Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

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Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE – Free Report) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report released on Saturday morning.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $132.00 to $134.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 26th. Telsey Advisory Group upgraded shares of Five Below from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $144.00 to $170.00 in a report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $93.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $142.00 to $152.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $143.56.

View Our Latest Stock Analysis on Five Below

Five Below Stock Down 3.3%

FIVE opened at $145.10 on Friday. Five Below has a 52-week low of $52.38 and a 52-week high of $154.30. The company has a market cap of $8.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 12.79 and a beta of 1.09. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $136.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $105.91.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The specialty retailer reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.20. Five Below had a net margin of 6.45% and a return on equity of 17.13%. The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.54 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.760-5.160 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.120-0.240 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.77, for a total value of $719,235.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 55,854 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,304,027.58. This represents a 8.96% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider George Hill sold 1,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.00, for a total value of $210,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 42,672 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,974,080. This represents a 3.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,200 shares of company stock worth $1,740,209. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Five Below by 7.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,424,495 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $406,430,000 after purchasing an additional 376,932 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Five Below by 31.1% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,540,501 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $202,083,000 after buying an additional 365,426 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its position in shares of Five Below by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,496,952 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $196,370,000 after buying an additional 10,971 shares in the last quarter. Steadfast Capital Management LP acquired a new position in Five Below during the fourth quarter worth $123,601,000. Finally, Samlyn Capital LLC raised its position in Five Below by 3.7% during the first quarter. Samlyn Capital LLC now owns 1,109,736 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $83,147,000 after acquiring an additional 39,375 shares during the period.

About Five Below

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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.

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