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

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.100-4.720 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.030. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.2 billion-$4.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.2 billion. Five Below also updated its FY26 guidance to $4.10-$4.72 EPS.

Five Below Price Performance

Shares of Five Below stock opened at $76.11 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $88.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $92.51. Five Below has a 1 year low of $64.87 and a 1 year 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 the consensus estimate of $3.38 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for 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%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.65 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FIVE has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barclays lowered their price objective on Five Below from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Five Below from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Telsey Advisory Group decreased their price target on Five Below from $115.00 to $85.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Guggenheim raised their price target on Five Below from $125.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on Five Below from $150.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Five Below currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $104.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of Five Below 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 completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 57,267 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,197,552.92. The trade was a 8.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.