Versor Investments LP Has $684,000 Stock Position in Five Below, Inc. $FIVE

Versor Investments LP reduced its position in Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) by 66.8% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 4,423 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 8,905 shares during the quarter. Versor Investments LP’s holdings in Five Below were worth $684,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in shares of Five Below by 397.5% during the third quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 819,502 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $126,777,000 after acquiring an additional 654,763 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Five Below by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 690,615 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $90,595,000 after purchasing an additional 8,743 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,121,000. Estate Counselors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below during the 3rd quarter valued at about $3,755,000. Finally, Lisanti Capital Growth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Five Below in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $4,526,000.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on FIVE shares. UBS Group set a $255.00 price objective on shares of Five Below in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Telsey Advisory Group increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $195.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Guggenheim set a $225.00 price target on shares of Five Below in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $188.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $206.00 target price on shares of Five Below in a research report on Monday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $204.20.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five Below news, insider George Hill sold 7,500 shares of Five Below stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.09, for a total value of $1,365,675.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 32,913 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,993,128.17. The trade was a 18.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 8,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.15, for a total value of $1,709,775.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 45,724 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,197,382.60. This trade represents a 15.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 50,769 shares of company stock valued at $9,365,308 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Five Below Trading Down 0.3%

NASDAQ FIVE opened at $206.12 on Thursday. Five Below, Inc. has a 1 year low of $52.38 and a 1 year high of $210.33. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $190.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $163.81. The company has a market cap of $11.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.14.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.46. Five Below had a net margin of 6.96% and a return on equity of 17.15%. The firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $971.96 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. 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 research analysts forecast that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Five Below

Five Below, Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) is an American specialty discount retailer offering a broad assortment of merchandise priced primarily at $5 or below. Since its founding in 2002 by David Schlessinger and Tom Vellios, the company has pursued a value-focused retail model targeting tweens, teens and beyond, with stores designed to deliver trend-driven products at an accessible price point. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Five Below has grown into a national chain operating in dozens of U.S.