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

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Saturday morning,Wall Street Zen reports.

FIVE has been the subject of several other reports. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded Five Below from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Loop Capital cut shares of Five Below from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Five Below from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 16th. Wolfe Research cut shares of Five Below from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Craig Hallum reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating and thirteen have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.20.

Five Below Stock Performance

Shares of Five Below stock opened at $221.19 on Friday. Five Below has a 1 year low of $137.77 and a 1 year high of $263.88. The company has a market capitalization of $12.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.86, a PEG ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 0.94. The company’s fifty day moving average is $235.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $220.03.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 2nd. The specialty retailer reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.28. Five Below had a net margin of 11.65% and a return on equity of 22.13%. The company had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 22.9% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.130 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 9.830-10.310 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Five Below will post 10.51 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Five Below news, CMO Jacob Hawkins sold 818 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.88, for a total value of $203,583.84. Following the completion of the sale, the chief marketing officer owned 3,728 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $927,824.64. This trade represents a 17.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Maureen Gellerman sold 1,610 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.94, for a total transaction of $400,793.40. Following the sale, the insider owned 8,804 shares in the company, valued at $2,191,667.76. The trade was a 15.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 18,438 shares of company stock worth $4,580,933. 0.96% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Five Below

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Five Below in the 2nd quarter valued at about $964,867,000. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in Five Below by 54.4% during 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 in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in Five Below during the second quarter worth about $70,033,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new position in Five Below during the second quarter worth about $59,425,000. Finally, Freestone Grove Partners LP purchased a new stake in shares of Five Below in the second quarter valued at about $52,568,000.

About Five Below

Five Below, Inc is a specialty value retailer that sells a broad assortment of trend-right merchandise primarily for children, teenagers and young adults. Its products generally span categories such as style and accessories, room décor, sports equipment, technology accessories, arts and crafts, party supplies, seasonal items, toys and games, and candy.

The company operates physical stores and an e-commerce platform in the United States. Five Below’s business model emphasizes frequently changing assortments, low prices and products aligned with current consumer trends, with merchandise organized around categories including “Room,” “Style,” “Sports,” “Tech,” “Create,” “Party” and “Candy.”

Five Below was founded in 2002 by David Schlessinger and Tom Vellios, and its first store opened in Wayne, Pennsylvania.