Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Lowered to Hold Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on FIVE. The Goldman Sachs Group cut Five Below from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Oppenheimer assumed coverage on shares of Five Below in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $220.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Benchmark began coverage on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Five Below from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Five Below has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.80.

Five Below Trading Up 5.9%

FIVE opened at $250.24 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $206.24 and its 200-day moving average is $214.45. The stock has a market cap of $13.84 billion, a PE ratio of 31.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 0.98. Five Below has a twelve month low of $137.77 and a twelve month high of $251.63.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.45. Five Below had a return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.67%.The business had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 32.5% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.650-9.050 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.170-1.290 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Five Below will post 9.12 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Five Below

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FIVE. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in Five Below by 40,774,210.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 55,453,062 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $10,445,139,000 after acquiring an additional 55,452,926 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in Five Below in the second quarter worth about $964,867,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Five Below in the fourth quarter worth about $182,786,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Five Below by 176.0% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,168,832 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $220,161,000 after acquiring an additional 745,272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in Five Below by 54.4% in the 2nd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,811,650 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $325,717,000 after acquiring an additional 638,049 shares during the last quarter.

Five Below Company Profile

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.