Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Updates Q1 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.50-$0.61 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.48. The company issued revenue guidance of $905-$925 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $897.14 million. Five Below also updated its FY26 guidance to $4.10-$4.72 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FIVE has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Loop Capital decreased their target price on Five Below from $120.00 to $75.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Five Below from $100.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on Five Below from $106.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. StockNews.com cut Five Below from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, December 13th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price target on Five Below from $85.00 to $96.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $107.37.

Five Below Stock Up 2.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:FIVE traded up $1.68 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $75.59. 4,246,797 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,739,175. The company has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. Five Below has a one year low of $64.87 and a one year high of $209.79. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $89.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.75.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.38 by $0.10. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 7.02%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.38 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.65 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Below

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of Five Below stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 57,267 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,197,552.92. The trade was a 8.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Five Below Company Profile

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.