American Capital Advisory LLC Sells 140 Shares of Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE)

American Capital Advisory LLC lessened its stake in shares of Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) by 2.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 5,633 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 140 shares during the period. American Capital Advisory LLC’s holdings in Five Below were worth $591,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Paladin Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Five Below in the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new position in Five Below during the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in shares of Five Below by 156.9% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 334 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in shares of Five Below in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, R Squared Ltd bought a new position in shares of Five Below during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $68,000.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Below

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.76, for a total value of $498,635.44. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 57,267 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,197,552.92. This represents a 8.75 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FIVE has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Barclays upped their target price on Five Below from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. StockNews.com cut Five Below from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, December 13th. KeyCorp lowered Five Below from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. 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 report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Five Below in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $111.32.

Five Below Stock Down 4.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ FIVE opened at $90.07 on Friday. Five Below, Inc. has a 52 week low of $64.87 and a 52 week high of $212.01. The firm has a market cap of $4.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.13. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $100.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $90.46.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.26. Five Below had a net margin of 7.02% and a return on equity of 18.03%. The business had revenue of $843.71 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $801.48 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.26 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Five Below Profile

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.