Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Insider Sells $94,862.72 in Stock

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) insider Maureen Marie Gellerman sold 544 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.38, for a total transaction of $94,862.72. Following the transaction, the insider owned 12,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,120,983.94. The trade was a 4.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Five Below Stock Performance

FIVE stock traded up $0.72 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $175.34. The company had a trading volume of 892,792 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,754,037. The firm has a market cap of $9.67 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.17. Five Below, Inc. has a 12 month low of $52.38 and a 12 month high of $180.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $155.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $142.76.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.46. The company had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $971.96 million. Five Below had a net margin of 6.96% and a return on equity of 17.15%. Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 23.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.42 EPS. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.710-5.890 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.360-3.540 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FIVE. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in shares of Five Below by 22.6% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 515 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $80,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd bought a new position in Five Below in the third quarter valued at $396,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Five Below by 0.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 462,503 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $71,549,000 after acquiring an additional 3,732 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new stake in Five Below during the third quarter valued at about $505,000. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in Five Below during the third quarter worth about $93,000.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FIVE has been the topic of several research reports. Zacks Research upgraded Five Below from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Five Below from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $135.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Five Below from $186.00 to $197.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of Five Below from $175.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $175.16.

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.