week high of $187.83.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Five Below had a net margin of 7.02% and a return on equity of 18.03%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.65 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Five Below will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 shares were sold at an average price of $90.76, for a total transaction of $498,635.44. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 57,267 shares in the company, valued at $5,197,552.92. This represents a 8.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 1.90% of the stock is owned by company 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.