Insider Selling: Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) COO Sells $2,607,110.60 in Stock

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) COO Kenneth Bull sold 10,510 shares of Five Below stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.06, for a total transaction of $2,607,110.60. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 75,064 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,620,375.84. This represents a 12.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Five Below Stock Down 2.7%

NASDAQ:FIVE traded down $6.95 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $247.12. The company had a trading volume of 1,035,319 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,178,798. The company has a market capitalization of $13.60 billion, a PE ratio of 22.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 0.99. Five Below, Inc. has a 52-week low of $137.77 and a 52-week high of $263.88. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $221.02 and its 200-day moving average price is $218.46.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 2nd. The specialty retailer reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.40 by $0.28. Five Below had a return on equity of 22.13% and a net margin of 11.65%.The business had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.22 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts forecast that Five Below, Inc. will post 10.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its stake in Five Below by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,264 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $615,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Five Below by 26.6% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 257 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Five Below by 29.6% in the first quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 241 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Optimize Financial Inc increased its stake in shares of Five Below by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Optimize Financial Inc now owns 3,948 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $744,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Koshinski Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Five Below by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,140 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $260,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FIVE has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Five Below from $260.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 3rd. Guggenheim boosted their price objective on shares of Five Below from $250.00 to $290.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald cut shares of Five Below to a “neutral” rating in a research note 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 for the company. in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. Finally, Benchmark assumed coverage on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday, August 13th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. One 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.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $300.70.

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.