Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Price Target Raised to $273.00

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) had its price objective hoisted by Truist Financial from $265.00 to $273.00 in a research report report published on Tuesday morning, MarketBeat Ratings reports. They currently have a buy rating on the specialty retailer’s stock.

FIVE has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Five Below from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Five Below in a report on Wednesday, August 19th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Five Below from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of Five Below from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets initiated coverage on shares of Five Below in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $264.10.

Five Below Stock Down 4.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:FIVE opened at $246.98 on Tuesday. Five Below has a 52-week low of $137.77 and a 52-week high of $263.88. The company has a 50 day moving average of $211.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $216.26. The company has a market capitalization of $13.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 0.98.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.45. Five Below had a net margin of 8.67% and a return on equity of 21.31%. The business had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 9.12 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Corient Private Wealth LP lifted its position in Five Below by 29.8% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 87,797 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $15,785,000 after purchasing an additional 20,131 shares during the last quarter. Amundi grew its position in Five Below by 34.9% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 277,311 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $49,858,000 after purchasing an additional 71,709 shares during the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new position in Five Below in the 2nd quarter worth about $4,188,000. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its stake in shares of Five Below by 17,961.6% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 11,524,359 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,071,965,000 after purchasing an additional 11,460,553 shares during the period. Finally, Varenne Capital Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,305,000.

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.